Nacional vs Alverca prediction, odds and how to watch

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.

Vitória Guimarães secured a narrow 1-0 win over Nacional at home in Liga Portugal, but four missed big chances and 18 fouls committed reveal a game plan that was far less controlled than the scoreline suggests.

Nacional ground out a 2-0 home win over Estoril in the Liga Portugal, with two goals in nine second-half minutes and a red card for the visitors making for a dramatic final quarter. Here is how it all unfolded.

Two sides sitting in the bottom half of Liga Portugal meet on Sunday with very little between them in the table, but the patterns in their respective form data tell a more revealing story about where this match could be decided.

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.

Nacional have built one of the most disciplined home records in Liga Portugal this season, but the real story on Sunday is just how badly Alverca have fallen apart on the road. This is a tactical matchup with a very clear shape to it.

Alverca host Sporting Braga on Sunday with a clean sheet record of zero across their last ten home games, and a visiting side whose early-season xG figures suggest they are creating far more than the table currently shows.

Sporting CP carry the momentum of a side playing with genuine confidence and appetite into this Liga Portugal encounter, whilst Nacional arrive at the Estádio José Alvalade having shown they can be troublesome at home but far less convincing on their travels.