Sporting CP Marítimo betting prediction

The home team is currently in the 4^th position of the league, with 29 points won, after 9 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Vitória Setúbal, by (1‑3). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Benfica, by (0‑2). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since they have won 17 points in away matches, with 16 goals scored and 9 conceded, against 12 points won at their stadium, with 12 goals scored and 11 conceded. They come to this match after a away loss against Sporting Braga by (2‑1). For the league, Sporting CP won 12 points out of 24 possible points, after 4 wins and 4 losses in the last 8 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑0 (3 out of 8 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 7 of their 17 matches for this competition, and have never been able to turn the score around. In the last 13 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 6 of their 14 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Away from the fight for the title and 14 points from 2nd place, the Sporting team will attack this second round of the championship eyeing in the third place currently occupied by Famalicão who is two points away. The team coached by Jorge Silas was, last Tuesday, removed from the League Cup, losing in the semi-final with Braga, by 2-1, in a match where they played in numerical inferiority in the last half hour. In the last round of the Liga NOS, Sporting was defeated while hosting the rival Benfica, in the Lisbon derby, by 2-0, in a match where they wasted good chances to reach the advantage, before even seeing the "red" team open the count already in the final stretch of the challenge. The second goal came after the last minute of overtime, at a stage when the “lions” were already showing some bewilderment.

Confirmed Lineup: Luis Maximiano, Cristian Borja, Luís Neto, Sebastián Coates, Stefan Ristovski, Rafael Camacho, Bruno Fernandes, Wendel, Idrissa Doumbia, Jesé Rodríguez, Luiz Phellype.
Coach: R. Amorim.