On January 26, Leiria will host the semi-final match of the Portuguese League Cup. In this combat, Sporting CP and Santa Clara will face each other.
In the last 10 matches of all tournaments, Sporting won seven victories. The club from Lisbon successfully performed at the group stage of the Champions League, going through straight to the playoffs of the tournament and getting Manchester City as rivals.
At the same time, the lions had two losses in the last three rounds of the Portuguese league. One in a game against Santa Clara (2:3) and the other against Braga (1:2). As a result, Sporting CP is already six goals behind Porto in the title race.
Santa Clara showed poor results at the start of the season, but gradually caught ground. As a result, the team made it to the semi-finals of the Portuguese League Cup, beating Porto (3:1) at the quarter-final stage of the tournament.
In addition, Santa Clara managed to climb to tenth place in the championship. After the aforementioned victory over Sporting (3:2), the team shared goals with Tondela (2:2), and also defeated Moreirense (2:0) endingly.
According to the quotes set by bookmakers, the nominal owners will achieve success in this game. It is worth noting that until the recent defeat from the opponent in the Championship, Sporting beat Santa Clara in eight face-to-face games in a row.
The last three defeats from the opponent, Santa Clara suffered with a minimum difference in the score – 0:1, 1:2 and 1:2. Therefore, in handicaps it is worth considering two options – H2(+1) and H2(+1.5).
As well, noting that in the last five matches of all tournaments, the players of Santa Clara lost only once to Pacos de Ferreira (1:2).
In the upcoming match, experts expect at least three goals scored. You can bet on TB(2.5), and TU(2.5) of balls
Meanwhile, there is an interesting trend in head-to-head confrontations between the teams – they exchanged goals in three previous games. In addition, such a bet has won three of last four Santa Clara’s matches and four of six Sporting’s matches.
Bets on the fact that both Sporting and Santa Clara will score goals in this match are accepted by bookmakers.