Sporting Lisbon v Santa Clara Betting Tips [1 April 2023]

The Portuguese Primeira Liga resumes this weekend after the international break and one of the matches lined up on Saturday will see Sporting Lisbon host Santa Clara. Coming into this match, Sporting are in fourth place with thheir opponents bottom of the table. Sporting are six points behind the final Champions League qualifying position but with a game in hand on third placed Braga. They have won nine of the last 10 matches against Santa Clara and considering the superb form they are in coming into this match, then a win is the more likely outcome. Sporting have won ten home league games this season, the other two ending in defeat. They have won both of their last two home league fixtures to nil and of the last ten on home soil, win nine and only lose to Porto.

As Sporting are fighting it out at the top of the table, Santa Clara are at the opposite end of the standings, knee-deep in the relegation battle. Danildo Accioly’s charges are in danger of going down to the second tier just two years removed from qualifying for Europe for the first time in their history. They sit bottom with 15 points, seven adrift of safety and with nine matches left to play need to start winning if they are to avoid the drop. Santa Clara are without a win in their last 16 matches and come into this match having lost in their last six outings. On the road, they have won just one league game, lost nine and scored just four goals. They come into this game hoping to avoid a fifth straight away league loss.

The last 10 matches between these two teams have produced a winner and Sporting have come out on top nine times. Everything suggests that they will be victorious again but our tip for Sporting Lisbon v Santa Clara is for the match to produce over 2.5 goals.