In a weekend match on Sun Feb 6th, in week 21, Sporting CP hosts Famalicão at Estádio José Alvalade in a Primeira Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 2nd placed Sporting CP, recorded a 4-1 win against Belenenses. Paulinho scored the first goal for Sporting CP in the 11th minute, then Pedro Porro added another in the 17th minute on a feed from Manuel Ugarte Ribeiro. Sporting CP is on a hot streak lately, with only 2 loss in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Famalicão, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Arouca. Neither Famalicão nor Arouca could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 4 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 28th, Famalicão hosted Sporting CP in their last match together. Famalicão and Sporting CP battled to a 1-1 draw. Nuno Mendes scored the first goal for Famalicão on an own goal in the 68th minute, then João Palhinha got the equalizer for Sporting CP in the 82nd minute on a feed from Goncalo Bernardo Inacio squeezing out at least the one point for Sporting CP.
Famalicão’s most prolific scorer has been Riccieli. The Brazilian midfielder has netted two goals over the last five matches. Sporting CP is glad to have Paulinho in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored five goals.