**CD Nacional host Alverca in a battle of struggling sides** — both teams are leaking goals and need points badly to stay afloat. 🔴

Nacional have won just once in five but play at home on the island; Alverca are winless in five and headed off the mainland. Neither's form is inspiring, so expect a scrappy, low-confidence affair.

Key storylines:

- **Wesley Gasolina** and **Matheus Dias** will need to control Nacional's midfield against an Alverca side that's been porous defensively
- **P. Messias Cardozo** is Nacional's chief attacking outlet in a 3-4-2-1; Alverca's backline (led by **S. Baseya**) has shipped 10 goals in five games
- Both teams are desperate for a win — this is a six-pointer at the bottom end of the table 📉

Expected lineups:

- **CD Nacional**: R. B. Marin, W. Kokolo, Zé Vitor, L. Santos, Wesley Gasolina, F. Soares, Matheus Dias, Liziero, D. Júnior, P. Messias Cardozo, M. Jensen
- **FC Alverca**: M. Mendes, F. Chissumba, S. Baseya, Y. Bojang, D. Spencer, I. James, Ian Luccas, D. Gui, Figueiredo, V. Semedo, M. Essimi

Prediction:

**Nacional 2–1 Alverca**. Home advantage and a slightly better recent record give Nacional the edge, but Alverca will scrap. Coin flip territory.