Sporting CP vs Rakow Prediction & Tips
Sporting CP and Raków play at the José Alvalade Stadium in a Europa League match (Group Stage). The home factor could play a decisive role in this match, as Raków have shown differences in performance in their home and away games.
After 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, the home team are currently in 2nd place with 4 points. In their last match, they drew 1-1 away to Raków Częstochowa, after losing 1-2 at home to Atalanta in their previous match. This is a team that maintains its performance when playing away from home, as in the last 30 games it has recorded 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats as a visitor, compared to 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat at home. In their last match in the Primeira Liga, they beat Estrela Amadora 3-2 at home. In their last 10 home games, Sporting CP have won 9 and lost 1. The team has allowed goals to its opponents in 8 of the last 10 games, so its defense needs to improve, but its attack has scored with great regularity, as it has always scored at least one goal in the last 10 games. There tends to be goals in their home games, as 29 of their last 30 games have ended with more than 1.5 goals and 21 out of 30 have ended with more than 2.5 goals. The team doesn’t usually struggle to open the scoring: they’ve managed to get the first goal in 12 of their last 15 games, of those 12 they’ve gone into half-time ahead in 10 and managed to keep the lead until the end of the 90′ in 10. In their last 11 home games in all competitions there are 1 periods that stand out: they’ve conceded 4 of their 9 goals between the hour mark (46′-60′).
Sporting go into this match motivated after a 3-2 home win against Estrela da Amadora: Daniel Bragança, Marcus Edwards and Paulinho scored the goals in this important triumph. Coach Rúben Amorim is expected to deploy his team in a 5-2-3 tactical system, where the three most advanced players will be Marcus Edwards, Viktor Gyokeres and Pedro Gonçalves. Daniel Bragança and Morten Hjulmand will play in midfield. The León coach will not be able to count on right-winger Geny Catamo as he is recovering from injury at this stage.
After 1 draw and 2 defeats, the away team are currently in 4th place with 1 point. In their last match, they drew 1-1 at home to Sporting CP, after losing 0-1 at home to Sturm Graz in their previous match. This is a stronger team when they play in their own stadium, as in their last 30 games they’ve recorded 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats as visitors, compared to 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats in their own stadium. In their last match in the Ekstraklasa, they beat Zagłębie Lubin at home 5-0. Their last away game was for Puchar Polski and ended in a (0-2) extra-time win against ŁKS Łódź. In their last 10 games as visitors, Raków have won 4, drawn 2 and lost 4. Their defensive solidity hasn’t been their strong point, as they’ve conceded goals in 7 of their last 10 games, but their attack has scored regularly, as they’ve scored goals in 8 of their last 10 games. In 15 games, they have conceded the first goal 8 times and have only managed to turn the game around once.
Raków go into this match motivated after a 5-0 home win against Zaglebie: Bogdan Racovitan, John Yeboah, Ante Crnac and Nenad Mijailovic scored the winning goals. Like their opponents in this match, the away side usually play a 5-2-3 tactical formation, with three players in the forward line: Bartosz Nowak, Ante Crnac and John Yeboah. The midfield is expected to be occupied by Gustav Berggren and Ben Lederman. Coach Dawid Szwarga won’t be able to count on Lukasz Zwolinski, Ivi López, Adrian Gryszkiewicz, Zoran Arsenic and Stratos Svarnas because they are currently under medical supervision.
Sporting CP – Rakow FREE TIPS
OVER 2.5 GOALS @ 2.25
