Santa Clara vs Sporting CP match stats & report

1–2 Full time

Primeira Liga · Portugal · Regular Season - 11 · Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada · Ref Joao Antonio Ferreira Goncalves, Portugal

Santa Clara stats & fixtures · Sporting CP stats & fixtures

Santa Clara lost to Sporting CP 1–2 in the Primeira Liga on 8 November 2025. Expected goals finished 0.74–1.67. Sporting CP had 74% of the ball.

Santa Clara vs Sporting CP match statistics

Santa ClaraSporting CP

26% Ball possession 74%
0.74 Expected goals (xG) 1.67
5 Total shots 21
2 Shots on target 7
2 Shots off target 10
1 Blocked shots 4
2 Shots inside the box 12
2 Corners 12
11 Fouls 12
9 Yellow cards 4
2 Red cards 1
235 Passes 659
67% Pass accuracy 88%
4 Goalkeeper saves 1

Goals and cards

1' Yellow card Wendel Santa Clara
5' Goal Vinícius Lopes (assist Wendel) Santa Clara
13' Yellow card J. Simoes Sporting CP
32' Goal Pote (assist Geny Catamo) Sporting CP
36' Yellow card Serginho Santa Clara
36' Yellow card O. Diomande Sporting CP
54' Yellow card Iván Fresneda Sporting CP
60' Yellow card F. Venancio Santa Clara
72' Yellow card Sidney Lima Santa Clara
90' Goal M. Hjulmand (assist Geovany Tcherno Quenda) Sporting CP
90+1' Red card M. Araújo Sporting CP
90+4' Yellow card Adriano Firmino Santa Clara
90+4' Yellow card Paulo Victor Santa Clara
90+4' Yellow card Matheus Pereira Santa Clara
90+5' Yellow card Adriano Firmino Santa Clara
90+5' Red card Adriano Firmino Santa Clara
90+6' Yellow card Sidney Lima Santa Clara
90+6' Red card Sidney Lima Santa Clara
90+6' Yellow card Rui Silva Sporting CP

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Santa Clara

Confirmed 5-4-1 Vasco Miguel Lopes de Matos

1 Gabriel Batista

64 Paulo Victor 21 F. Venancio 13 Luís Rocha 23 Sidney Lima 42 Lucas Soares

70 Vinícius Lopes 6 Adriano Firmino 8 Pedro Ferreira 35 Serginho

29 Wendel

Bench J. Afonso , Diogo Calila , Matheus Pereira , Elias Manoel , Brenner Lucas Gonçalves Santos , J. Costa , Luquinhas , José Luís Rocha Tavares , Henrique Silva

Sporting CP

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Rui Manuel Gomes Borges

1 Rui Silva

20 M. Araújo 25 Gonçalo Inácio 26 O. Diomande 22 Iván Fresneda

52 J. Simoes 42 M. Hjulmand

8 Pote 17 Trincão 10 Geny Catamo

97 L. Suárez

Bench João Virgínia , Matheus Reis , H. Morita , Geovany Tcherno Quenda , G. Vagiannidis , G. Kochorashvili , Alisson Santos , Eduardo Quaresma , F. Ioannidis

Form guide

Santa Clara at home

7–3–0 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.1 per game
Conceded: 0.4 per game
Clean sheets: 7 / 10
Corners: 4.4 per game
Shots on target: 3.4 per game

Sporting CP away

6–4–0 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.2 per game
Conceded: 0.7 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 4.8 per game
Shots on target: 5.3 per game

18% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Santa Clara vs Sporting CP head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
12 Apr 25	Santa Clara v Sporting CP	0–1
30 Nov 24	Sporting CP v Santa Clara	0–1
1 Apr 23	Sporting CP v Santa Clara	3–0
8 Oct 22	Santa Clara v Sporting CP	1–2

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

The full Santa Clara vs Sporting CP head-to-head record