Sporting are Famalicão’s Trojan horse: Here’s why | OneFootball

Famalicão’s journey in the first half of the League was overshadowed by the clash with Sporting, played on September 13, 2025, in the fifth round. Until that moment, the team led by Hugo Oliveira remained unbeaten, with three wins and a draw, but ended up defeated at home by the Lions (2-1), a result that put an end to the Minho side’s positive start.

That match in Vila Nova de Famalicão thus marked a turning point in the home team’s season. After the setback against the green and whites, the Minho side managed to reorganize and start a consistent run of results, once again collecting points regularly in the following rounds of the championship.

Between the defeat against Sporting and the subsequent duel with Porto, Famalicão recorded its longest unbeaten streak in the League, with five consecutive games earning points. During that period, the Minho side drew with Casa Pia, Rio Ave, and Arouca, before defeating Vitória de Guimarães and Nacional, in a phase that kept them in the fight for the top spots in the table.

This streak would eventually be interrupted in the 11th round, in the match against Porto, which resulted in another home defeat for Famalicão. Even so, the impact of the game against Sporting remained a reference point throughout the season, being seen as the moment that broke their initial unbeaten run.

Now, already in the second half of the season, Famalicão once again fell to the Lions, this past Sunday, having lost 1-0 at Estádio José Alvalade. In the same way, the Minho side now projects a similar path, once again starting by facing Casa Pia for the Liga Portugal Betclic, after the recent setback.

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