Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Sporting CP 1st with 90 points, Chaves 18th with 23, 67 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Sporting CP 2.82 scored and 0.85 conceded per game, Chaves 0.91 and 2.12, with the league averaging 1.43.
10 matches unbeaten backed Sporting CP's arrival, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Chaves arrived off three straight defeats. Over the last five, Sporting CP had taken 13 of 15 points to Chaves's 4.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Sporting CP 7, draws 1, Chaves 1, at 3.89 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 89% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 78%.
The match was played at Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon (capacity 50,095). Sporting CP led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 3-0 full-time score.