Sporting CP 3-1 Alverca result, stats and report

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.