Sporting will host Farense in Lisbon in the upcoming round of the Primeira Liga on Sunday, 2 February.
Will the home team get another win to continue their cruise towards another title or can the guests cause a huge upset? Read our Sporting Lisbon vs Farense prediction and preview to find out.
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Sporting Lisbon vs Farense prediction: Hosts to get a comfortable win
Key stats
- Sporting Lisbon have won eight of their nine home matches in the league so far, six of which they've won by two or more goals.
- Farense have just one win in 10 away games in the league this season.
- Trincao is Sporting's second-best scorer in the league this season with seven goals.
Correct score prediction: Sporting Lisbon 3-0 Farense
With Sporting dominating this season and Farense in the relegation zone, this should be an easy job for the hosts. After all, their first duel this season has ended in a 5-0 win for Sporting, so we expect a similar outcome this time around too.
Pre-game odds and win probability: A big win is expected for the hosts
- HOME: 1/7 (1.14) – 87.50%
- DRAW: 15/2 (8.50) – 11.80%
- AWAY: 16/1 (17.00) – 5.90%
*Odds from Ladbrokes, subject to change
We can see from these Sporting Lisbon vs Farense odds that the hosts are the expected winners, with little doubt in the final outcome from the bookies.
This makes sense considering that Sporting are the league leaders and Farense are in the relegation zone, 32 points behind.
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Most recent H2Hs: Complete domination by Sporting
With 10 wins in a row over Farense, Sporting have dominated this matchup in recent year. Things aren't much different when we look at the overall H2H record between these two teams: 43-7-4 in favour of Sporting CP.
Portugal Primeira Liga 23/08/24
SC Farense
Sporting
Portugal Primeira Liga 03/03/24
Sporting
SC Farense
Portugal League Cup 02/11/23
Sporting
SC Farense
Portugal Primeira Liga 30/09/23
SC Farense
Sporting
Portugal League Cup 30/11/22
Sporting
SC Farense
Sporting Lisbon preview: Comfortably in the lead in the title race
After 19 rounds in the Primeira Liga, Sporting Lisbon sit at the top of the standings with six points more than the next team, seemingly cruising towards another title. Sporting are also undefeated in their last six matches in the league and while they weren't in such great form lately in the Champions League, they managed to secure their place in the knockout stages in that competition.
When it comes to team news, Sporting's top scorer Victor Gyokeres will miss this match with an injury, along with Eduardo Quaresma, Hidemasa Morita, Nuno Santos, Marcus Edwards, and Pedro Goncalves.
Predicted lineup: Silva (GK), Fresneda, Diomande, Inacio, Araujo, Braganca, Hjulmand, Quenda, Catamo, Harder & Trincao
Portugal Primeira Liga 10/05/25
D
Benfica
1
Sporting
1
Portugal Primeira Liga 04/05/25
W
Gil Vicente
1
Sporting
2
Portugal Primeira Liga 27/04/25
W
Boavista
0
Sporting
5
Portugal Cup 22/04/25
W
Rio Ave
1
Sporting
2
Portugal Primeira Liga 18/04/25
W
Moreirense
1
Sporting
3
Farense preview: Hoping to put up a fight
With just 15 points from 19 games in the league this season, Farense currently sit in the relegation zone and they'll have to do much better in the coming matches if they want to survive in the top flight. However, with their next opponent being the defending champions and current league leaders Sporting, who beat them on the regular, Farense will likely have to wait for the next game to start turning their form around.
Meanwhile, Angelo Neto and Luiz Felipe are out with injuries at the moment.
Predicted lineup: Velho (GK), Ribeiro, Moreno, Jorge, Pastor, Soares, Menino, Victor, Balde, Tomane & Matias
Portugal Primeira Liga 11/05/25
W
Guimaraes
1
SC Farense
2
Portugal Primeira Liga 03/05/25
W
Famalicao
1
SC Farense
2
Portugal Primeira Liga 26/04/25
L
Gil Vicente
1
SC Farense
0
Portugal Primeira Liga 18/04/25
L
Boavista
1
SC Farense
0
Portugal Primeira Liga 13/04/25
W
Estrela
0
SC Farense
1
Player to watch: Trincao
With Gyokeres out of contention with an injury, Sporting Lisbon will have to rely on other players to shoulder the offensive load in this game and one of those that will need to step up on Sunday is Trincao, the team's second best scorer in the league with seven goals this season.
