Sporting Lisbon vs Academico de Viseu prediction, tips and odds
- one sided
- high ceiling
- goals fest
- rotation risk
- league
- Kick-off
- your local time
- Competition
- Portuguese Primeira Liga
Our prediction
- likeliest half-time score
- 1–0likeliest half-time score
Our picks
- Sporting Lisbon come throughOur pickSporting Lisbon1.24
- Academico de Viseu keep it closeOur pickAcademico de Viseu starts 4 goals aheadPrice hidden until revealed
Implied by the bookmakers’ own prices, with the margin removed. The engine has not published a read on this match.
How the model sees it
- 2–012%
- 1–010%
- 2–110%
- Projected goals
- 3.1
- Likeliest at half time
- 1–025%
- Competition goals a game
- 2.75
- Competition matches over 2.5
- 55%
| Stat | SPO | ACA | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2.25 | 0.82 | 3.1 |
Per ninety minutes. Goals use the fitted goals model. Other stats combine each side’s rate with what its opponent allows, pulled toward the competition’s own average where the sample is thin; cards are anchored to the referee.
Form, head-to-head and trends
| Trend | SPO | ACA |
|---|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| Both teams scored | 4/5 | 2/5 |
| Clean sheets | 1/5 | 2/5 |
| Failed to score | 0/5 | 1/5 |
Match context
- Form
- Sporting unbeaten in five league games (W3 D2), last a 3-1 win at Braga; Académico de Viseu won three of their last four in the league (2-1 v Estoril, 2-0 at Estrela, 1-0 at Gil Vicente) before a 1-0 cup loss at Fátima.
- The competition
- Primeira Liga 2026/27, Matchday 9 (a standard league round, no legs). Sporting sit 3rd on 18 pts from 8 (GF20/GA9); Académico de Viseu are the early surprise in 6th on 14 pts from 8 (GF11/GA10) after a 2-1 home win over Estoril. Sporting play LASK in the Champions League on 21 Oct, four days before this, and a League Cup tie on 27 Oct; Viseu were knocked out of the Taça de Portugal 1-0 at Fátima on 18 Oct. Nothing dead-rubber about it — both are chasing the top group.
Team news
No absences reported.
No absences reported.
Portuguese Primeira Liga table and leaders
| # | Club | PL | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 8 | — | 24 |
| 2 | Benfica | 8 | — | 19 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 8 | — | 18 |
| 4 | Santa Clara | 8 | — | 18 |
| 5 | Arouca | 8 | — | 14 |
| 6 | Académico de Viseu | 8 | — | 14 |
Top 6 shown · as read when this competition was last scouted.
- 1Vangelis PavlidisBenfica8 goals
- 2Luis SuárezSporting CP7 goals
- 3Gianluca PrestianniBenfica5 goals
- 4BarberoArouca5 goals
- 5Gonçalo PaciênciaSanta Clara5 goals
- 1Naïs DjouahraArouca5 assists
- 2Cihan KahramanAcadémico de Viseu4 assists
- 3Geny CatamoSporting CP4 assists
- 4PepêPorto4 assists
- 5Vangelis PavlidisBenfica3 assists
- 1Lucas FrançaSanta Clara5 clean sheets
- 2Diogo CostaPorto4 clean sheets
- 3Samuel SoaresBenfica4 clean sheets
- 4LucãoGil Vicente4 clean sheets
- 5Ignacio de ArruabarrenaArouca4 clean sheets
Table, avg goals and over-2.5 from SoccerBet Tips/Soccer News (MD8, Oct 2026); leaders cross-checked with soccernews.com and FOX Sports (18 Oct 2026).
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Frequently asked questions
What is our Sporting Lisbon vs Academico de Viseu prediction?
We project 2–0. Our model gives Sporting Lisbon 70%, the draw 18% and Academico de Viseu 12%.
What is the best bet for Sporting Lisbon vs Academico de Viseu?
Our tip is Full time result · Sporting Lisbon at 1.24. This one is implied by the bookmakers' prices rather than published by our engine.
What time does Sporting Lisbon vs Academico de Viseu kick off?
Sporting Lisbon vs Academico de Viseu kicks off at Sun 20:30 in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
Are these tips free?
The prediction, the match data and our lead tip are free on every match page. The confidence behind each call — our probability, the edge and the engine's own read — is where a coin is spent.