Sporting: This lion is insatiable and feeds on (many) goals

Averaging almost three goals per game, Sporting Amorim are making history; You can finish in the top ten in this ranking; 14 players have already registered

The lion kills his hunger with goals. Lots of goals. There are already 89 teams in the tournament and they always want more. The current record, with three games to go until the end of the league, already places Ruben Amorim’s side as the 17th most successful in history, and if they maintain the average, they could finish the season well inside the top ten, in seventh place.

This ranking is topped by another Sporting team, the team that was champion of the country in the 1946/1947 season, led by Robert Kelly, and which finished the season with 123 goals. Among the hundreds, four more – Benfica from 2018/19 (103), from 1963/1964 (103), and from 1972/1973 (101); Sporting in 1948/1949 (100 under Candido de Oliveira), everyone won the title.

Then Sporting for the 2023/2024 season averaged 2.87 goals per match. If he keeps it he will finish the season with a score of 97/98, almost a hundred, hence.

Looking in more detail, there are 14 players from the current squad who have already contributed to this tally this season: Gjukeres (26 goals), Paulinho (12) and Pedro Gonçalves (11) have already reached double figures. Nearby, with 8, is Trincao. Next: Jenny Catamo (5), Edwards (4), Nuno Santos (4), Coates (4), Daniel Bragança (3), Heulmand (3), Diomande (2), Morita (2), Eduardo Quaresma (1) . And Gonzalo Inacio (1), with a total of 86 goals – Sporting benefit from three own goals.