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Sporting vs Alverca: match report

Sporting CP hosted Alverca at Estádio José Alvalade on Saturday 22 August 2026, in the Liga Portugal (round 3). Sporting have no reported absences; Alverca are missing 1 (Chiquinho). Fabio Verissimo is the referee, averaging 5.8 yellow cards a game against a league average of 5.0.

Result and scorers

Sporting 3-1 Alverca. Goals: Maxi Araújo 2' for Sporting; Matheus Mendes 55' (own goal) for Sporting; Luis Suárez 60' for Sporting; Lucas Figueiredo 88' for Alverca.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 2' Goal: Maxi Araújo (Sporting) 1-0
  • 16' Yellow card: Yahya Bojang (Alverca)
  • 22' Yellow card: Geny Catamo (Sporting)
  • 39' Yellow card: Davy Gui (Alverca)
  • 55' Own goal: Matheus Mendes (Sporting) 2-0
  • 60' Goal: Luis Suárez (Sporting) 3-0
  • 74' Yellow card: Marco Essimi (Alverca)
  • 88' Goal: Lucas Figueiredo (Alverca) 3-1
Match stats (contains the result)
59.3%Possession40.7%
15Shots10
7Shots on target3
3Corners4
13Fouls17
2Offsides0
2Saves5
1Yellow cards3
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Sporting 4-2-3-1

Coach: Rui Borges

  1. 1 Rui Silva GK
  2. 22 Iván Fresneda DEF
  3. 6 Zeno Debast DEF
  4. 55 Ibrahima Ba DEF
  5. 20 Maxi Araújo DEF
  6. 77 Issa Doumbia MID
  7. 5 Sergi Altimira MID
  8. 10 Geny Catamo FWD
  9. 17 Rodrigo Zalazar FWD
  10. 58 Flávio Gonçalves FWD
  11. 97 Luis Suárez FWD

Bench

  • 19 Nestory Irankunda MID
  • 31 Luís Guilherme FWD
  • 72 Eduardo Quaresma DEF
  • 9 Rafael Nel FWD
  • 21 Pedro Lima MID
  • 12 João Virgínia GK
  • 13 Georgios Vagiannidis DEF
  • 25 Gonçalo Inácio DEF
  • 50 Rodrigo Dias DEF
  • 73 Eduardo Felicíssimo MID
  • 4 Silas Andersen MID
  • 28 Jesse Derry FWD

Alverca 4-3-3

Coach: Sérgio Ferreira

  1. 31 Matheus Mendes GK
  2. 2 Nabili Touaizi MID
  3. 14 Steven Baseya DEF
  4. 4 Yaya Bojang DEF
  5. 12 Isaac James MID
  6. 6 Davy Gui MID
  7. 35 Rayan Lucas MID
  8. 25 Ian Luccas MID
  9. 22 Lucas Figueiredo FWD
  10. 9 Vivaldo Semedo FWD
  11. 55 Francisco Chissumba MID

Bench

  • 7 André Vidigal FWD
  • 17 Samy Jr. Merheg FWD
  • 19 Marco Essimi FWD
  • 8 Vasco Moreira MID
  • 18 Zakaria Kassary MID
  • 23 André Paulo GK
  • 91 Jhonatan GK
  • 20 Diogo Spencer DEF
  • 15 Ikker Julian DEF
  • 21 Sergi Gómez DEF
  • 27 Toni Tamarit DEF
  • 11 Cédric Nuozzi FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Sporting

No reported absences.

Alverca

  • Chiquinho suspension, back Late August 2026
Previous meetings
  • Sunday 22 March 2026: Alverca 1-4 Sporting CP
  • Friday 31 October 2025: Sporting CP 2-0 Alverca