News and Views

undefined

Sporting CP vs Benfica betting tip 2024/2025

<p><strong>Sporting CP</strong> and <strong>Benfica</strong> will play on Sunday, December 29th, 2024, at 20:30h (UTC), in a Liga Portugal game to be held in Portugal, check the Sporting CP vs Benfica betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.</p><h4>Stadium and City where Sporting CP vs Benfica will occur</h4><p>The game takes place in the mythical <strong>Estádio José Alvalade</strong> stadium, in the city of <strong>Lisbon</strong>, with a capacity for 50095 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.</p><h4>Where to follow the live game</h4><p>At Betarena, you can find everything about the <a href="https://scores.betarena.com">match live</a>, including <strong>statistics</strong>, <strong>events</strong>, <strong>odds</strong>, and everything else that can help with your <strong>sports betting</strong>.</p><h2>Introduction to the Sporting CP vs Benfica betting tip 2024/2025</h2><p>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 2.5 goals per match played.</p><h4>Sporting CP last match</h4><p><strong>Sporting CP</strong> is coming off a <strong>draw</strong>. In its last outing they faced <strong>Gil Vicente</strong> in a match valid for Liga Portugal, and the match ended <strong>0-0</strong>. The eleven coached by <strong>N. Pereira Costa</strong> played in a 3-4-2-1 formation.</p><p>Considering the high odds of winning the match, a draw (odd 5.25) turned out to be a bad result.</p><p>Sporting CP performance was certainly not typical of a top team, but some players still left a good mark on the match. <strong>Viktor Gyökeres</strong>, with an excellent sense of position and a precise foot, was one of the best players, and he gave a big contribution to the team to leave the field undefeated.</p><h4>Benfica last match</h4><p>On the other hand, the <strong>visiting team</strong> arrives at this match after a <strong>victory</strong> in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Benfica, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Estoril team with a final score of <strong>3-0</strong>.</p><p>The positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds 1.11.</p><h4>Sporting CP vs Benfica h2h</h4><p>The <strong>last time these teams faced off against each other</strong> in Liga Portugal, Benfica was in 2nd place while Sporting CP was in the 1st place. Benfica opened with a 4-2-3-1 arrangement while Sporting CP charged with a 3-4-2-1 formation.</p><p>The last time these teams met was for a <strong>Liga Portugal</strong> match, on 06-04-2024, referring to the 2023/2024 season, which ended with a 2-1 win for Sporting CP.</p><p>The last time these teams played, victory was hard-won.</p><p>The performance of the Benfica team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Sporting CP team.</p><h2>Sporting CP</h2><h4>Liga Portugal leaderboard now</h4><p>The <strong>Sporting CP</strong> team with <strong>37 points</strong> currently occupies the <strong>2nd place</strong> of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Champions League Qualifiers, with a campaign of <strong>12 wins</strong>, <strong>1 draw</strong> and <strong>2 losses</strong>.</p><p>Which means that in the 16th round, the team is ahead with no advantage over Porto team who is in the 3rd place.</p><h4>Sporting CP analysis</h4><p>After 15 matches, Sporting CP shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 43 goals and conceded 10.</p><p>Sporting CP has an average of 6.8 shots in the goal mirror per match, and can be considered an extremely offensive team and prone to scoring goals, and of course winning.</p><p>To control the game, the Sporting CP team would often try to reach an average ball possession of 66.73%. The reason for this is ball possession above 50% would give teams some control over their opponents.</p><p></p><h4>Best goalscorer from Sporting CP</h4><p>Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Viktor Gyökeres. The Attacker has already scored 18 times this season and has helped Sporting CP come away with the positive result on several occasions.</p><p>It should also be noted that 7 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.</p><h2>Benfica</h2><h4>Liga Portugal leaderboard now</h4><p>The Benfica team with 38 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Champions League, with a campaign of 12 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss.</p><h4>Benfica analysis</h4><p>Benfica goal quotient is definitely positive, with 37 down scored and 8 conceded after 15 rounds played.</p><p>Benfica is in that enviable position as the favorite after they had 2 wins in the Liga Portugal.</p><p>A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Liga Portugal.</p><p>With a balance of 4 wins, 1 loss, and 2 draws in the Liga Portugal, Benfica playing away usually gives opponents slim chances of beating them.</p><p>With a record of only lost once in 7 games in the Liga Portugal, Benfica have played as visiting team, Benfica aim to have good results in this game hoping to add to their streak of 2 wins.</p><p>Navigating a hectic schedule with multiple games in a short period of time could prove to be a daunting task for Benfica. Despite the odds suggesting a tight matchup, the team's busy schedule could be a critical factor in determining the eventual winner between Sporting CP and Benfica.</p><h4>Best goalscorer from Benfica</h4><p>Ángel Di María has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 6 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Benfica to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.</p><p>It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.</p><h2>Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:</h2><h4>Goals Top Betting Tips</h4><p>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 18 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Benfica is Ángel Di María, he has scored in 6 opportunities.</p><p>Benfica has conceded 5 away goals in 7 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Benfica will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 2-1, something to take into consideration.</p><p>The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.</p><h4>Corners Top Betting Tips</h4><p>Good betting results could be obtained if one notes that there is an average of 7.24 corners per game.</p><p>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 7.27 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Sporting CP in this match.</p><h4>Cards Top Betting Tips</h4><p>Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.27 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.</p><p>This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.</p><p>Check other great betting tips <a href="https://scores.betarena.com/a/tag/forecasts">here</a>.</p>

Start winning with the Sporting CP vs Benfica betting tip 2024/2025, game on December 29th, 2024 for the Liga Portugal