Desportivo Aves vs Sporting Lisbon Predictions

Aves suffered their fourth straight defeat in the Primeira Liga last time out when they went down 2-1 at Pacos de Ferreira, while Sporting suffered a shock 2-1 home defeat against newly-promoted Famalicao.

All of the stats point towards goals going in at both ends of the pitch on Monday night and we’ve backed Sporting to bounce back from last weekends’ disappointing defeat to claim a narrow 2-1 win.

The recent history between these two teams suggests that there will be goals in this game for both teams but make the visitors the clear favourites to win, as both teams scored in the last three meetings between these two clubs and Sporting have won four of the pairs’ last five encounters. Over 2.5 goals have been produced in the pairs’ last four meetings and Aves have only beaten their guests once before, which is why we’ve backed a final scoreline of 2-1 to the visitors this Monday.

The form of both teams leaves nothing to brag about, with Aves losing five of their last six matches and Sporting only winning two of their last five in the Primeira Liga but the visitors do head into the game as the form favourites. The performances of both clubs over the last month or so add weight to our prediction of BTTS, because both teams scored in each of Aves’ and each of Sporting’s last six matches, and our correct score prediction is backed up by the fact that 0ver 2.5 goals were produced in each of Aves’ and five of Sporting’s last six matches.

We’re confident that both teams will score on Monday night and have predicted a final scoreline of 2-1 to the visitors. Sporting are not playing at their best right now but clearly boast the stronger of the two squads on paper and have been playing better than their hosts, marginally. Aves have a poor record against Sporting, losing nine of their eleven encounters over the years, which is why we’ve backed a narrow 2-1 win for Sporting this Monday.