About Match
Sporting CP go into the game 3rd in the table on 14 points; Famalicão sit 13th on 4 — a 10-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Sporting CP 2.5 scored and 1 conceded per game, Famalicão 0.83 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.4. If Sporting CP win, their total rises to 17 and up to 2nd, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Sporting CP are unbeaten in 12, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Three consecutive draws precede this one for Famalicão. Sporting CP have banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Famalicão, 3.
Across 15 recorded meetings, Sporting CP have 9 wins to Famalicão's 2, with 4 draws, at 2.53 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
The match takes place at Estádio José Alvalade in Lisboa (capacity 52,095).