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Match preview · Liga Portugal

FC Porto – Sporting

FC Porto 1st in Liga Portugal Home 1.24 projected goals by the model
Sporting 3rd in Liga Portugal Away 1.09 projected goals by the model

Model updated 5 October, 21:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.24 1.09
FC Porto Sporting
FC Porto
38%
Draw
33%
Sporting
30%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
FC Porto Draw Sporting
Fair odds 2.67 3.04 3.38
Total goals
2.33
Over 2.5 goals
42%
Both teams to score
53%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans FC Porto

38% FC Porto to win

Attack
3rd vs 2nd
FC Porto attack v Sporting defence
Defence
5th vs 2nd
FC Porto defence v Sporting attack
Recent xG form
+1.34 vs +1.16
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.24 – 1.09
FC Porto v Sporting
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: FC Porto and Sporting compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading FC Porto Sporting
xG / match (better) 2.26 · 2nd 2.01 · 3rd
xGA / match 0.98 · 7th (better) 0.79 · 5th
xGD / match (better) +1.28 · 2nd +1.22 · 3rd
xPts / match (better) 2.22 · 2nd 2.17 · 3rd
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +1.34 +1.16

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 37% of the model's distribution.

FC Porto clean sheet
31%
FC Porto 2+ goals
36%
Under 2.5 goals
58%
Both teams to score: no
47%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
17.0%
0:0
9.9%
1:0
9.7%
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Match result

FC Porto to win
37.5% 2.67 —
Draw
32.9% 3.04 —
Sporting to win
29.6% 3.38 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
72.1% 1.39 —
Under 1.5 goals
27.9% 3.59 —
Over 2.5 goals
42.0% 2.38 —
Under 2.5 goals
58.0% 1.72 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
53.4% 1.87 —
Both teams not to score
46.6% 2.15 —

Team goals — FC Porto

FC Porto to score
74.1% 1.35 —
FC Porto not to score
25.9% 3.85 —
FC Porto 2+ goals
35.9% 2.78 —
FC Porto at most 1 goal
64.1% 1.56 —

Team goals — Sporting

Sporting to score
69.4% 1.44 —
Sporting not to score
30.6% 3.27 —
Sporting 2+ goals
30.0% 3.34 —
Sporting at most 1 goal
70.0% 1.43 —

Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
FC Porto sample
20 matches
Sporting sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · FC Porto
4 matches
Away xG sample · Sporting
3 matches
Computed
Monday, 05/10/2026 at 21:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.