Sporting CP vs Arouca match stats & report

2–2 Full time

Primeira Liga · Portugal · Regular Season - 7 · Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon · Ref David Rafael Oliveira da Silva, Portugal

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Sporting CP drew with Arouca 2–2 in the Primeira Liga on 19 September 2026. Expected goals finished 1.28–2.08. Sporting CP had 54% of the ball.

Sporting CP vs Arouca match statistics

Sporting CPArouca

54% Ball possession 46%
1.28 Expected goals (xG) 2.08
10 Total shots 15
3 Shots on target 5
2 Shots off target 9
5 Blocked shots 1
8 Shots inside the box 8
4 Corners 2
9 Fouls 17
2 Offsides 0
4 Yellow cards 5
1 Red cards 0
480 Passes 391
88% Pass accuracy 88%
4 Goalkeeper saves 1

Goals and cards

3' Goal Gonçalo Inácio (assist M. Araújo) Sporting CP
17' Goal L. Suárez (assist Iván Fresneda) Sporting CP
36' Yellow card E. van Ee Arouca
44' Yellow card Javi Sánchez Arouca
51' Yellow card José Fontán Arouca
54' Red card Z. Debast Sporting CP
61' Yellow card L. Suárez Sporting CP
61' Yellow card Pedro Santos Arouca
80' Yellow card Eduardo Quaresma Sporting CP
81' Penalty scored José Fontán Arouca
87' Goal D. Nandín Arouca
90+2' Yellow card B. Mansilla Arouca
90+4' Yellow card M. Araújo Sporting CP
90+8' Yellow card Gonçalo Inácio Sporting CP

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Sporting CP

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Rui Borges

1 Rui Silva

20 M. Araújo 25 Gonçalo Inácio 6 Z. Debast 22 Iván Fresneda

77 I. Doumbia 5 Sergi Altimira

19 N. Irankunda 17 R. Zalazar 10 Geny Catamo

97 L. Suárez

Bench Kaique , Eduardo Quaresma , Rodrigo Dias , G. Vagiannidis , S. Andersen , Pedro Lima , J. Simoes , Flávio Gonçalves , Rafael Ferreira Nel , Luis Guilherme , F. Ioannidis , J. Derry

Arouca

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Vasco Seabra

12 I. de Arruabarrena

18 O. Lebedenko 3 José Fontán 15 Javi Sánchez 28 Tiago Esgaio

8 T. Fukui 6 E. van Ee

7 N. Djouahra 21 Mateo Flores 19 A. Trezza

17 Barbero

Bench J. Vinarčík , M. Duarte , B. Popović , Mario Climent , Diogo Monteiro , Pedro Santos , F. Mayulu , B. Mansilla , D. Nandín , G. Rukavina , S. Park , M. Balde

Form guide

Sporting CP at home

9–1–0 in 10 matches

Scored: 3.3 per game
Conceded: 0.8 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 5.2 per game
Shots on target: 5.2 per game

15% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Arouca away

3–4–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 0.9 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 5 / 10
Corners: 2.0 per game
Shots on target: 3.2 per game

Sporting CP vs Arouca head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
24 Jan 26	Arouca v Sporting CP	1–2
17 Aug 25	Sporting CP v Arouca	6–0
15 Feb 25	Sporting CP v Arouca	2–2
13 Sep 24	Arouca v Sporting CP	0–3
10 Mar 24	Arouca v Sporting CP	0–3
8 Oct 23	Sporting CP v Arouca	2–1

The full Sporting CP vs Arouca head-to-head record