Sporting Lisbon vs Porto Prediction and Betting Tips | January 7th 2025

Sporting will meet rivals Porto at the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in the Taca da Liga semifinals on Tuesday. The capital club overcame Nacional in the quarterfinals in October while Dragões defeated Moreirense 2-0.

Leões are unbeaten in their last five games in all competitions and were held to a 4-4 draw by Vitoria Guimaraes in their first Primeira Liga match of the year on Friday. It was an entertaining match in which Viktor Gyökeres bagged a hat-trick and Francisco Trincão scored a stoppage-time equalizer.

Dragões extended their unbeaten streak in all competitions to seven games across all competitions last time around with a 4-0 home win over Boavista in the Primeira Liga. Samu Aghehowa bagged a brace while Rodrigo Mora and Nico González had a goal and an assist to their name.

Sporting last won the competition in 2022 and were eliminated from the semifinals by eventual champions Braga last season. Porto last lifted the trophy in 2023.

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Sporting vs Porto Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two teams have a long-standing rivalry and have crossed paths 251 times in all competitions. Dragões have the upper hand in these meetings with 93 wins. The 2022 champions are not far behind with 85 wins while 73 games have ended in draws.
• They have met six times in the Taca da Liga. Leões have been the better side in these meetings, recording four wins, with two coming on penalties.
• They last met in the Primeira Liga in August, with Sporting recording a 2-0 home win.
• After four consecutive defeats between late November and early December, Leões are unbeaten in their last five games, recording three wins.
• Porto are on a four-game winning streak in all competitions while keeping clean sheets.
• Both teams have scored at least two goals in four of the last six games in this fixture.
• Dragões have lost just one of their last 10 games in the Taca da Liga. The 2022 champions have suffered two losses in their last five games in the competition, with one of them coming against the 2023 champions.

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Sporting vs Porto Prediction

Leões have been in good touch recently. They scored four goals in their league game on Friday and will look to build on that form. Nonetheless, they also conceded four goals in that game, with three coming within 16 minutes.

Gonçalo Inácio, Nuno Santos, Daniel Bragança, and Pedro Gonçalves are sidelined with injuries. As they play after just three days, Rui Borges is likely to make some changes to the starting XI.

Dragões head into the match in great form and will look to leave a good account of themselves in their first match of the year. They have kept clean sheets in five of their last six games, and are strong favorites. They have suffered two losses against Sporting in their last 13 meetings, with both coming in away games.

Francisco Moura and Marko Grujić are the two confirmed absentees for Vítor Bruno. Iván Marcano is cleared to play after almost a year and should start from the bench.

Considering the current form of the two teams, Porto should be able to eke out a narrow win.

Prediction: Sporting 2-3 Porto

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Sporting vs Porto Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Porto to win

Tip 2: Goals - Over/Under 2.5 Goals - Over 2.5 goals

Tip 3: At least one goal to be scored in the second half - Yes

Tip 4: Both teams to score - Yes

Bold Tip: Samu Aghehowa to score or assist anytime - Yes