In the preview of this round of Portuguese Primeira Liga, the sharp book showed consistent pressure on several handicap and totals lines. The most significant drop was recorded in the Porto -2 handicap, which retreated 12.1% with a limit of only 300 units — a sign of concentrated movement. Alverca and Marítimo -0.5 share the second largest contraction, both at 7.9%, while the Over 3 total in Nacional vs Estrela da Amadora and the Sporting CP -2 handicap complete the picture of matches with relevant moves to monitor.
Fri 28 19:15 UTC
Rio Ave: no confirmed absences found.
Sporting CP: Fotis Ioannidis (injury), Joao Simoes (injury), Nuno Santos (injury), Pedro Goncalves/Pote (squad departure pending), Daniel Braganca (squad departure pending).
Note: The FotMob results showing absences are from the **December 2025** fixture, not August 28, 2026. Only the MightyTips source (dated ~1 day ago) speaks to the upcoming August 28, 2026 match.
Rio Ave: no confirmed absences reported.
Sporting CP:
Fotis Ioannidis (injury), Joao Simoes (injury), Nuno Santos (injury); Pote and Daniel Braganca likely absent (possible squad departure).
Sat 29 14:30 UTC
Alverca:
Chiquinho (winger, suspension)
,
Julian Martinez (injury), Sabit Abdulai (injury)
Santa Clara:
Matheus Araujo (injury)
,
Joao Costa (doubtful)
Sat 29 14:30 UTC
Arouca: Miguel Puche (injury).
Maritimo: Nathanael Ogbeta (injury).
Sat 29 17:00 UTC
Académico de Viseu: Pedro Barcelos (knock/doubtful), Jan Bednarek (defender, injury/being assessed).
Porto: No confirmed absences found in sources.
Sun 30 14:30 UTC
No confirmed absences in the consulted sources.
Sun 30 17:00 UTC
The most specific and recent data I found for the August 30, 2026 match comes from the FotMob page for the March 1, 2026 fixture (which lists absences for that earlier game) and from the 22bet/Goal.com-sourced report for the August 17, 2026 Casa Pia vs Benfica match. The FotMob entry at index 28 lists unavailable players specifically attributed to the August 30, 2026 fixture context, and the Casa Pia injury list from August 17 (just two weeks prior) from Goal.com via 22bet gives the most recent confirmed absences. No specific Moreirense absence list for Aug 30 beyond what FotMob lists has been found.
Casa Pia: Abu Conte (injury), Kiki (injury), Claudio Mendes (injury), Duplexe Tchamba (injury), Kevin Prieto (injury), Max Svensson (injury).
Moreirense: Lawrence Ofori (injury), Vasco Sousa (injury).
Absence information collected on 2026-08-27. Squads may change until kick-off.