Sporting Lisbon vs Santa Clara Match Analysis & Prediction
30/11/2024 11:30 pm
Sporting Lisbon will be looking to bounce back from their midweek Champions League disappointment when they host Santa Clara at Estadio Jose Alvalade in Saturday’s Primeira Liga encounter.
Joao Pereira’s side, thrashed 5-1 by Arsenal on home soil in Europe, seek to continue their unblemished league start against their fourth-placed opponents.
The Lions have not dropped league points in front of their supporters since Benfica held them to a 2-2 draw in May 2023, a statistic they aim to extend on Saturday.
Pereira already tasted success in his opening game as first-team manager in the Taca de Portugal win over Amarante (6-0), and a similar outcome against Santa Clara will be what the doctor orderes for the new manager.
It will be interesting to see if high-flying Santa Clara halt Sporting’s 22-game Liga winning run at the Jose Alvalade despite suffering three successive away defeat in the league against Benfica (4-1), Moreirense (1-0) and Nacional (2-0).
Those away defeats followed back-to-back away wins after regaining promotion, but Vasco Matos’ side have been brought back down to earth with recent results.
With Braga (20 points) a point adrift of the team in fourth, the promoted side could slip to fifth if the drop points to the leaders and their closest challengers take care of business against 11th-placed Gil Vicente.
Sporting Lisbon vs. Santa Clara Head to head
In the previous 17 meetings between these two teams, Sporting have claimed 14 victories while Santa Clara have won one, and they have drawn in two.
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07/01/2022Santa Clara3Sporting Lisbon2Primeira Liga
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26/01/2022Sporting Lisbon2Santa Clara1Taca da Liga
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14/05/2022Sporting Lisbon4Santa Clara0Primeira Liga
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08/10/2022Santa Clara1Sporting Lisbon2Primeira Liga
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01/04/2023Sporting Lisbon3Santa Clara0Primeira Liga
Sporting Lisbon Team News
Although Viktor Gyokeres was barely given a sniff by Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba in midweek, the in-form forward seeks to score against Santa Clara to extend his eight-game Liga scoring run at the Jose Alvalade.
Sporting Lisbon's Last 5 Matches
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01/11/2024Sporting Lisbon5Estrela1Primeira Liga
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05/11/2024Sporting Lisbon4Manchester City1Champions League
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10/11/2024Sporting Braga2Sporting Lisbon4Primeira Liga
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22/11/2024Sporting Lisbon6Amarante0Taca de Portugal
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26/11/2024Sporting Lisbon1Arsenal5Champions League
Santa Clara Team News
Santa Clara are without the suspended Sidney Lima and Gabriel Silva, while Pedro Pacheco and Ricardinho could miss out due to injury.
Santa Clara's Last 5 Matches
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25/10/2024Santa Clara2Gil Vicente1Primeira Liga
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30/10/2024Benfica3Santa Clara0Taca da Liga
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04/11/2024Nacional2Santa Clara0Primeira Liga
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10/11/2024Santa Clara1Vitoria Guimaraes0Primeira Liga
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24/11/2024Famalicao0Santa Clara1Taca de Portugal
Sporting Lisbon vs. Santa Clara: Odds and Predictions
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