Sporting CP vs FC Porto Predictions and Betting Tips, 12 Jan 2019

Here's our Sporting CP vs FC Porto Prediction analysis:

Sporting CP vs FC Porto Predictions for Saturday's Primeira Liga fixture at the Jose Alvalade in Lisabon. The teams come into one of the most anticipated games every season in fine conditions to win points. Read our betting analysis of this clash below.

Match status: 2018-19 Portugal Primeira Liga - Gameweek 17
Kick-off: Saturday 12 Jan 2019, 03:30pm CET
 Venue: Jose Alvalade (Lisbon)

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Sporting CP vs FC Porto Team News

At this point of affairs in Portugal, as Round 17 develops, Porto are 6 points clear at top of the table and have been victorious in each of their last 18 encounters in all competitions, spanning over three months after Benfica beat Sergio Conceicao's Dragons on 7 October 2018, to then go top of the league.

Among those defeated have been Portimonense, Santa Clara, Rio Ave, Aves and Nacional over the last month (W5), although this game's visitors have kept only one clean sheet in 8 games to date. Additionally, Conceicao has few concerns about his selection of players available, with Vincent Aboubakar the only outfield player set to miss the trip to Lisbon for his long-standing knee injury.

Two losses either side of a 2-1 home win to Belenenses last week forced Sporting out of the top three, having moved closest to league leaders Porto than all when the Lions were just two points behind just three rounds ago. They weren't able to overcome Guimaraes and Tondela away which had an immediate effect on their league position, following an eight-match winning streak.

Head-to-Head Record: Sporting CP vs FC Porto

2017-18 Portugal Primeira Liga
FC Porto 2-1 Sporting

2017-18 Portugal Primeira Liga
Sporting 0-0 FC Porto

2016-17 Portugal Primeira Liga
FC Porto 2-1 Sporting

2016-17 Portugal Primeira Liga
Sporting 2-1 FC Porto

Sporting CP vs FC Porto Pre-Match Odds:

Leganes - 3.08
Draw - 3.30
Sevilla - 2.38

All odds are with 1xBet and are subject to change.
All odds are for Sporting CP vs FC Porto Predictions with 1xBet and are subject to change.

Sporting CP vs FC Porto Predictions

We referred earlier to that Porto are now prone to conceding goals - 7 of their last 8 games have seen them let in - and the same could be said of the hosts, who themselves have the identical record of games they have conceded in, making us suppose that this clash is going to produce goals at both ends.