Sporting CP vs Nacional match stats & report

2–0 Full time

Primeira Liga · Portugal · Regular Season - 5 · Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon · Ref Joao Pedro Pinheiro, Portugal

Sporting CP stats & fixtures · Nacional stats & fixtures

Sporting CP beat Nacional 2–0 in the Primeira Liga on 5 September 2026. Expected goals finished 3.00–0.08. Sporting CP had 67% of the ball.

Sporting CP vs Nacional match statistics

Sporting CPNacional

67% Ball possession 33%
3.00 Expected goals (xG) 0.08
19 Total shots 3
8 Shots on target 2
10 Shots off target 0
1 Blocked shots 1
10 Shots inside the box 0
12 Corners 0
10 Fouls 7
1 Offsides 2
2 Yellow cards 1
660 Passes 318
89% Pass accuracy 80%
2 Goalkeeper saves 6

Goals and cards

5' Yellow card M. Araújo Sporting CP
20' Yellow card Sergi Altimira Sporting CP
32' Penalty scored L. Suárez Sporting CP
48' Yellow card M. Jensen Nacional
49' Goal Flávio Gonçalves (assist L. Suárez) 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

58 Flávio Gonçalves 17 R. Zalazar 10 Geny Catamo

97 L. Suárez

Bench Kaique , Eduardo Quaresma , Rodrigo Dias , G. Vagiannidis , S. Andersen , Pedro Lima , Eduardo Felicíssimo , Rafael Ferreira Nel , Luis Guilherme , F. Ioannidis , N. Irankunda , J. Derry

Nacional

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Giao Joao

1 Renato Bellucci

38 Zé Vitor 33 Francisco Gonçalves 34 Léo Santos

21 W. Kokolo 8 Miguel Baeza 6 Matheus Dias 52 Wesley Gasolina

7 M. Jensen 11 S. Gavriel

99 Pablo Ruan

Bench K. V. Medeiros de Freitas , Daniel Isai de la Cruz de la Cruz , C. Labidi , Daniel Júnior , Deivison , D. Dongmo , A. Obando , Matchoi Djaló , F. Nava

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.

Nacional away

1–2–7 in 10 matches

Scored: 0.7 per game
Conceded: 1.6 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 4.1 per game
Shots on target: 3.1 per game

0% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Sporting CP vs Nacional head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
1 Feb 26	Sporting CP v Nacional	2–1
23 Aug 25	Nacional v Sporting CP	1–4
25 Jan 25	Sporting CP v Nacional	2–0
17 Aug 24	Nacional v Sporting CP	1–6

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

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