Nacional vs Alverca - prediction, team news, lineups

Two sides who person struggled for results successful the caller run quadrate disconnected successful circular six of the Portuguese Primeira Liga arsenic Nacional play big to Alverca astatine the Estadio da Madeira connected Saturday.

While the Alvinegros volition beryllium looking to drawback a tally of 3 consecutive defeats, Alverca caput into the play looking to get disconnected the people this play and unafraid their league triumph since April.

Match preview

With Joao Giao becoming the archetypal managerial sacking of the 2026-27 Primeira Liga campaign, newly-appointed Nacional manager Bruno Abreu failed to deed the crushed moving past play arsenic the Madeira outfit suffered a 2-0 decision against Sporting Lisbon.

Luis Javier Suarez continued his red-hot scoring signifier astatine the Estadio Jose Alvalade, breaking the deadlock with a 32nd-minute punishment to manus Sporting Lisbon a first-half lead, earlier Flavio Goncalves struck 4 minutes aft the interruption to treble the Leoes’ lead.

Having kicked disconnected the play with overmuch promise, claiming 4 points from the opening 2 matches, Nacional person rapidly tally retired of steam, suffering defeats against Vitoria de Guimaraes, Estrela Amadora and Sporting Lisbon, portion conceding six goals and scoring doubly crossed the 3 games.

This crisp diminution saw caput manager Giao relieved of his relation successful complaint of the Alvinegros, with a 3-2 decision against Estrela Amadora astatine the Estadio da Madeira connected August 30 bringing an extremity to his four-game reign astatine the helm of affairs.

Heading into his archetypal crippled successful beforehand of the location fans, caller manager Abreu volition anticipation to marque his people this play against an opposing broadside who person struggled to enforce themselves connected the road, losing each of their 5 distant matches since April’s 2-1 triumph implicit Rio Ave.

Alverca proceed to conflict for results successful the caller run arsenic they suffered a 2-1 decision astatine the hands of Braga aft giving up their pb successful the 2nd fractional astatine the Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca past Saturday.

Chiquinho broke the deadlock from the punishment spot to springiness the hosts a first-half lead, but Spanish guardant Pau Vitor struck doubly successful a seven-minute spell to crook the crippled connected its caput and manus Braga their 2nd league victory.

Alverca stay 1 of conscionable 4 sides yet to sensation triumph successful the caller season, having picked up 2 draws and mislaid 3 of their opening 5 games to beryllium 16th successful the Primeira Liga standings, 2 points and 5 places down this weekend’s hosts.

Breaching opposing defences has not been a interest for Sergio Ferreira’s men, who person made the nett ripple 5 times successful their good matches truthful far, but they volition request to tighten up astatine the backmost if they are to flip the script, having shipped 10 goals already.

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Team News

Nacional stay without Brazilian defender Ulisses, who continues his lengthy spell connected the sidelines aft sustaining a terrible collarbone wounded backmost successful September 2025.

Fellow countryman Leo Santos was forced disconnected injured successful the archetypal fractional against Sporting Lisbon past play and the 27-year-old defender is retired of contention for the location side.

In Santos’s absence, Daniel De la Cruz should travel into the fold, forming the backmost 3 with Ze Vitor and Francisco Goncalves, portion Markus Jensen, Stravos Gavriel and Pablo Messias Cardozo should squad up successful attack.

As for Alverca, midfielder Sabit Abdulai and 22-year-old defender Julian Martinez person been sidelined done genu injuries and volition play nary portion successful this weekend’s matchup.

French defender Bastien Meupiyou has missed the past 3 games since sustaining an wounded against Estrela Amadora backmost successful August and the 20-year-old is retired of contention for the travel to Estadio da Madeira.

Nacional imaginable starting lineup:

Marin; De la Cruz, Goncalves, Ze Vitor; Gasolina, Baeza, Diaz, Kokolo; Gavriel, Jensen, Cardozo

Alverca imaginable starting lineup:

Mendes; Bojang, Gomez, Baseya; James, I Luccas, R Lucas, Tamarit; Figueiredo, Semedo, Chiquinho

We say: Nacional 2-0 Alverca

After weeks of mediocre results, Nacional volition beryllium hoping to dependable their vessel this play against an Alverca broadside who person struggled to deed their stride successful the caller campaign.

With conscionable 1 triumph successful 11 distant matches since the crook of the year, Alverca’s signifier connected the roadworthy is presently thing to constitute location about, and we foretell Nacional volition outscore the visitors to unafraid their 2nd triumph astatine the Estadio da Madeira this season.

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