Sporting CP vs Nacional betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on January 25th, 2025

Sporting CP and Nacional will play on Saturday, January 25th, 2025, at 20:30h (UTC), in a Liga Portugal game to be held in Portugal, check the Sporting CP vs Nacional betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Sporting CP vs Nacional will occur

The game takes place in the great Estádio José Alvalade stadium, in the city of Lisbon, with a capacity for 50095 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Sporting CP vs Nacional betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga Portugal has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.87 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.61 goals per match played.

Sporting CP last match

Sporting CP in its last official match won (0-3) against Rio Ave, in a match valid for Liga Portugal. Coach R. Gomes Borges' lined up a 4-4-2 formation.

The odds of 1.33 before the match made clear the favoritism of the team before the match, a condition that was ratified with the final positive result.

With an outstanding performance, Conrad Harder was the big name in the team's victory. Responsible for his best moments, and with excellent passing performance, the atack was a real executioner of the rival in the duel.

Nacional last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Nacional, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the AVS team with a final score of 3-1.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.00, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Sporting CP vs Nacional h2h

Last time these teams faced each other, Sporting CP occupied 2nd place in Taça da Liga and, team Nacional the 1st place. Sporting CP entered the field with the tactic 3-4-2-1, while Nacional arranged their formation in a 5-3-2.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 29-10-2024, in the 2024/2025 season of the Taça da Liga, which ended with a 3-1 win for Sporting CP.

Sporting CP

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

The Sporting CP team with 44 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Champions League, with a campaign of 14 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

Which means that the team is over Benfica team who is in the position 2 in the 19th round and has a 3 points disadvantage.

Sporting CP analysis

Sporting CP at the end of round 18 in Liga Portugal had 51 goals scored and 14 conceded.

In this championship Sporting CP averaged 7 shots on goal, and thus showed itself to be a team with excellent offensive skills: this, of course, increases the chances of scoring goals, and thus winning matches.

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they had ball possession above 50%. Thus, the Sporting CP team usually tries for an average ball possession of 63.72% to control the game.

Sporting CP has proven to be a formidable attacking force, with 2020 attacks resulting in 51 goals. Nacional, on the other hand, has only scored 16 times with 1464 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Sporting CP

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Viktor Gyökeres. The Attacker has already scored 22 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Sporting CP, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

It should also be noted that 7 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Nacional

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Nacional arrives in this game with 19 points, and in 13th place in the Liga Portugal, having won 5 games in total and lost 9 times, making a total of 4 draws.

Rio Ave ranks just above, occupying 12th place in the 19th round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 1 point.

Nacional analysis

Nacional counted 16 goals scored and 24 conceded at the end of Liga Portugal day number 18.

Nacional is currently struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating better opportunities and converting them into goals.

The team is not scoring many goals, averaging 0.89 goals per game. Moreover, it will be going to play on a difficult field, so the outcome of the match may seem one-sided. But soccer, you know, is unpredictable.

Best goalscorer from Nacional

Isaac Aguiar Tomich has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 3 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Nacional to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Interesting Match Facts:

With Sporting CP boasting an unbeaten record in their recent encounters against Nacional, all eyes are on them to maintain their dominance on the field.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Sporting CP is Viktor Gyökeres, who has already scored 22 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Nacional is Isaac Aguiar Tomich, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 5.56 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Sporting CP is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.83 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Sporting CP in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.72 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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