Primeira Liga Gameweek 23 Sun, Feb 21 · 16:00 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisboa
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Away travel303 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
Sporting CP—%
Draw—%
Famalicao—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Lisboa)

Forecast from 6 Feb

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Sporting CP and Famalicao. 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

Sporting CPFamalicao
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
83 Current StrengthIn forecast 38
75 AttackIn forecast 24
81 DefenceIn forecast 36
83 Form indexContext 30
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

Sporting CP

Attack—
Defense risk—

Famalicao

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Sporting CPFamalicao
2.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.25
1.13 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.38
1.70 xGVia Att/Def 0.76
0.85 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.44
+0.80 Goals minus xGContext +0.49
100% Scored inContext 75%
25% Clean sheetsContext 25%
12.50 ShotsContext 10.00
5.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.25
44% On target shareContext 33%
8.25 Shots in the boxContext 4.75
67% Box shareContext 47%
20% ConversionContext 13%
1.71 OffsidesContext 1.40
9.13 Shots allowedContext 11.88
3.14 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.38
2.14 BlocksContext 2.75
2.29 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.00
73% Save rateContext 59%
59% PossessionIn forecast 55%
550 PassesContext 472
488 Accurate passesContext 405
89% Pass accuracyContext 86%
6.96 Team ratingContext 6.77
11.50 FoulsContext 11.63
13.38 Fouls sufferedContext 15.25
2.25 Yellow cardsContext 2.25
0.13 Red cardsContext 0.13
This league season, per match · 8 and 8 games
2.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.10
1.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.10
1.71 xGVia Att/Def 0.90
1.04 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.13
+0.79 Goals minus xGContext +0.20
100% Scored inContext 70%
30% Clean sheetsContext 40%
11.90 ShotsContext 10.50
5.40 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.20
45% On target shareContext 31%
7.80 Shots in the boxContext 5.10
66% Box shareContext 48%
21% ConversionContext 11%
1.88 OffsidesContext 1.57
10.40 Shots allowedContext 10.60
3.44 On target allowedVia Att/Def 2.90
2.33 BlocksContext 2.67
2.78 Goalkeeper savesContext 1.80
81% Save rateContext 62%
55% PossessionIn forecast 55%
521 PassesContext 465
457 Accurate passesContext 399
88% Pass accuracyContext 86%
7.00 Team ratingContext 6.81
11.70 FoulsContext 10.90
12.60 Fouls sufferedContext 14.50
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 2.00
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.10
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

Sporting CP
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km1,944 km in 14d
Schedule load5%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
Famalicao
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel303 km32 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
Form 30 · 6 pts vs 8.3 for an average club · -1.3 vs expected
  • L12 OctH · Alverca1–41.8 xPts
  • W19 SepA · Nacional4–01.7 xPts
  • D13 SepH · Sporting CP1–10.8 xPts
  • D5 SepA · Estrela2–21.4 xPts
  • D30 AugH · GIL Vicente0–01.6 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
Sporting CP Famalicao
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 5Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 14 Feb7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 14 Feb
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km303 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,944 km32 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 51 / 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

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
Famalicao Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Alverca (H) 1–4, 12 Oct
25L. Carević(G)
28Pedro Bondo 15Víctor Rofino 36M. Mattara 17Rodrigo Pinheiro
21Tamás Szücs 8Marcos Peña
7Sorriso 14M. De Amorim 23Gil Dias
70G. Koutsias

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
Sporting CP Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Famalicao Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Sporting CP · Home 2.50points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
3-1-0
Scored
2.50
Conceded
1.25
Famalicao · Away 1.25points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
1-2-1
Scored
1.75
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 3 this season

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

Head to head last 9 of 9 meetings

8 Sporting CP wins1 draws0 Famalicao wins
Goals per game1.78 – 0.56 Over 2.556% Both scored56% Clean sheets44% · 0%
  • 13 Sep 2026Famalicao1–1Sporting CP
  • 15 Feb 2026Sporting CP1–0Famalicao
  • 13 Sep 2025Famalicao1–2Sporting CP
  • 15 Mar 2025Sporting CP3–1Famalicao
  • 26 Oct 2024Famalicao0–3Sporting CP
  • 16 Apr 2024Famalicao0–1Sporting CP

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.

Goal timing

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
Famalicao8 games · scored 10 · conceded 11
4 1 0-15
2 16-30
3 31-45
2 46-60
1 2 61-75
2 4 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
Famalicao10 games · scored 11 · conceded 11
4 1 0-15
2 16-30
3 31-45
2 46-60
1 2 61-75
3 4 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.