Match Report
8 points and 14 places separated them: Sporting CP 2nd with 10, Alverca 16th with 2. Scoring rates set the scale: Sporting CP 3 scored and 1.25 conceded per game, Alverca 1 and 2, with the league averaging 1.35.
Sporting CP had not lost in 7 games, having scored in 13 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Sporting CP 13/15, Alverca 7/15.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Sporting CP 3, draws 0, Alverca 1, at 3.75 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings.
The referee was Fabio Verssimo, with 21 matches in our database and 0.9 yellows per game on average. Estádio José Alvalade, capacity 52,095, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Sporting CP led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-1.
Goal scorers
Sporting CP: Maxi Araújo (2'), Matheus Mendes Werneck de Oliveira (55' og), Luis Suárez (60') · Alverca: Figueiredo (88')
Key stats
Possession: Sporting CP 59% · Alverca 41% · Total shots: 15-10 · On target: 7-3 · Corners: 3-4