Santa Clara vs Sporting CP
Portugal – Primeira Liga
Date: Monday, 16 December 2019
Kick-off at 19:00 UK / 20:00 CET
Venue: Estádio de São Miguel (Ponta Delgada).
Santa Clara
João Henriques will have a full squad to choose from here.
Ukra scored against Marítimo last weekend and will be full of confidence on Monday.
Guilherme Schetinne and Bruno Lamas could feature from the start if João Henriques decided to ring the changes as usual.
Sporting CP
Luís Neto was injured against Moreirense and Jovane Cabral will be joined on the sidelines. Coates should feature at center-back as a result.
Bruno Fernandes and Mathieu were rested in midweek and will bring fresh legs.
Acuña did not come off the bench against Lask Linz and he is also expected to return to the Starting XI after serving a match ban against Moreirense.
Santa Clara vs Sporting CP Predictions
Santa Clara extended their winless run last week in their clash with Maritimo in the street, after the injury-time goals from Ruben Ferrier kept the final score 2-2. The hosts now have failed to pick up a win in the Primeira Liga since the end of September, and have collected just four points from their last five matchups.
Today, the home team was sitting fourteenth in a cluster of eighteen years and only six points away from falling into the relegation zone.
On the other hand, Sporting CP will make a trip to the Estadio de Sao Miguel in the back of a disappointing 3-0 defeat at the hands of Lask Linz in the Europa League. Be that as it may, the visitors have to overcome a lot better in their domestic campaign.
Guests take off a 1-0 victory in their most recent clashes with Moreirense at home, and currently live in four as well. It is also worth mentioning that Sporting CP has stumbled just twice on the road this term.
In sharp contrast, even home advantage has not been able to help Santa Clara get out on lately. They are winless in their last three games here and have picked up just one point in the process.
To pile on even more suffering, the host has admitted back to back defeats in their past three matchups with the enemy is at home. Accordingly, Sporting CP should not make a mistake in coming away with a win this week.
In addition, visitors have been benign in the final third. They had found the back of the net just once in the last two games. Meanwhile, five of the previous seven fixtures here have a low scoring affair with less than 2.5 goals in the charts.
Taking these into consideration, relying Sporting to wrap something with one or two goals at least in this one.
Santa Clara vs Sporting CP Betting tips
CP Sports to win @ 2.00 (1/1)
Under 2.5 goals @ 1.70 (7/10).