In this week 23 match on Feb 20th, Sporting CP will host Estoril in a meeting of these two closely matched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Sporting CP sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against Manchester City. Riyad Mahrez scored the first goal for Manchester City in the 7th minute, then Bernardo Silva added another in the 17th minute In the end, Sporting CP couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester City ran away with the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Sporting CP should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 7th placed Estoril is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Tondela. Arthur Gomes scored the first goal for Estoril in the 86th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tondela couldn’t manage to score, and Estoril took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
Sporting CP and Estoril last played eachother at the Estádio António Coimbra Da Mota on Sunday Sep 19th. Sporting CP took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Pedro Porro scored the first goal for Sporting CP in the 67th minute on a penalty shot, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Estoril was frustrated by Sporting CP’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sporting CP ended the match with the shutout victory.
Russo Franco and Abdoulaye Ba are the top scorers for Estoril in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Paulinho has been the most prolific scorer on Sporting CP in his last 5 matches with three goals.