Sporting CP v Vitória SC
Sporting CP v Vitória SC Sunday August 16th, 2026 Estadio José Alvalade Matchday 2 The Warm Up Saturday May 16th, 2026 saw Matchday 34 for Vitória SC who'd travelled away to the island of Madeira for their final game of the season to face CD Nacional. After the highs in early January of lifting the Taça da Liga after beating Sporting Braga 2-1 in the final, their season is in danger of going out on a whimper with a third straight league defeat. They'd been savagely trounced on Matchday 32 at the José Alvalade 5-1 which was followed by a surprise loss at home to Casa Pia 1-0 seven days later as they battled to avoid relegation. Gil Lameiras can only watch on as his side lost 2-0 to the islanders led by Tiago Margarido. You have to imagine that their club hierarchy had seen enough of both misters that day because fast forward three months and it's Margarido that will be in the opposition dugout as the new mister for this fixture. In the 21 months since Rui Borges left Vitór...
