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Sporting vs Nacional: Portuguese League Cup Match Prediction
Sporting will host Nacional in the quarterfinals of the Portuguese League Cup on October 29. Will the Lions be able to justify their status as favourites and secure a confident home victory, or will the White-Blacks create a sensation in Lisbon and knock the favourites out of the tournament? In the forecast, we assessed the prospects of each team in the upcoming match and selected the most reliable bets. Which choice should you make?
Command Analysis
Sporting CP
PortugalCurrent form
Sporting are having a very strong season on all fronts and are in great shape. In the Portuguese championship, Ruben Amorim team leads the standings with 27 points after nine rounds, but does not have a serious lead over their competitors yet - second-placed Porto is three points away. In the Champions League last week, the Lions beat Sturm 2-0 away, thus extending their unbeaten streak to three matches and reaching eighth place in the table.
Disqualifications and injuries
Nuno Santos, Edwards and Quaresma are injured.
Interesting trends for betting
- Sporting have not lost yet this season – two draws and 12 wins
- Sporting have scored in all 14 matches this season
Estimated line-up : Israel - Diomande, Debas, Inacio - Cuenda, Bragança, Morita, Catamo - Trincao, Diokeres, Gonçalves.
Nacional
PortugalCurrent form
For objective reasons, Nacional could hardly have set more ambitious goals for itself than maintaining its place in the Primeira Liga, but there are problems with that too. With five points, Thiago Margarido team currently occupies the penultimate place in the table, one point behind the saving 15th place and with a game in hand - the situation remains under control for now. Having lost 0:1 to Casa Pia in the last round, Nacional suffered its fifth defeat of the season.
Disqualifications and injuries
Thomas is injured.
Interesting trends for betting
- Nacional have not won in their last four matches – three defeats and a draw
- Nacional have lost to Sporting in their last six matches
Probable line-up : França-Garcia, Ulisses, Ze Vitor, Gomez-Peña, Diaz, Esteves-Appiah, Butske, Isaac.
Trends
Bet Exact score 3:0
Sporting have won three of their last six games with this scoreline.
1.71Sporting to score in both halves
In two of the last three matches between the clubs, this bet was successful
1.49Bet Total Second Half Over 1.5 Goals
In two of Sporting last three matches, this scenario has been realized
1.55Tip and bets
Sporting will probably use some rotation today, this is the third match for the Lions in the last seven days, but the visitors should hardly count on leniency - the Lisbon team has more than a decent squad, and it is unlikely that the changes will be too large-scale. Nacional is far from being in the best shape and in this state it is unlikely to be able to put up serious resistance.
We think that the guests have no chance. Forecast - Asian handicap (-2.5) on Sporting . This bet is offered with a coefficient of 1.89
Bet on total
Sporting are undoubtedly the favourites and will be set only for a confident big win – the hosts are capable of setting such goals for themselves, the opponent is clearly inferior in class. In the championship in a match against Nacional, the Lions scored six goals not so long ago, there will probably be no problems with goals today, and the White-Blacks are quite capable of responding with a goal of prestige.
Bet - total over 3.5 goals. This bet is offered for 1.91
Bet on corners
Sporting are the favourites and will probably spend the entire 90 minutes attacking – the home team should win confidently on corners.
Bet - Asian handicap (-5) on corners for Sporting. This bet is offered for 1.69
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