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AVS will take on Sporting CP on Sunday, 26 April, as the Primeira Liga run-in approaches its conclusion.
It is a match of far more significance for the visitors, who are still in with an outside chance of winning their third consecutive league title. AVS, meanwhile, are already officially relegated and are now playing for nothing more than professional pride.
Read our prediction, preview and betting tips for the game below, and make sure to check out our Today's betting tips page for more of our free expert Primeira Liga predictions.
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AVS vs Sporting CP key stats
- AVS have failed to score in six of their last eight matches.
- Sporting have kept a clean sheet in three of their last four matches.
- More than two goals have been scored in each of the last four meetings between AVS and Sporting.
AVS vs Sporting CP preview: Visitors to flex their muscles
| AVS | vs | Sporting CP |
|---|---|---|
| 18th | Position | 3rd |
| 13 | Points | 71 |
| 21 | Goals For | 74 |
| 64 | Goals Against | 19 |
| 4 | Clean Sheets | 14 |
| 18th | Home Rank | 3rd |
| 18th | Away Rank | 2nd |
Formed in 2023, AVS are one of the youngest teams in Portuguese football and their inexperience this season has been there for all to see.
A year or two longer in the second flight of Portuguese football would perhaps have suited them better, as the entire club has given off the vibe of a rabbit stuck in the headlights from the minute they played their first Primeira Liga fixture back in August.
Over the course of the last two seasons, AVS have rattled through five different managers, and while that model may work elsewhere, it certainly hasn't worked here, and they are now in serious danger of setting a new record for the lowest points tally in Primeira Liga history.
Their current manager, Joao Henriques, is without Antoine Baroan due to injury, while Tomane will have to sit this one out after breaching the yellow card threshold.
As for Sporting CP, their grip on the Primeira Liga title is slipping away. For the first time since 2023, someone other than Sporting will lift the title in May, barring a Porto collapse.
As things stand, Sporting are eight points behind Porto at the top of the table, and although they do have a game in hand on the Dragons, time is very much against them.
Last weekend's home defeat to Jose Mourinho's Benfica was a hammer blow, not just because it allowed Porto to extend their lead but also because it saw Benfica leapfrog them into second place.
For the match against AVS, Rui Borges will be unable to call upon three first-team players, as Ivan Fresneda, Fotis Ioannidis and Nuno Santos are all injured.
AVS vs Sporting CP form guide & betting tips
| AVS | vs | Sporting CP |
|---|---|---|
| L-D-L-D-D | League Form | D-W-W-W-L |
| 3 | Points | 10 |
| 15th | Form Table | 3rd |
| 3 | Goals For | 12 |
| 7 | Goals Against | 7 |
| L-D-D | Form (all comps) | D-L-D |
Whispers predicts: AVS 0-3 Sporting CP
AVS are on course to be the worst team in Primeira Liga history, so it's near-impossible to imagine them defeating the back-to-back reigning champions. Sporting to win to nil has been priced at 10/11.
More than two goals have been scored in six of Sporting's last seven league matches. Over 2.5 goals has been priced at 1/3.
Luis Suarez is the league's top goalscorer with 24 goals in 27 appearances. Suarez to score anytime has been priced at 1/2.
> Sporting to win to nil at 10/11 | Likelihood: Probable
> Over 2.5 goals at 1/3 | Likelihood: Probable
> Luis Suarez to score anytime at 1/2 | Likelihood: Probable