About Match
Alverca go into the game 12th in the table on 5 points; Sporting CP sit 3rd on 14 — a 9-point gap. Per game in the league, Alverca score 1.33 and conceding 1.83, Sporting CP 2.5 and 1, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game. Alverca would climb to 8 points with a win and up to 8th (other results held equal).
Sporting CP have not lost in 12 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Over the last five, Alverca have taken 5 of 15 points to Sporting CP's 13.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Alverca 1, draws 0, Sporting CP 4, at 3.8 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 80% of the meetings went to the host. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
The venue is Complexo Desportivo do FC Alverca in Alverca do Ribatejo, with room for 7,705 spectators.