Porto vs Sporting Lisbon Prediction & Betting Tips - Liga Portugal

Prediction published on 24/02/2021, 14:44  by Nella Wagah | Modified on 24/02/2021 at 14:44 in Liga Portugal Predictions

It hasn’t been the best league campaign so far for FC Porto, but they can still salvage a lot, starting with their next assignment, a home game against Sporting on Saturday. Porto are second in Primeira Liga with 44 points, 10 behind top of the table Sporting. The hosts lead the scoring tables in the league while Sporting are second on the roster, with 45 and 42 goals respectively. It would thus be safe to view this game with expectation of goals. Porto are coming from 2-1 wins over Maritimo and Juventus, and will be fired up for this clash. With 20 games played, Porto are still in the title race, and need to cut Sporting’s lead. To do that they will need to address their defensive failings, those that have seen them fail to keep a clean sheet in their last five matches. Porto are however unbeaten in 14 league matches, and have scored in 26 of their last 27 matches in the league. They have scored twice in four of their last five matches and are unbeaten in eight league games at home. In Porto’s last five matches, both sides have scored, meanwhile, this is the third meeting this season between these sides.

Sporting are the only remaining unbeaten team in the league. They head to this game unbeaten in eight matches, with seven of those being straight wins. No other team in the league beats Sporting in recent form. The visitors are out to stretch their lead to 13 points as they go for their first league title since 2002. Sporting have the best defence (10 conceded) in the league, which has given them an edge over competitors. They have just one loss in the last 25 matches and in the last five matches they have four clean sheets, scored nine goals and conceded one. Sporting’s attack has scored just three short of Porto’s tally; in the last four matches the visitors have scored twice in each. They’re unbeaten in the last 10 away league matches, with nine wins in there and scored two or more in the 10 matches. The top three scorers in the league come from these two sides – Sporting’s Pedro Goncalves has 14 goals while Sergio Oliveira and Mehdi Taremi have nine each.