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Sporting CP
Liga Portugal · 2nd
Play style · last 5
Patient Control
possession-based control without high pressing. Measured against Liga Portugal; block height comes from how they press, not from tracking.
On Paper rating · last 14 matches
League table
2nd
18 points from 8
On Paper
3rd
Chances made and conceded
1 place of disagreementthe table flatters them
This season
8
Pld
5
W
3
D
0
L
20
GF
9
GA
18
Pts
W
W
W
D
D
W
last 6
Won 3–1 away at Sporting Braga · Oct 9
That's how they've played so far. Where the model has Sporting CP finishing in May, and the odds on going down, come with a free account.
What the numbers say
Season to date, measured against the rest of the division.
Attack
Riding a hot streak in front of goal
Scoring about 62% above what their shots support. Enjoy it, but this is the part that regresses first.
1.62
goals per expected
Attack
As many spurned as scored
18 clear chances missed against 16 goals all season. Whatever is being made is not being taken.
18
chances missed
Overall
Giving the ball away
Dispossessed 59 times, more than all but a handful in the division. Territory earned and handed straight back.
59
dispossessed
Overall
Winning the physical battle
6th in the division for duels won.
350
duels won
Against the rest of the division
Where the squad's season totals sit among the 18 clubs.
Big chances created
1st of 18
22
More than 1 of the 1 side above them in the table.
Shots
4th of 18
94
About 11.8 a match.
Key passes
5th of 18
72
Chance creation is not the problem.
Goals
3rd of 18
16
Duels won
6th of 18
350
They win the physical exchanges.
Tackles
10th of 18
111
Clearances
17th of 18
116
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Who's driving it
The squad's leaders this season.
Highest rated
Sergi Altimira
Midfielder · Spain
7.35
Most goals
Luis Suárez
Attacker · Colombia
6
Most assists
Geny Catamo
Attacker · Mozambique
3
Big chances created
Issa Doumbia
Midfielder · Italy
4
Duels won
Sergi Altimira
Midfielder · Spain
55
Big chances missed
Fotis Ioannidis
Attacker · Greece
4
Also playing
at Lens
Champions League · Tue, Oct 13
vs LASK Linz
Champions League · Wed, Oct 21
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Coming up
The next 5 on the calendar.
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