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Chaves and Sporting squad at the Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira in a meeting for the Portuguese Cup (Quarter-Finals). There is only one recent direct showdown between these two teams on 14-01-2017, which ended with a 2-2 draw. In this match the home factor may play a decisive role, as Sporting have shown differences in performance in their games at home and as a visitor.
Chaves
Until reaching this stage of the Portuguese Cup (Quarterfinals), the home team had to eliminate: Torreense, Porto and Uniao Madeira. This is a team little affected by the house factor, that is, presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 matches has recorded 5 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses as a visitor, with 20 goals scored and 17 conceded, against 6 victories , 8 draws and 1 home defeat, with 19 goals scored and 11 conceded. In the last 10 home games Chaves has recorded 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games. In 13 games, he only managed 1 turn in the scoring in the 5 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 20 home games in all competitions there are 1 highlights: he has scored 5 of his 14 goals in minutes (31′-45 ‘).
The Chaves team arrives in this game, with a 2-2 draw against Sporting, adding to their third consecutive game without losing: Rafael Lopes and Fábio Martins scored the team’s goals. In this round at home, coach Ricardo Soares should keep the team in 4-4-2 with Rafael Lopes and Willian being the most offensive references: the first player is the top scorer with 4 goals scored. It is important to note that Chaves eliminated FC Porto in the 4th round of the Portuguese Cup. It seems that the coach can not count on Fábio Santos, Félix Mathaus and Hamdou, injured, besides João Mário, player that contests the CAN.
Sporting
Until reaching this stage of the Portuguese Cup (Quarterfinals), the visiting team eliminated: Vitoria de Setubal, Praiense and Famalicão. This is a stronger team when playing in his stadium, because in the last 30 games he has 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses as a visitor; Against 11 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in his stadium. In the last 10 games as a visitor Sporting won 4, drew 2 and lost 4. His attack has regularly scored, as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games. In their away games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 12 of their last 29 games finished with Less than 1.5 goals. In 15 games, he only managed 1 turn in the scoring in the 7 games in which he suffered the first goal. There are 2 periods in the last 10 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he scored 3 of his 7 goals in the minutes (61’-75 ‘); Suffered 3 of his 8 goals between the minutes (16’-30 ‘).
The Sporting team comes to this unmotivated game due to recent away-from-home results: it has not won for two consecutive games. In this game for the Portuguese Cup, coach Jorge Jesus should be in the 4-4-2 formation and should be able to use the ball and the attacks organized especially by the side: Gelson Martins and Joe Campbell are very fast and competent at driving the ball to the attack. Analyzing the last 10 games played it is possible to verify that the lions scored on average 1.1 goals and suffered on average 0.9 goals per game, that is, they have some lack of effectiveness in the finalization. For this game the visiting coach should not count Rúben Semedo, suspended, in addition to Schelotto, a player recovering from injury.
Prediction: over 2.5 goals @ 2.10