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Sporting CP vs Alverca prediction

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Kickoff
Sat, Aug 22, 07:30 PM
Round
Regular Season - 3
Venue
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Referee
Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo, Portugal

Recent form

Sporting CP
90Excellent

Last 5 matches · 4W-1D-0L · +9 goal difference

Alverca
37Poor

Last 5 matches · 1W-2D-2L · -3 goal difference

Our verdict

Strong
Market
Match Winner
Pick
Sporting CP to win
Confidence84%

BetGenius backs Sporting CP to win (Match Winner) at 84% confidence — a strong call. Total goals: Over 2.5 Goals.

Match preview

Sporting CP enter this matchday sitting in 7th place with 4 points from their opening two Primeira Liga fixtures. The Lions secured a 3-2 victory over Vitória SC at home after opening their campaign with a 2-2 draw against Estrela. In attack, F. Ioannidis has started in fine form with two goals and two assists, supported by R. Zalazar (one goal, one assist) and Geny Catamo (two assists).

Alverca visit Lisbon positioned 14th in the standings with 1 point from two matches. After suffering a 2-0 defeat away at FC Porto on matchday one, they picked up a 2-2 home draw against Estrela. Alverca are yet to score on the road in the league this season and face a challenging task against a high-scoring Sporting side.

Head-to-head records strongly favour Sporting CP, who have won the last three competitive encounters between the sides, including a 2-0 home win in the league and a 5-1 home victory in the Taça da Liga during the 2025/26 campaign.

Key factors

  • Sporting CP have scored 5 goals across their first 2 league matches (2.5 goals per game average).
  • F. Ioannidis has been involved in 4 goals (2 goals, 2 assists) in 2 appearances for Sporting CP.
  • Alverca have failed to score away from home in the league this season, losing 2-0 to FC Porto.
  • Sporting CP have won the last 3 meetings against Alverca, scoring 11 goals across those fixtures.

Team news

Sporting CP

  • N. SantosMuscle Injury
  • J. SimoesFoot Injury

Alverca

Team news unavailable for this fixture.

Statistical comparison

Sporting CP at home vs Alverca away
Played
2
W-D-L
0-0-2
Scored /game
Conceded /game
Clean sheets
Failed to score
60%
BTTS (last 5)
60%
80%
Over 2.5 (last 5)
40%

Key players this season

Sporting CP

  • L. Suárez4G
  • Flávio Gonçalves3G
  • Geny Catamo3A
  • F. Ioannidis2A

Alverca

  • I. James2A

League scoring and assist totals for this season — not a predicted lineup. Availability is only shown where team news names the same player.

Table context

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#TeamPGDPts
1FC PortoPromotion - Champions League (League phase)5+1015
2Sporting CPPromotion - Champions League (League phase)5+913
3Santa ClaraPromotion - Champions League (Qualification)5+611
4BenficaPromotion - Europa League (Qualification)4+1110
5AroucaPromotion - Conference League (Qualification)5+410
14Famalicao5-23
15Rio Ave5-93
16EstorilLiga Portugal (Relegation)5-52
17AlvercaRelegation - Liga Portugal 25-52
18Casa PiaRelegation - Liga Portugal 25-111

Head-to-head

Full record →
Sporting CP
4
Draws
0
Alverca
1

Sporting CP have won 4 of the last 5 meetings, averaging 3.8 goals a game, both teams scored in 60% of them.

  • 2026-08-22Sporting CP 3-1 Alverca
  • 2026-03-22Alverca 1-4 Sporting CP
  • 2025-10-31Sporting CP 2-0 Alverca
  • 2025-10-28Sporting CP 5-1 Alverca
  • 2019-10-17Alverca 2-0 Sporting CP

Our record in Primeira Liga

82%23 won from 28 settled predictions

Settled results only — every published pick is recorded win or lose. Full track record →

Based on at least 20 settled predictions.

1 published market

FeaturedWON
Market
Match Winner
Pick
Sporting CP to win
Confidence84%

Sporting CP have averaged 2.5 goals scored per game across their opening two league fixtures and have won their last three head-to-head matches against Alverca by aggregate scores of 11-2. Alverca were beaten 2-0 in their only away league match this season against FC Porto.

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Published August 23, 2026. Form, team news and table context refresh automatically.