Sporting Lisbon vs Desportivo Aves Predictions

• Sporting have won 5 of their last 6 matches against Aves.
• Sporting have kept 4 clean sheets in their last 7 games against Aves.
• Aves have lost 4 of their last 6 in the Primeira Liga and have failed to score in 3 of those games.
• Sporting have won 3 of their last 6 matches in all competitions and kept a clean sheet in their last home game.

The hosts are strong at home and will be expected to win

Sporting lost 3-1 at Famalilcao on Tuesday night while at the weekend Aves were beaten 3-1 at home by Pacos Ferreira, which means the gap between the clubs remains at 26pts heading into Sunday’s meeting. The hosts are the clear form favourites with three wins, one draw, and two defeats from their last six competitive matches, as Aves have lost four times during that periods, drawing and winning once.

Sporting have an excellent record against Aves and have won five of the duos’ last six encounters, keeping six clean sheets in ten games against Sunday’s guests, so you can see why we have backed the home side to win-o-nil this weekend. Sporting have already won seven of their eleven home games in the Primeira Liga at look at their best in their own backyard, while Aves have lost nine of their eleven away trips.

The hosts average 1.91 points per home game while the visitors average just 0.36 points per away game, which heavily suggests that the most likely outcome on Sunday is a home win for Sporting. Sporting boast a 64% win ratio at home where they score an average of 1.55 goals per game while the visitors have lost 82% of their away games and concede an average of 2.36 goals per game, which is why we have backed a 2-0 final scoreline this Sunday.

Aves have travelled poorly this season and it could end up costing them the ultimate price

Under 2.5 goals have been produced in 45% of Sporting’s home games in the Primeira Liga and only 55% have seen both teams score. The host shave kept clean sheets in 36% of their home games and on each of those occasions, they have gone on to win-to-nil. Aves are yet to keep a single clean sheet away from home and the visitors have failed to score in 18% of those matches, losing-to-nil every time they have failed to score.

Exactly 2-goals have been scored in 27% of Sporting’s home matches this season and the hosts have won via a margin of 2-goals or more six times and the visitors have lost by a margin of 2-goal or more on five separate occasions. The hosts have scored in 91% of their home games and will surely create enough chances against the divisions bottom club to claim all 3pts this weekend.

We’re confident that Sporting will win-to-nil on Sunday and we have predicted a final scoreline of 2-0. The hosts head into this match as the form favourites and really should be beating the Primeira Liga’s bottom club, esp[ecially when the visitors are in poor form with four defeats from their last six league games.