Sporting CP vs Santa Clara betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Portuguese Cup match on December 18th, 2024

Sporting CP and Santa Clara are scheduled to play against each other on December 18th, 2024, Wednesday, in a Portuguese Cup match to be held in Portugal, check the Sporting CP vs Santa Clara betting tip and prediction to win with your bets.

We are getting to the point where the teams dream of reaching the final of this great competition. All the teams present are 100% victorious in the Portuguese Cup and want to continue this positive trend. At this stage, it is possible to analyze recent data of the teams still in the competition to make a good prediction about the results of the matches.

The best scorers of each team, the strength of the line-up, the historical performance, among other topics, will give clues about possible results of several match events. Thus, it is possible to perform technical analysis and discover the best betting tips for this confrontation.

The game takes place in the mythical Estádio José Alvalade stadium, in the city of Lisbon, with a capacity for 50095 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

You can find all the follow-up to the match live on Betarena, bringing odds, events, statistics, and more to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Sporting CP vs Santa Clara betting tip 2024/2025

In the matches for this competition, there are always different match facts. And, if wins are always needed to get to this stage (including overtime and/or penalties), we have to look at other criteria that makes them get here. Sporting CP performance to this stage is 8 goals scored and still 1 against.

On the other hand, Santa Clara come this far with 2 goals scored and 0 conceded.

In their last meeting, a Liga Portugal match during the 2024/2025 season on 30-11-2024, the Santa Clara team emerged victorious, winning 0-1.

And while we're on the historical factor, it's important to point out that it's always pertinent to consider the history of relevance in the competition, so for this game it should be noted that Sporting CP has in its curriculum 21 wins of the Portuguese Cup while Santa Clara have never won the competition.

Regarding the current form of the teams, based on statistical data, we can assume that Sporting CP’s team, which has accumulated 1 win, has not achieved such consistent results as Santa Clara, which has won a total of 4 games in the last five matches.

Sporting CP

Sporting CP come from a victory in the last match. The game against Boavista, valid for the Liga Portugal, ended with a 3-2. The team coached by N. Pereira Costa lined up in the last match with a 3-4-3 formation.

On the last matchday of the premier competition of Portuguese football, the team of Sporting CP faced and beat the team of Amarante, with a score of 6-0, in a game counting for the 4th Round putting them in the game against Santa Clara.

Top scorers from Sporting CP in the Portuguese Cup

In terms of personal accomplishments, Conrad Harder has excelled in the offensive department. This player of the Sporting CP team already has a total of 3 goals in the competition, becoming a fundamental part of his team's results. The team's second-best scorer in the Cup is none other than his teammate Marcus Edwards, who comes with 2 goals scored.

Santa Clara

The visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Santa Clara, who used a 3-4-3 formation, faced the Rio Ave team with a final score of 1-0.

On the last matchday of the premier competition of Portuguese football, the team of Santa Clara faced and beat the team of Famalicão, with a score of 1-0, in a game counting for the 4th Round putting them in the game against Sporting CP.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Score market betting suggestions

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

In order to generate a good prediction on the goal market for this match, we must first analyze the average number of goals in each team's games this season. Thus, we were able to obtain that in their matches, the Sporting CP team scores a total of 4 goals on average and accumulates a total of 0.5 goals conceded.

On the other hand, in the matches of Santa Clara, they score an average of 1 goals per match and conceed a total of 0 goals.

Corners market betting suggestions

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 13.5 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Individual Analysis of Corner Kicks

In order to generate a good prediction in the corner kicks market for this match, we must first analyze this average individually in each team's games in this season. Thus, we have that Sporting CP can obtain, on average, a total of 15 corners in its favor in each match.

On the other hand, in games where Santa Clara is present, this team obtains an average of 12 corners. This selection is highly likely to result in a large number of corner kicks, given that the combined average of corner kicks per match for both teams is higher than 9.5 corners this season.