Sporting have Luis Suárez on fire: Colombian nears career record | OneFootball

Luis Suárez is once again enjoying a great spell of form at Sporting and has the chance against Arouca to reach a club-career milestone he has never achieved before. The striker has scored in each of the last five matches he started and, if he finds the net again in the next game, he will make it six consecutive matches scoring, setting the best run of his club career.

he was even linked with a possible move to Fenerbahçe. The situation also caused discontent among some Sporting fans, but the Colombian managed to turn things around.

Since returning to the starting XI, he has scored every time: Alverca, Rio Ave, Nacional, Galatasaray and Famalicão were the teams that conceded goals to the striker. Suárez had already put together two streaks of five consecutive scoring games last season, first against Porto, Moreirense, Estoril, Porto in the Portuguese Cup, and Braga, and then against Tondela, Vitória de Guimarães, Rio Ave, Gil Vicente and Torreense. He had also reached an identical run while at Almería.

At 28, the striker remains highly valued on the market and is being tracked by English clubs, but Sporting do not intend to make any potential exit easy. Against Arouca, Suárez will also face an opponent he knows well: he has scored four times against the club in just two games, with Rio Ave, having conceded six goals, remaining his favorite victim.

The match could, however, be only the start of a race against time for the striker. Suárez has been called up by Colombia for the games against Mexico, Paraguay and Peru, scheduled for September 26, October 3 and October 7, respectively. The last match will be played in Miami, just two days before Sporting return to competition, set for October 9 against Braga at the Pedreira.

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