Nacional vs Famalicao - prediction, team news, lineups

Famalicao’s quest for their archetypal triumph of the 2026-27 Portuguese Primeira Liga run continues connected Saturday erstwhile they spell caput to caput with Nacional astatine the Estadio da Madeira.

Having mislaid some location and distant meetings betwixt the 2 teams past season, the Alvinegros volition beryllium retired to get 1 implicit the visitors and drawback a tally of 4 consecutive league defeats this weekend.

Match preview

Marking his archetypal crippled successful complaint of Nacional past Saturday, newly-appointed caput manager Alexandre Santos watched connected arsenic the Alvinegros were made to rue their deficiency of sting astatine the attacking extremity of the transportation successful a 3-1 decision against Alverca astatine the Estadio da Madeira.

After a brace from Dawda Camara and Francisco Chissumba’s 34th-minute onslaught enactment Alverca successful a commanding half-time lead, the location broadside squandered respective clear-cut chances to get backmost into the crippled aft the break, with Matchoi Djalo netting an 81st-minute consolation.

Having collected 4 points from the opening 2 matches, Nacional suffered consecutive defeats against Vitoria de Guimaraes, Estrela Amadora, Sporting Lisbon and Alverca successful a four-game slump that saw Joao Giao go the archetypal managerial sacking of the 2026-27 Primeira Liga campaign.

Next up is the situation of an opposing broadside unbeaten successful 4 of their past 5 encounters, including victories successful location and distant meetings past season, and Santos volition telephone for a affirmative showing this weekend, with triumph perchance kickstarting a much-needed turnaround.

Santos tin beryllium encouraged by an attacking instrumentality of 7 goals scored successful 5 matches, but with 11 conceded already, their shortcomings astatine the backmost person been hard to overlook, arsenic Nacional beryllium 15th successful the Primeira Liga table, level connected 4 points with Rio Ave, Vitoria de Guimaraes and this weekend’s visitors.

Six games into the caller campaign, Famalicao are inactive searching for their archetypal triumph of the season, arsenic they could lone salvage a 1-1 gully against Sporting CP astatine the Estadio Municipal de Famalicao connected Monday.

In a crippled wherever Romeo Beney received his marching orders, Luis Javier Suarez broke the deadlock from the punishment spot successful the 81st infinitesimal to manus Sporting Lisbon a precocious lead, but Goncalo Inacio scored an ain extremity successful the archetypal infinitesimal of stoppage clip to unit a stock of the spoils.

With 2 defeats and 4 stalemates from their opening six games, Carlos Carvalhal’s men person been incapable to support the momentum that saw them decorativeness the 2025-26 Primeira Liga run unbeaten successful their last 12 matches.

However, having mislaid each of their erstwhile 10 games against Sporting Lisbon, past weekend’s stalemate offers Famalicao crushed for optimism arsenic they sojourn the Estadio da Madeira unbeaten successful 8 of their past 9 distant games since the commencement of March.

Nacional Primeira Liga form:

Famalicao Primeira Liga form:

Team News

Leo Santos missed past weekend’s necktie against Alverca aft suffering a game-ending wounded versus Sporting Lisbon a fortnight agone and the Brazilian defender is retired of contention for Nacional.

He is joined connected the club’s wounded array by chap countryman Ulisses, who continues his lengthy spell connected the sidelines aft sustaining a terrible collarbone wounded backmost successful September 2025.

Meanwhile, Famalicao volition person to header without Swiss striker Beney, who is acceptable to service a three-game suspension aft picking up a reddish paper successful the stalemate against Sporting Lisbon past weekend.

On the wounded front, Tom Van de Looi has missed the past 3 games since sustaining an wounded against Santa Clara successful August and the Dutch midfielder is besides retired of contention for the visitors.

Nacional imaginable starting lineup:

​Marin; Gasolina, Goncalves, Ze Vitor, Kokolo; Baeza, Dias; Gavriel, Junior, Jensen; Ruan​

Famalicao imaginable starting lineup:

Carevic; Pinheiro, Van Breemen, Rofino, Bondo; Pena, Szucs; Dias, De Amorim, Sorriso; Koutsias

We say: Nacional 1-2 Famalicao

While it has been a hard commencement to the play for some Nacional and Famalicao, Carvalhal’s men showed they person what it takes to crook things astir with a resilient squad show against a star-studded Sporting Lisbon past clip out, and we are backing them to heap much misery connected the floundering hosts.

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