Primeira Liga Gameweek 26 Sun, Mar 14 · 16:00 Estádio Municipal do Fontelo, Viseu
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Away travel240 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
Academico Viseu—%
Draw—%
Sporting CP—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Viseu)

Forecast from 27 Feb

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Academico Viseu and Sporting CP. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

Academico ViseuSporting CP
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
32 Current StrengthIn forecast 83
28 AttackIn forecast 75
31 DefenceIn forecast 81
79 Form indexContext 83
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Academico Viseu

Attack—
Defense risk—

Sporting CP

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Academico ViseuSporting CP
1.38 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.50
1.25 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.13
1.02 xGVia Att/Def 1.70
1.78 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.85
+0.36 Goals minus xGContext +0.80
75% Scored inContext 100%
25% Clean sheetsContext 25%
10.00 ShotsContext 12.50
3.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.50
35% On target shareContext 44%
6.14 Shots in the boxContext 8.25
59% Box shareContext 67%
14% ConversionContext 20%
1.50 OffsidesContext 1.71
17.25 Shots allowedContext 9.13
5.75 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.14
4.13 BlocksContext 2.14
4.38 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.29
76% Save rateContext 73%
48% PossessionIn forecast 59%
391 PassesContext 550
320 Accurate passesContext 488
82% Pass accuracyContext 89%
6.90 Team ratingContext 6.96
14.25 FoulsContext 11.50
13.13 Fouls sufferedContext 13.38
2.88 Yellow cardsContext 2.25
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.13
This league season, per match · 8 and 8 games
1.38 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.50
1.25 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
1.02 xGVia Att/Def 1.71
1.78 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.04
+0.36 Goals minus xGContext +0.79
75% Scored inContext 100%
25% Clean sheetsContext 30%
10.00 ShotsContext 11.90
3.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.40
35% On target shareContext 45%
6.14 Shots in the boxContext 7.80
59% Box shareContext 66%
14% ConversionContext 21%
1.50 OffsidesContext 1.88
17.25 Shots allowedContext 10.40
5.75 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.44
4.13 BlocksContext 2.33
4.38 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.78
76% Save rateContext 81%
48% PossessionIn forecast 55%
391 PassesContext 521
320 Accurate passesContext 457
82% Pass accuracyContext 88%
6.90 Team ratingContext 7.00
14.25 FoulsContext 11.70
13.13 Fouls sufferedContext 12.60
2.88 Yellow cardsContext 2.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 8 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Academico Viseu
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km504 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 79 · 12 pts vs 8.2 for an average club · +6.0 vs expected
  • W10 OctH · Estoril2–11.8 xPts
  • W20 SepA · Estrela2–01.2 xPts
  • W12 SepH · Guimaraes2–11.4 xPts
  • W6 SepA · GIL Vicente1–01.0 xPts
  • L29 AugH · FC Porto0–30.7 xPts
Sporting CP
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel240 km514 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 83 · 11 pts vs 6.5 for an average club · +1.8 vs expected
  • W13 OctA · Lens2–01.5 xPts
  • W9 OctA · SC Braga3–11.5 xPts
  • D19 SepH · Arouca2–22.4 xPts
  • D13 SepA · Famalicao1–11.9 xPts
  • W9 SepH · Galatasaray3–11.8 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Academico Viseu Sporting CP
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 7 Mar7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 7 Mar
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km240 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways504 km514 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 41 / 2 / 4
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Academico Viseu Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Estoril (H) 2–1, 10 Oct
98Ewerton(G)
3Miguel Brau 2N. Michelis 41A. Correia 75Robinho
7Luís Silva 8C. Kahraman
47L. Gohi 14S. Messeguem 31João Guilherme
33André Clóvis
Sporting CP Last XI · not confirmed
4-3-3 · vs Lens (A) 2–0, 13 Oct
30Kaique(G)
20M. Araújo 25G. Inácio 72Eduardo Quaresma 22Iván Fresneda
77I. Doumbia 5Sergi Altimira 8João Simões
19N. Irankunda 97L. Suárez 10Geny Catamo

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Academico Viseu Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Sporting CP Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Academico Viseu · Home 1.50points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
2-0-2
Scored
1.00
Conceded
1.50
Sporting CP · Away 2.00points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
2-2-0
Scored
2.50
Conceded
1.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Goal timing

Academico Viseu8 games · scored 11 · conceded 10
2 3 0-15
3 1 16-30
1 1 31-45
2 2 46-60
1 2 61-75
2 1 76-90
Sporting CP8 games · scored 20 · conceded 9
4 0-15
4 16-30
3 1 31-45
5 46-60
2 3 61-75
2 5 76-90
Academico Viseu8 games · scored 11 · conceded 10
2 3 0-15
3 1 16-30
1 1 31-45
2 2 46-60
1 2 61-75
2 1 76-90
Sporting CP10 games · scored 25 · conceded 10
4 1 0-15
6 16-30
3 1 31-45
6 46-60
4 3 61-75
2 5 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.