Estrela Amadora vs Famalicao - prediction, team news, lineups

Estrela Amadora purpose to proceed their unbeaten tally successful the 2026-27 Primeira Liga run arsenic they invited winless Famalicao to Estadio Jose Gomes connected Saturday afternoon.

The hosts from Reboleira are yet to sensation decision this season, presently sitting eighth successful the Portuguese top-flight table aft collecting 5 points from 3 matches, portion the 14th-placed visitors from Vila Nova person managed conscionable 2 points from a imaginable 12 this term.

Match preview

Estrela's matchday 3 brushwood with Braga was postponed owed to the Archbishops' continental commitment, but the Tricolores' instrumentality to Primeira Liga enactment past play saw them grounds their archetypal triumph of the run successful a five-goal thriller astatine Nacional.

In an brushwood that saw some teams instrumentality the pb astatine antithetic stages, it was the Reboleira outfit that had the past laugh, with Leandro Antonetti netting the victor successful the 83rd infinitesimal to gain a 3-2 occurrence and widen the team's unbeaten tally nether caller manager Pepa.

The Portuguese brag took implicit the reins successful June pursuing the departure of Cristiano Bacci, whose three-match spell successful complaint ended with the Amadorans securing outright top-flight endurance connected the last time with a 2-2 gully astatine Braga.

While Pepa's reign has seen Estrela widen their unbeaten league tally to 5 matches, including a mates of draws from the erstwhile campaign, determination has besides been consistency successful presumption of attacking improvement.

The Tricolores person netted 2 oregon much goals successful each of their 3 matches of the existent Primeira Liga campaign, having travel from a two-goal shortage to gain a gully connected the opening play against Sporting Lisbon earlier different stalemate astatine Alverca connected matchday two.

Last weekend's triumph gives Estrela an accidental to physique a sustained tally of affirmative results, with the Reboleira outfit yet to grounds back-to-back league wins since consecutive triumphs implicit Casa Pia (1-0) and Famalicao (1-0) successful October 2023, and they volition look to gully connected that precedent connected Saturday.

While Famalicao recorded a triumph connected their adjacent sojourn to Jose Gomes successful 2024, that remains their lone occurrence successful the past 5 meetings betwixt some sides astatine immoderate ground, having besides managed conscionable 1 constituent from some meetings past term, records that bash not animate assurance for a squad aiming for a resurgence.

The Vila Nova club, who finished 5th past word and endured a adjacent miss successful their hunt for historical European qualification, person faltered successful their aboriginal propulsion for a continental berth nether experienced manager Carlos Carvalhal, who replaced Hugo Oliveira successful July.

After settling for a 1-1 gully astatine Estoril Praia connected the opening weekend, Carvalhal saw his squad endure back-to-back defeats, pursuing a 2-1 location nonaccomplishment to recently promoted Maritimo with a 1-0 reverse astatine Santa Clara earlier a drab goalless gully successful past weekend's Minho Derby against Gil Vicente.

The Vila Nova outfit person struggled with a deficiency of cutting borderline successful the last 3rd nether Carvalhal, highlighted by lone 1 large accidental created past clip retired against the Roosters, and are present astatine hazard of hitting an uncharacteristic tally of 3 consecutive league matches without scoring.

That being said, Famalicao picked up a decent 25 points connected the roadworthy past term, but having failed to triumph either of their 2 distant league matches this play leaves them with conscionable 1 triumph from their past six trips successful the Primeira Liga, a grounds the visitors volition beryllium aiming to amended connected Saturday.

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Team News

Estrela caput manager Pepa could sanction an unchanged broadside connected Saturday aft his squad claimed their archetypal triumph of the run past weekend, with Ianis Stoica, Abraham Marcus and Antonetti each keeping their places successful the hosts' onslaught aft scoring successful that encounter.

In fact, each six of the Tricolores' 7 goals this play person been scored by the 3 players; Stoica recovered the nett for the archetypal clip past clip out, portion Marcus and Antonetti person recovered the nett doubly and 3 times, respectively.

Kevin Jansson remains the lone wounded interest for the hosts from Amadora, with the Swedish midfielder yet to diagnostic this season.

As for Famalicao, Carvalhal volition show the fittingness of midfielder Tom van de Looi, who was withdrawn from the starting XI moments earlier kick-off against Gil Vicente aft feeling thigh discomfort during the warm-up, with Marcos Pena stepping successful astatine precocious notice.

Summer signing Georgios Koutsias has present gone 3 consecutive matches without uncovering the nett since his scoring debut connected matchday one, and it would not beryllium a astonishment if Carvalhal rings the changes up front, with Umar Abubakar an enactment to pb the line.

Estrela Amadora imaginable starting lineup:

Linck; Scholze, Lekovic, Patrick, Soares; Botelho, Doue; Marcus, Zvonarek, Stoica; Antonetti

Famalicao imaginable starting lineup:

Carevic; Pinheiro, Realpe, Van Breemen, Bondo; Pena, De Amorim; Sorriso, Moreira, Dias; Koutsias

We say: Estrela Amadora 1-1 Famalicao

Famalicao look a daunting task successful their quest for a archetypal competitory triumph nether caller brag Carvalhal, considering however resilient Estrela person been nether Pepa, and we expect this brushwood to extremity successful a gully fixed 3 of the past 5 meetings betwixt the sides person ended successful stalemates.

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