Sporting CP vs Santa Clara match stats & report

4–2 Full time

Primeira Liga · Portugal · Regular Season - 28 · Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon · Ref A. Narciso

Sporting CP stats & fixtures · Santa Clara stats & fixtures

Sporting CP beat Santa Clara 4–2 in the Primeira Liga on 3 April 2026. Expected goals finished 2.66–0.65. Sporting CP had 71% of the ball.

Sporting CP vs Santa Clara match statistics

Sporting CPSanta Clara

71% Ball possession 29%
2.66 Expected goals (xG) 0.65
22 Total shots 7
8 Shots on target 4
5 Shots off target 3
9 Blocked shots 0
16 Shots inside the box 5
9 Corners 5
12 Fouls 22
0 Offsides 1
4 Yellow cards 3
547 Passes 219
91% Pass accuracy 78%
2 Goalkeeper saves 4

Goals and cards

3' Goal Gustavo Klismahn (assist Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira) Santa Clara
22' Penalty scored Pote Sporting CP
24' Yellow card Trincão Sporting CP
39' Goal Daniel Bragança (assist Rafael Ferreira Nel) Sporting CP
42' Goal Trincão (assist H. Morita) Sporting CP
44' Yellow card Pedro Ferreira Santa Clara
75' Yellow card J. Simoes Sporting CP
76' Yellow card G. Vagiannidis Sporting CP
89' Goal Gonçalo Paciência (assist Brenner Lucas Gonçalves Santos) Santa Clara
90' Yellow card José Luís Rocha Tavares Santa Clara
90' Goal Rafael Ferreira Nel (assist Eduardo Quaresma) Sporting CP
90+7' Yellow card M. Hjulmand Sporting CP
90+7' Yellow card Gonçalo Paciência Santa Clara

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

91 Ricardo Mangas 6 Z. Debast 72 Eduardo Quaresma 13 G. Vagiannidis

5 H. Morita 23 Daniel Bragança

8 Pote 17 Trincão 10 Geny Catamo

90 Rafael Ferreira Nel

Bench João Virgínia , G. Kochorashvili , M. Hjulmand , M. Araújo , Gonçalo Inácio , S. Faye , O. Diomande , J. Simoes , Flávio Gonçalves

Santa Clara

Confirmed 4-4-2 Vasco Matos

1 Gabriel Batista

5 Guilherme Romão 94 Henrique Silva 23 Sidney Lima 42 Lucas Soares

49 Welinton Torrão 35 Serginho 8 Pedro Ferreira 10 Gabriel Silva

26 Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira 77 Gustavo Klismahn

Bench Neneca , F. Venancio , Diogo Calila , Paulo Victor , Gonçalo Paciência , Darlan , Vinícius Lopes , Brenner Lucas Gonçalves Santos , José Luís Rocha Tavares

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.

Santa Clara away

4–4–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.2 per game
Conceded: 1.1 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 5.0 per game
Shots on target: 2.8 per game

42% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Sporting CP vs Santa Clara head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
8 Nov 25	Santa Clara v Sporting CP	1–2
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 5 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

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