Fresh off the back of holding Manchester City to a goalless draw, Sporting Lisbon will head into Monday's game in sky-high confidence. Looking at past results between the sides, and the gulf in class and quality in their squads, we are backing Sporting Lisbon to cruise to a comfortable win.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sporting Lisbon win with a probability of 60.73%. A draw had a probability of 21.2% and a win for Moreirense had a probability of 18.08%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Lisbon win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.09%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.07%) and 1-2 (9.96%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.98%), while for a Moreirense win it was 1-0 (5%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 10.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Sporting Lisbon would win this match.