(Football news) Since Sporting defeated the visitors 2-1 in the Taca da Liga last month to advance to the competition’s semifinals, this will be the clubs’ second meeting of the current campaign. With victories of 3-1 against C.D. Olivais e Moscavide in the third round and 8-0 over Dumiense CJPII in the final round, Sporting made it to this level of the competition.

With their 17 Taca de Portugal victories, the most recent of which came in 2019, Sporting is the only team behind Benfica (26), Porto (19), and other teams. After defeating Estoril 5-1 to maintain their lead in the league with 16 games played, Amorim’s team will go into this game rested and with 40 points.

As they progress into the Europa League knockout stages and remain in the running for all prizes, Sporting is enjoying a fantastic season thus far.

The home team has won all six of their previous meetings with this opponent dating back to June 2020. In that span, they have only allowed two goals while scoring fourteen. The home team has historically dominated this tie.

Not only do they have a stellar record versus the visitors, but they also have a winning record at home, having won nine straight games in all competitions at Estadio Jose Alvalade. For these reasons, the Lions will be confident heading into this game.

In order to secure their place in the fifth round of this competition, the Gold and Greens had already defeated Sporting de Pombal in round two, 1º Dezembro in round three, and Torreense in round three with a tenacious 4-2 victory won on penalties.

Although Toze Marreco’s team has enjoyed success in cup tournaments this year, they have found it difficult to carry over their cup record into the league, where they currently sit in seventh position, nine points behind the top three.

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