February 20th features a match where Chaves and Sporting CP will play a match in Chaves in a meeting of these two Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Chaves is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Vizela. Vizela had 16 on net, and Chaves had 18, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Chaves is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Sporting CP is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Midtjylland. Emam Ashour struck first for Midtjylland in the 77th minute, but Sebastián Coates got the equalizer for Sporting CP in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning Sporting CP a comeback draw. Sporting CP should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
Sporting CP and Chaves last played eachother at the Estádio José Alvalade on Sat Aug 27th. Chaves won by a score of 2 to 0. Steven Vitória scored the first goal for Chaves in the 60th minute, then Juninho added another in the 63rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sporting CP couldn’t manage to score, and Chaves took the shutout win.
Both Pote and Hidemasa Morita have been the hottest scorers for Sporting CP in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Steven Vitória has been the most prolific scorer on Chaves in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.