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Match preview · Liga Portugal

Sporting – Moreirense

Sporting 3rd in Liga Portugal Home 1.85 projected goals by the model
Moreirense 12th in Liga Portugal Away 0.56 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.85 0.56
Sporting Moreirense
Sporting
69%
Draw
23%
Moreirense
8%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Sporting Draw Moreirense
Fair odds 1.45 4.31 12.80
Total goals
2.41
Over 2.5 goals
44%
Both teams to score
41%
Data coverage · full

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Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Sporting

69% Sporting to win

Attack
2nd vs 15th
Sporting attack v Moreirense defence
Defence
2nd vs 18th
Sporting defence v Moreirense attack
Recent xG form
+1.16 vs -1.02
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.85 – 0.56
Sporting v Moreirense
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Sporting and Moreirense compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Sporting Moreirense
xG / match (better) 2.01 · 3rd 0.68 · 17th
xGA / match (better) 0.79 · 5th 1.73 · 14th
xGD / match (better) +1.22 · 3rd -1.06 · 17th
xPts / match (better) 2.17 · 3rd 0.68 · 17th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +1.16 -1.02

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 43% of the model's distribution.

Sporting clean sheet
55%
Sporting 2+ goals
57%
Under 2.5 goals
56%
Both teams to score: no
59%

Most likely scorelines

2:0
16.1%
1:0
14.7%
1:1
11.8%
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Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Sporting sample
20 matches
Moreirense sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Sporting
4 matches
Away xG sample · Moreirense
4 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.