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Alverca vs Sporting Prediction & Betting tips
The first six teams have the ticket for the EM 2020 fixed in their pockets. The reigning European champion from Portugal, who will face a true final against Serbia after the defeat in Ukraine in November, is in trepidation. After the international break, the league continues to pause in Portugal, because this weekend is the “Taca de Portugal” – the big cup competition – on the program. Already on Thursday evening there will be a duel between Alverca and Sporting Lisbon!
Barely 48 hours after the last international matches were played, the defending champion is back in action at Taca de Portugal. No prophet is needed for the thesis that the favorite of this game will not be in full squib. Nonetheless, there is little doubt about the outcome of the game. The FC Alverca is a third division, which is indeed in great shape, but still considered a blatant outsider. The game starts on Thursday at 20:45.
Alverca:
The Cup match will be the game of the year for the Alverca players, and for some actors it’s likely to be the absolute career highlight. Although the club has ever acted in the Portuguese Football House of Lords, but in recent years, the lowlands of Portuguese football were the home of the club from the nearly 30,000 inhabitants city Alverca do Ribatejo.
Confidence in the team of head coach Vasco Matos should not lack these days. In the multi-pronged third division of the club in Group D after seven matchdays currently the second place ranking and would have fixed so the participation in the promotion-play-off. Alverca had yet to accept this season, no defeat. In the first seven games of the season, there were five wins and two draws. The strong form from the finish of last season could be confirmed.
In contrast to Sporting Lisbon, there was no international break for the home side, but the league operation went on as normal. At Loures, the table seventh last season had to settle for a 1-1 draw. The top scorer in the underdog’s camp is 25-year-old Brazilian Erik Mendes, who was able to celebrate six goals in seven games.
A special match will be the match for 21-year-old defender Rolando. The Brazilian (one of nine in the Alverca team) is on loan from Sporting Lisbon and will now face his home club. Despite the fact that the guests are not in full squad and Alverca has not lost a game this season (last competitive defeat was on March 24, 2019), we see David in the Goliath duel between Alverca and Sporting Lisbon at a tip Surprise no chance of success.
Sporting Lisbon:
The traditional Portuguese club and 18-time champions have had a turbulent season so far. The turbulence not only since this season, but basically for almost a year and a half. After the upheaval last summer, the two cup wins last year were quite surprising. Despite these successes, this season saw the first change of coach at the beginning of September. Marcel Keizer was replaced by former B-Team coach Leonel Pontes.
However, the results – and above all the performances – were not better under him and after four games (three defeats, a draw) was also finished his job as interim coach. Under the relatively unknown Silas (previously coach at Belenenses), the green lions are set to return to successful days.
The naked numbers give courage, because the first two competitive games under his wing could be won. However, victory over LASK in the UEFA Europa League was more than happy. Sporting had big problems against the intense pressing, but was able to exploit two carelessness icy cold and thus took the important victory on the international stage.
Once again, Bruno Fernandes was the acclaimed Green-White hero with a goal and an assist. Twelve appearances are in ten competitive games of the current season to book. Bruno Fernandes is the life insurance company of Sporting Lisbon and without him Sporting Lisbon would probably be much further down the table than it is anyway (currently in seventh place). After he was still in Ukraine with the national team on Monday evening, he will come on Thursday but a maximum of a short-term use.
Even without the national team Sporting Lisbon should be the favorites role in this game. After the many disappointments in the still young season, the team will not take the game lightly. With the necessary attitudes in the cup duel between Alverca and Sporting Lisbon, the forecast can only be made on the favorites.
Alverca vs Sporting head to head matches
15.03.04 PL Sporting Alverca 2 : 0
26.10.03 PL Alverca Sporting 1 : 2
26.01.02 PL Alverca Sporting 1 : 3
08.01.02 TP Sporting Alverca 2 : 1
28.12.01 TP Alverca Sporting 0 : 0