Famalicao vs Sporting Lisbon - prediction, team news, lineups

Sporting Lisbon look to widen their cleanable grounds since the opening play erstwhile they question to look a struggling Famalicao astatine Estadio Municipal 22 de Junho connected Sunday for matchday six of the Primeira Liga season.

Rui Borges's broadside caput northbound connected the backmost of 5 consecutive wins crossed each competitions, portion Carlos Carvalhal's broadside stay without a triumph this play heading into their sixth league outing.

Match preview

Sporting's lone blemish of the run came connected the opening weekend, erstwhile they were held 2-2 by Estrela da Amadora, but the Lions person since reeled disconnected victories implicit Vitoria de Guimaraes, Alverca, Rio Ave and Nacional to beryllium 3rd successful the Primeira table connected 13 points, 2 down leaders Porto.

The Lions' cleanable tally was extended successful midweek with a 3-1 Champions League triumph implicit Galatasaray, successful which Borges's men recovered from an aboriginal shortage done Geny Catamo earlier Luis Suarez's punishment and a stunning Rodrigo Zalazar free-kick completed the turnaround.

Suarez has been cardinal to that momentum, scoring 5 goals successful his past 4 appearances, including penalties successful some the Nacional and Galatasaray victories, with the Colombian steadily regaining his explosive signifier pursuing an uncertain commencement to the campaign.

Having shipped 5 goals crossed their opening 3 league matches, Sporting person since tightened up considerably, keeping consecutive cleanable sheets against Rio Ave and Nacional, and Borges volition beryllium anxious to marque it 3 successful a enactment against a Famalicao broadside yet to find immoderate bushed successful beforehand of goal.

History offers further assurance for the visitors, who person won their past 10 meetings with Famalicao crossed each competitions, including a 2-1 triumph erstwhile some sides past met astatine Estadio Municipal 22 de Junho.

Famalicao, by contrast, stay winless since Carvalhal's assignment successful July, with their 2 constrictive defeats – a 2-1 location nonaccomplishment to Maritimo and a 1-0 reverse astatine Santa Clara – sandwiched betwixt draws against Estoril Praia (1-1), Gil Vicente (0-0) and Estrela da Amadora (2-2).

Last weekend's stalemate successful Reboleira saw Georgios Koutsias people the archetypal and past goals of the brushwood to gain the Vila Nova outfit a hard-earned constituent aft they had fto an aboriginal pb gaffe and had it turned connected its head.

Fama's mediocre commencement to the play has near the caput manager searching for greater equilibrium astatine some ends of the pitch, with Carvalhal admitting past week that stabilising a leaky antiaircraft portion had been an urgent precedence arsenic helium continues to reshape the squad.

Currently 14th successful the Primeira table, Famalicao are a acold outcry from the broadside that finished 5th past word and narrowly missed retired connected their archetypal continental qualification berth.

Also a shadiness of their erstwhile selves successful beforehand of their ain supporters, the Vila Nova outfit person managed conscionable 1 constituent from their 2 location games, and volition beryllium hoping to rekindle their spark successful acquainted surroundings having picked up 31 points from a imaginable 51 astatine Estadio Municipal 22 de Junho successful 2025-26.
 

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Team News

Borges faces a enactment determination successful defence, with Ibrahima Ba moving separately successful the gym arsenic helium continues his betterment from a knock.

Nuno Santos remains with Sporting's show portion arsenic helium continues his recovery, portion Salvador Blopa is besides unavailable.

Suarez is expected to pb the enactment careless of the changes forced elsewhere, with the guardant successful outstanding signifier and anxious to adhd to his tally successful the Minho.

Meanwhile, Famalicao did not incur immoderate caller injuries from the gully with Estrela, though Tom van de Looi remains sidelined aft missing the past 2 outings with an injury.

Koutsias's brace past clip retired brought an extremity to a three-game extremity drought since the opening play and the Greek attacker volition beryllium looking to adhd to that momentum this weekend.

Famalicao imaginable starting lineup:

Carevic; Pinheiro, Realpe, van Breemen, Bondo; De Amorim, Pena; Beney, Moreira, Aranda; Koutsias

Sporting Lisbon imaginable starting lineup:

R Silva; Fresneda, Quaresma, Inacio, Araujo; Altimira, Doumbia; Catamo, Zalazar, F Goncalves; Suarez

We say: Famalicao 0-2 Sporting Lisbon

Famalicao person gone back-to-back games without decision and that resilience should transportation implicit this weekend, peculiarly with the backing of their ain supporters, but a

Sporting broadside afloat of assurance should person capable prime to marque the breakthrough.
Given the value of caller past successful this fixture and the Lions' outstanding existent form, a regular distant triumph looks the astir apt result successful the Minho connected Sunday.
 

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