Nacional vs Alverca - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking to prime up 3 consecutive Primeira Liga victories for the archetypal clip since ending a 21-year lack from the apical flight, Alverca travel to the Estadio da Madeira to look Nacional connected Saturday.

Having struggled to get going this season, the Alvinegros find themselves flirting with the imaginable of relegation, but a triumph present could instrumentality them 3 points wide of the information portion with 5 games to go.

Match preview

One week connected from delivering a commanding triumph implicit Estrela Amadora, Nacional's resurgence was chopped abbreviated past Sunday arsenic they suffered a 2-0 decision against Benfica erstwhile the 2 sides squared disconnected astatine the Estadio da Luz.

Quick-fire goals from Andreas Schjelderup and Rafa Silva meant Vangelis Pavlidis’s second-half missed punishment bore nary consequences, arsenic Benfica secured their 20th league triumph of the season.

This followed a 2-0 triumph implicit Estrela astatine the Estadio da Madeira connected April 4, with Jesus Ramirez and Paulinho Boia netting connected either broadside of the half-time interval to drawback a tally of 8 consecutive league matches without a win.

With conscionable six wins from their 29 Primeira Liga matches, Nacional person picked up 25 points heading into the last 5 games to beryllium 15th successful the league table, level connected points with 16th-placed Casa Pia successful the relegation playoff spot.

While location comfortableness awaits, 3 defeats successful their astir caller 4 matches astatine the Estadio da Madeira permission Tiago Margarido’s men with a stern situation this play against an opposing broadside successful resurgent form.

Having kicked disconnected the twelvemonth with successive location victories implicit Famalicao and Moreirense, Alverca suffered a crisp slump, failing to sensation triumph successful immoderate of their adjacent 9 matches, losing 3 and claiming six draws crossed the 9 games.

However, a tally of 2 wins from 2 has rekindled hopes of a top-half finish, with the Vila Franca de Xira outfit edging retired Rio Ave 2-1 connected April 4, earlier fighting backmost from down to unafraid an awesome 3-1 triumph implicit Casa Pia past Sunday.

Alverca recovered themselves trailing wrong the opening 60 seconds astatine the Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca aft Joao Marques opened the scoring to manus Casa Pia a imagination commencement to the tie, but Figueiredo, Chiquinho and Rhaldney each deed backmost successful the 2nd fractional to crook the crippled connected its caput successful style.

After finishing 2nd successful the Segunda Liga past play to implicit back-to-back promotions and extremity a two-decade lack from the apical flight, Custodio Castro’s broadside are connected people to decorativeness successful the apical fractional of the Primeira Liga table, arsenic they beryllium 10th successful the standings with 35 points from 29 games, 2 points down seventh-placed Estoril Praia.

Alverca held connected to spot retired a 1-0 triumph implicit Nacional successful December’s reverse fixture, and portion they volition beryllium aiming to bash the treble against the Alvinegros, results connected the roadworthy person near a batch to beryllium desired, having failed to triumph 7 of their past 8 distant matches, including 4 consecutive defeats betwixt December 14 and February 8.

Nacional Primeira Liga form:

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Team News

Nacional's wounded situation has shown small signs of easing, arsenic the likes of Ivanildo Fernandes (muscle), Lucas Franca (thigh) and Brazilian defender Ulisses (collarbone) each proceed their spells connected the sidelines done injuries.

Spanish midfielder Miguel Baeza missed the crippled against Benfica done wounded and is besides retired of contention for the hosts, portion 23-year-old Gabriel Veron has besides been ruled retired for the Alvinegros.

Margarido volition besides beryllium incapable to telephone upon the services of Leo Santos and French defender Lenny Vallier, who are presently suspended aft crossing the yellowish paper threshold with their bookings against Benfica past weekend.

Alverca person their just stock of wounded concerns, with Stephane Diarra, 26-year-old Sabit Abdulai and Spanish midfielder Tomas Mendes each ruled retired for the travel to the Estadio da Madeira.

Francisco Chissumba is besides acceptable to beryllium retired his eighth consecutive crippled since coming disconnected injured against Tondela successful February, portion 22-year-old Julian Martinez is simply a large uncertainty for the visitors.

Nacional imaginable starting lineup:

Pereira; Nunez, Goncalves, Ze Vitor, Gomes; Labidi, Dias, Liziero; Junior, Diaz, Boia

Alverca imaginable starting lineup:

Mendes; Meupiyou, Gomez, Naves; James, Lincoln, Gomes, Touaizi; Chiquinho, Lima, Figueiredo

We say: Nacional 2-1 Alverca

Nacional were sent backmost down to world against Benfica past clip out, and they are successful for different pugnacious situation against a spirited Alverca broadside who person mislaid erstwhile successful their past 8 games.

However, with 5 of those 8 games ending successful a stalemate, Nacional volition judge they tin travel distant with a effect against Castro’s men this weekend, and we foretell they volition bash conscionable capable to travel distant with each 3 points successful beforehand of their location supporters.

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