About Match
Sporting CP go into the game 3rd in the table on 14 points; Casa Pia sit 18th on 1 — a 13-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Sporting CP 2.5 scored and 1 conceded per game, Casa Pia 0.17 and 2.5, with the league averaging 1.4. Three points here take Sporting CP to 17 and up to 2nd, assuming other results stand.
Defeat has not touched Sporting CP in 12 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Casa Pia's winless run stands at 9. Over the last five, Sporting CP have taken 13 of 15 points to Casa Pia's 1.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 9 Sporting CP wins, 0 for Casa Pia, 0 draws, at 4 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 78% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 56%.
The match takes place at Estádio José Alvalade in Lisboa (capacity 52,095).