Arouca 1-2 Sporting CP: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 24 January 2026
Result
Arouca 1-2 Sporting CP
Liga Portugal · Saturday 24 January 2026, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Arouca 1-2 Sporting CP: match report
Arouca lost to Sporting CP 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 24 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.
Luis Suárez opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Arouca's goal came from Iván Barbero (48'). Sporting CP scored through Luis Suárez (35') and Luis Suárez (90+6').
Discipline: Arouca received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Sporting CP received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Arouca were 15th on 17 points from 18 and Sporting CP 2nd on 45 points from 18. Arouca went on to finish that season 9th with 42 points, and Sporting CP 2nd with 82.
Arouca lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting CP in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Iván Barbero of Arouca (7.7), ahead of Hyun-ju Lee (7.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arouca wins, 1 draw and 4 for Sporting CP.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 48'Goal · Iván Barbero
- 64'Yellow card · João Simões
- 76'Yellow card · Ignacio de Arruabarrena
- 84'Yellow card · Naïs Djouahra
- 88'Yellow card · Javi Sánchez
- 90'Yellow card · Luis Suárez
- 90+6'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 90+7'Red card · Matheus Reis
- 90+7'Red card · Matheus Reis
- 90+7'Yellow card · Rui Silva
- 90+8'Red card · Matías Rocha
- 90+8'Yellow card · Morten Hjulmand
- 90+9'Red card · Matías Rocha
Head-to-head
Team news
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Arouca line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ignacio de Arruabarrena, Tiago Esgaio, Javi Sánchez, Matías Rocha, José Fontán, Espen van Ee, Taichi Fukui, Alfonso Trezza, Hyun-ju Lee, Naïs Djouahra, Iván Barbero
Sporting CP expected line-up (3-4-2-1)
Rui Silva, Gonçalo Inácio, Eduardo Quaresma, Iván Fresneda Corraliza, João Simões, Ricardo Mangas, Morten Hjulmand, Francisco Trincão, Luis Suárez, Maxi Araújo, Fotis Ioannidis