Sporting CP vs Alverca prediction 31.10.2025 | Liga Portugal
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- Competition: Liga Portugal
- Date: 31st October 2025
- Kick-off: 20:15 UK / 21:15 CET
- Venue: Estádio José Alvalade
Sporting will be looking to keep their hopes alive of winning the Portuguese top flight for the third consecutive season on Friday, when they play host to Alverca. The two teams are currently 12 points apart, with Sporting CP just three points off the top of the table and Alverca sitting in 12th place. With seven wins from nine league games so far this season, Sporting CP are favourites, but the visitors will be feeling confident after beating AVS 3-1 in their last away game.
vs Head to Head (H2H) stats
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Sporting CP
5 : 1
Alverca
Taça da Liga
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Alverca
2 : 0
Sporting CP
Taça De Portugal
The two sides have only met twice before, both times in the Portuguese Cup. Alverca won the first meeting in 2019, scoring twice and keeping a clean sheet. However, Sporting CP dominated the most recent meeting, which took place earlier this week as Rui Borges’s team scored five goals, including braces from Geovany and Salvador, while conceding just one.
Sporting CP team overview
After winning their first three league games of the season 12:1, it looked as though Sporting would easily win the Liga Portugal title for the third consecutive season.
The Lions were beaten 2-1 by Porto on match day four, but have not lost again since, winning four and drawing one of the subsequent five games.
Along the way, Rui Borges’s team have beaten Marseille and Kairat in the Champions League, as well as knocking out Pacos Ferreira and Alverca in the Portuguese Cup.
All of this success has been achieved without the services of midfielder Daniel Bragança, who is recovering from a cruciate ligament injury, and Nuno Santos, who suffered a tendon injury in October last year. Zeno Debast suffered a knee injury earlier this month and will also be unavailable for Sporting on Friday night.
Last matches of
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Sporting CP
5 : 1
Alverca
Taça da Liga
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Tondela
0 : 3
Sporting CP
Liga Portugal
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Sporting CP
2 : 1
Marseille
Champions League
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Pacos de Ferreira
0 : 1
Sporting CP
Taça De Portugal
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Sporting CP
1 : 1
Braga
Liga Portugal
lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Rui Silva
Defenders
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20
Maximiliano Araújo
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25
Gonçalo Inácio
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26
Ousmane Diomande
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22
Iván Fresneda
Midfielders
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52
João Simões
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17
Francisco Trincão
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42
Morten Hjulmand
Forwards
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8
Pedro Gonçalves
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97
Luis Suárez
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10
Geny Catamo
Alverca team overview
Meanwhile, Alverca returned to the Portuguese top flight after finishing second in the LigaPro last season.
The visitors have experienced mixed results since their arrival as they had to wait until matchday 5 to secure their first league win of the season
Custódio's side won two of the next three matches after that but have suffered two defeats in their last three games, conceding eleven goals, which will affect their confidence ahead of the trip to Sporting CP on Friday.
Marko Milovanović has scored three league goals for Alverca this term, and the Serbian will be looking to orchestrate play in the final third once again. However, Bamba and Carlos Eduardo remain doubtful for selection due to injury.
Last matches of
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Sporting CP
5 : 1
Alverca
Taça da Liga
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Alverca
0 : 4
Gil Vicente
Liga Portugal
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União de Leiria
4 : 2
Alverca
Taça De Portugal
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AVS
1 : 3
Alverca
Liga Portugal
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Alverca
2 : 0
Vitoria Guimaraes
Liga Portugal
lineup
Goalkeeper
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13
André Gomes
Defenders
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4
Kaiky Naves
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5
Sergi Gómez
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33
Bastien Meupiyou
Midfielders
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2
Nabil Zoubdi Touaizi
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21
Sabit Abdulai
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8
Amorim Amorim
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55
Francisco Chissumba
Forwards
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18
Lincoln
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9
Marko Milovanović
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20
Figueiredo
Prediction
Boasting a win in each of their last four matches, including a 5-1 victory over Alverca earlier this week, Sporting CP are the favourites and I expect them to win by a comfortable margin. The Lions have scored at least two goals in each of their last four matches, and considering they are taking on an Alverca side that has not kept a clean sheet in four games, I am predicting a 3-1 home win.
Three reasons we expect at least three goals in this game
- All the last four games of Alverca produced at least four goals.
- Just two of the last 13 games of Alverca ended with under 2.5 goals.
- The last meeting between Sporting and Alverca produced six goals.
Main prediction -
Over 2.5 goals
Best Odds:
20Bet
1.42
vs standings in Liga Portugal
| Regular Season | P | W | D | L |
G - A
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GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 - 2 | +19 | 25 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 - 5 | +18 | 22 |
| 3 | Benfica | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 - 4 | +14 | 21 |
| 4 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 - 4 | +10 | 19 |
| 5 | Famalicão | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 - 4 | +6 | 16 |
| 6 | Moreirense | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 - 13 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 - 8 | +8 | 13 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 - 14 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 - 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Nacional | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 - 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Vitória SC | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 - 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 12 | Alverca | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 - 16 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | Arouca | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 - 24 | -14 | 9 |
| 14 | Casa Pia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 - 17 | -9 | 8 |
| 15 | Estoril | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 - 14 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Estrela Amadora | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 - 10 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Tondela | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 - 17 | -13 | 5 |
| 18 | AVS | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 - 22 | -17 | 1 |