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

With an average of almost three goals per game, Sporting de Amorim makes history; You can finish in the top 10 of this ranking; 14 players have already scored

The lion kills his hunger with goals. Lots of goals. There are already 89 in the championship and they always want more. The current record, with three games remaining until the end of the League, already places Rúben Amorim’s team as the 17th most successful in history and if they maintain the average they could finish well within the top 10, in 7th position.

At the top of this ranking is another Sporting team, the one that was national champion in 1946/1947, led by Robert Kelly, and which ended the season with 123 goals. In the hundreds, four more – Benfica from 2018/2019 (103), from 1963/1964 (103) and from 1972/1973 (101); Sporting in 1948/1949 (100 under the command of Cândido de Oliveira), all crowned with the title.

Sporting for the 2023/2024 season then presents an average of 2.87 goals per match. If he kept it he would finish the season with 97/98, very close to a hundred, therefore.

Looking in more detail, there are 14 players from the current squad who have already contributed to this tally this season: Gyokeres (26 goals), Paulinho (12) and Pedro Gonçalves (11) have already reached double figures. Close by, with 8, is Trincão. Next are Geny Catamo (5), Edwards (4), Nuno Santos (4), Coates (4), Daniel Bragança (3), Hjulmand (3), Diomande (2), Morita (2), Eduardo Quaresma (1 ) and Gonçalo Inácio (1), for a total of 86 goals – Sporting benefits from three own goals.