Famalicão vs Sporting CP prediction, odds and how to watch

Famalicão and Gil Vicente served up a sterile 0-0 draw in the Liga Portugal, with both sides managing just one shot on target apiece despite a card-heavy second half from the visitors.

Sporting CP put Alverca away with a goal inside two minutes and a decisive second-half strike to move to second in the Liga Portugal table. The game told a clearer tactical story than the scoreline suggests.

Santa Clara won with a single first-half goal despite being outpossessed nearly two to one, producing a textbook example of how defensive structure and counter-attack movement can neutralise a team that dominates the ball without threatening the goal.

Sporting CP have not scored in either of their last two Champions League matches. Galatasaray will fancy their chances of making that a problem.

Sporting CP welcome Galatasaray to Lisbon on Wednesday night needing to show more than they managed in their last two Champions League outings. The question is whether they have the desire to do it.

Nacional have turned their home ground into a fortress this season, winning four of their last five there. Famalicão arrive with a momentum slope heading in the wrong direction and a serious question to answer about their ability to win away from home.

Sporting CP have scored sixteen goals in their last five home matches and carry genuine momentum into Sunday's Liga Portugal clash, but Arouca arrive at the Estadio Jose Alvalade in fifth place and with a quietly impressive record of their own.

Famalicão host Sporting CP at Estádio Municipal de Famalicão on Sunday needing a response after a difficult opening to the season, while Sporting arrive as one of the most in-form sides in Portugal with goals flowing freely.