📊 Form Guide

Alverca

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Alverca will play in this game after a 2-2 Primeira Liga tied result against Gil Vicente.

In that match, Alverca had 49% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Alverca, the scorers were Lima (53') and Naves (94'). On the other side, Gil Vicente got 10 shots at goal with 6 on target. Agustín Moreira (32', 71') was the scorer for Gil Vicente.

Alverca have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets of late, although they have also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Over their last 6 matches, Alverca have been punished defensively in 5 of them as well as getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those games.

Taking a look at their past results, Alverca:

• are winless against Sporting Lisbon in their last 4 league games.
• are unbeaten in their last 5 home league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 matches in the league.

Sporting Lisbon

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Sporting Lisbon come into this encounter after a 5-0 Champions League win with the downing of Bodo Glimt in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Sporting Lisbon managed 66% possession and 38 attempts on goal with 14 of them on target. For Sporting Lisbon, the goals were scored by Inácio (34'), Gonçalves (61'), Luis Suárez (78'), Maximiliano Araújo (92') and Nel (121'). At the other end, Bodo Glimt had 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. Sporting Lisbon ran out winners in extra time.

In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 games involving Sporting Lisbon, three or more goals have been struck. The overall average number of goals per match in that time is 3.17, with the number of goals averaged by Sporting Lisbon coming out as 2.33. We will find out whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.

Analysis of their past results shows that Sporting Lisbon:

• have not lost to Alverca in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 23 away league matches. It doesn't get much better than that.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head clashes going back to 17/02/2001 shows that Alverca have won 2 of them & Sporting Lisbon 4, with the number of drawn matches being 0.

In all, 16 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 6 for Alverca and 10 being from Sportinguistas. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The previous league fixture between the two was Primeira Liga match day 10 on 31/10/2025 when it finished Sporting Lisbon 2-0 Alverca.

On that day, Sporting Lisbon managed 67% possession and 27 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. The goalscorers were Fotis Ioannidis (68') and Gonçalves (74').

On the other side, Alverca got 8 shots at goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by António Nobre.

ℹ️ Team News: Alverca

It’s our opinion that Alverca will possibly kick off with a 3-4-3 system for the game, handing starts to Andre Gomes, Kaiky Naves, Sergi Gomez, Bastien Meupiyou, Nabili Touaizi, Rhaldney Norberto, Lincoln, Isaac James, Lucas Figueiredo, Sandro Lima and Chiquinho.

📰 Team News: Sporting Lisbon

We are inclined to think that Sportinguistas will likely elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting the game with Rui Silva, Ivan Fresneda, Ousmane Diomande, Goncalo Inacio, Nuno Santos, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Geny Catamo, Trincao, Pedro Goncalves and Luis Suarez.

💡 Prediction

We envisage that Alverca certainly have the ability to put one past this Sporting Lisbon team, although one goal might not quite be enough to prevent defeat.

Therefore, we’re predicting a very close game with a 1-2 victory for Sporting Lisbon when all is said and done. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Renata Leite, 19:07 21/03/2026