Portimonense vs. Sporting: Portuguese Cup Match Prediction
Portimonense and Sporting will meet in the 1/32 finals of the Portuguese Cup. The visitors are the obvious favorites in the confrontation with the club from the Second League. Will the hosts be able to surprise the current champion of the country on October 18? The answer is in our forecast.

Command Analysis

Portimonense

Current form
Portimonense played in Primeira Liga last year and even managed to avoid direct relegation, but lost to ABC in the play-offs and still dropped to the Second League. Here, the club is not doing well either - the hosts are in 16th place out of 18 and risk relegation even lower. In their last matches, the hosts lost to Penafiel (0:2) and Leixoes (0:3).
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts have no problems with the squad.
Interesting trends for betting
- The last two matches ended in dry defeats for the hosts
- The team has not played a draw in the last five matches.
Probable line-up : Vinicius Silvestre - Tornih, Relvas, Kobayashi - Nuno, Ruan, Diaby, Geovani, Silva - Monteiro, Chiku Banza.

Sporting CP

Current form
Sporting are showing fantastic results this season. The team is destroying everyone in its path. After eight matches of the Portuguese championship, the current champion is in first place, having 24 points and a goal difference of 27:2. In the last matches of the championship, they managed to crush ABC (3:0), Estoril (3:0) and Casa Pia (2:0), and also draw with PSV (1:1) in the Champions League.
Disqualifications and injuries
The visitors have no problems with their lineup.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has not lost a single game this season.
- The club last seven wins have been shutouts
Estimated line-up : Israel - Inacio, Debas, Quaresma - Araujo, Hulmann, Bragança, Catamo - Harder, Gyokeres, Trincao.
Trends
Bet Exact score 0:3
The visitors have won two of their last three games with this score.
7.00Bet At least one team will not score
This bet has won in 7 of Sporting last 8 matches
1.60Tip and bets
The visitors are already superior to their opponents in class, and now Sporting has also gained excellent form. The team is unbeaten in the championship and has not lost even in the Champions League. It is unlikely that a representative of the second division will be able to interrupt the powerful series of the champion.
Our prediction is Asian handicap (-2) on Sporting for 1.67
Bet on total
Sporting plays attacking football and scores a lot – almost no one can stop the visitors this season. We think that this time the visitors’ attack will have a great match, and we will see a lot of goals.
Bet - total over three goals. This bet is offered for 1.60
Bet on the first half
Sporting are the favourites and will most likely play first – the favourites will earn an advantage already in the first half.
The bet is for Sporting to win in the first half. This bet is offered for 1.45