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.
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