Sporting Lisbon vs Santa Clara Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

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Sporting Lisbon

Santa Clara

Sporting Lisbon to Win and Over 2.5 Match Goals

Reason for tip

Sporting, who have beaten Santa Clara with at least three goals in the game in five of their last six meetings, have won with at least three goals scored in nine of 12 home league games. Confidence in the visitors’ camp is at rock bottom after a run of only two points taken from 12 post-World Cup games and they could cave in under Sporting’s pressure.

4/7odds when tipped

Sporting Lisbon 3-0

Reason for tip

Santa Clara have failed to score in nine of their 13 away Primeira Liga games this term and look low on confidence after a horror run of results. Meanwhile, Sporting have scored exactly three times in five of their last nine home league matches.

5/1odds when tipped

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Sporting have won with at least three goals scored in nine of 12 home league games.
Sporting have beaten Santa Clara with at least three goals in the game in five of their last six meetings.
Confidence in the Santa Clara camp is at rock bottom after a run of only two points taken from 12 post-World Cup games

Lions should devour struggling Santa Clara

Sporting Lisbon host struggling Santa Clara in their first game since knocking Arsenal out of the Europa League last month. Os Leoes are expected to win well against the Primeira Liga’s bottom club, who have taken just one point from the last 27 on offer.

The Azoreans have finished sixth and seventh in the past two seasons, but their five-year stint in the top flight looks likely to come to an end this summer unless interim boss Danildo Accioly can turn things around quickly.

This is not a good time to be facing Sporting, who will be full of confidence and refreshed after the international break. Ruben Amorim’s men have won nine of their last ten home league contests, losing only to Porto in that time, and should keep that strong Lisbon form going with a commanding display.

Tempting odds available about a win with over 2.5 goals

Unconvincing Santa Clara have scored just four away league goals all season and one of those took them 85 minutes to produce against a team reduced to ten in the second minute. Sporting have won five of their last seven home contests without conceding, all against much better opponents than this, so a win to nil should be a consideration.

But the odds are better on the hosts winning with at least three goals in the game, which they have done in 75% of their home league games this term. Although Santa Clara have lost 1-0 in half of their away league games this term, a 3-0 scoreline is preferred for correct score purposes as Sporting have scored exactly three times in five of their last nine home league matches.

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