Primeira Liga Gameweek 1 Sat, Aug 8 · 20:30 Estádio José Gomes, Amadora
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Our take

Sporting CP were clear favourites.

Sporting CP were the stronger side on L90 Strength (82 vs 17). Recent goals, xG and shots on target narrow the gap for Estrela. Estrela had 84.1 days of rest, Sporting CP 84 and had to travel 8 km.

Away travel8 kmRest days84.1 · 84Matches / 14d0 · 0
Estrela11%
Draw17%
Sporting CP72%
Expected goals 0.80 – 2.36
Estrela10%
Draw16%
Sporting CP74%
Expected goals 0.74 – 2.40
Estrela11%
Draw17%
Sporting CP72%
Expected goals 0.80 – 2.36
Estrela8%
Draw14%
Sporting CP79%
Expected goals 0.71 – 2.64
Estrela11%
Draw18%
Sporting CP71%
Expected goals 0.80 – 2.30
Over 2.5 61% Both score 50% Likeliest score 0–2
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Amadora)

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Referee · PortugalJoao Goncalves
  • Cards per match 6.5
  • Penalties per match 0.50
  • Matches 2

Team strength

EstrelaSporting CP
17 L90 StrengthIn forecast 82
20 Current StrengthIn forecast 83
24 AttackIn forecast 75
27 DefenceIn forecast 81
— Form indexContext —
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

Estrela

Attack—
Defense risk—

Sporting CP

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

EstrelaSporting CP
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
1.20 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.10
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
1.39 xGVia Att/Def 1.68
1.51 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.92
-0.19 Goals minus xGContext +0.42
60% Scored inContext 80%
20% Clean sheetsContext 30%
10.70 ShotsContext 14.20
3.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.20
33% On target shareContext 37%
6.90 Shots in the boxContext 10.00
65% Box shareContext 71%
11% ConversionContext 15%
2.86 OffsidesContext 2.00
13.10 Shots allowedContext 10.50
3.80 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.20
5.00 BlocksContext 2.78
2.40 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.40
63% Save rateContext 75%
43% PossessionIn forecast 61%
333 PassesContext 526
264 Accurate passesContext 465
79% Pass accuracyContext 88%
6.78 Team ratingContext 6.98
13.10 FoulsContext 11.30
14.70 Fouls sufferedContext 11.50
2.70 Yellow cardsContext 1.30
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 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

Estrela
Rest84.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Sporting CP
Rest84 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel8 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

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
Estrela Sporting CP
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match84.1Primeira Liga 2025-2026, 16 May84Primeira Liga 2025-2026, 16 May
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km8 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one6.86

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

Estrela Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
24Léo Linck(G)
55Rafa Soares 4Bernardo Schappo 30Luan Patrick 21M. Scholze
39G. Doue 78Santiago Serra
10I. Stoica 14L. Zvonarek 99A. Marcus
37Leandro Antonetti
Sporting CP Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1Rui Silva(G)
50Rodrigo Dias 25G. Inácio 72Eduardo Quaresma 13G. Vagiannidis
77I. Doumbia 5Sergi Altimira
58Flavio Goncalves 17R. Zalazar 10Geny Catamo
7F. Ioannidis

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
Estrela Absences are shown before kick-off
Sporting CP Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Estrela+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Sporting CP+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

Estrela · Home No home games yet this season.
Sporting CP · Away No away games yet this season.

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

Head to head last 6 of 6 meetings

0 Estrela wins0 draws6 Sporting CP wins
Goals per game0.67 – 3.00 Over 2.583% Both scored50% Clean sheets0% · 50%
  • 11 Apr 2026Estrela0–1Sporting CP
  • 30 Nov 2025Sporting CP4–0Estrela
  • 29 Mar 2025Estrela0–3Sporting CP
  • 1 Nov 2024Sporting CP5–1Estrela
  • 29 Mar 2024Estrela1–2Sporting CP
  • 5 Nov 2023Sporting CP3–2Estrela

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Joao Goncalves Portugal · 2 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards6.50league 4.33
Red cards0.00league 0.33
Cards 5+100%league 33%
Fouls21.5league 23.7
Penalties0.50league 0.00
Home wins0%league 33%
Estrela

No previous matches with this referee.

Sporting CP1 with this referee
Record0-0-1 Cards · opp.3.0 · 5.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • L30 Aug 25H · FC Porto1–23

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Estrela
No complete event data.
Sporting CP
No complete event data.
Estrela10 games · scored 12 · conceded 15
3 3 0-15
2 16-30
3 2 31-45
1 3 46-60
2 3 61-75
3 2 76-90
Sporting CP10 games · scored 21 · conceded 10
2 2 0-15
2 1 16-30
6 31-45
2 46-60
5 1 61-75
4 6 76-90

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

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