Nacional 0-2 Sporting CP: result and report

Liga Portugal · Friday 8 January 2021

Result

Nacional 0-2 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Friday 8 January 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Nacional 0-2 Sporting CP: match report

Nacional lost to Sporting CP 0-2 in Liga Portugal on Friday 8 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Nuno Santos opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Nacional did not score. Sporting CP scored through Nuno Santos (43') and Jovane Cabral (90').

Discipline: Nacional received 4 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nacional were 9th on 13 points from 11 and Sporting CP 1st on 32 points from 12. Nacional went on to finish that season 18th with 25 points, and Sporting CP 1st with 85.

Nacional lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sporting CP in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to João Palhinha of Sporting CP (8.1), level with Nuno Santos (8.1).

Going into the match Nacional's last five read W-L-L-L-W and Sporting CP's W-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Rúben MicaelNacional
  • 12'Yellow card · Vitor VinhaNacional
  • 28'Yellow card · Zouhair FeddalSporting CP
  • 43'Goal · Nuno SantosSporting CP · 0-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Nuno BorgesNacional
  • 69'Yellow card · Rúben FreitasNacional
  • 90'Goal · Jovane CabralSporting CP · 0-2

Team news

Unavailable

  • KalindiNacional · injury (Knee Injury)
  • PaulinhoSporting CP · injury (Muscle Injury)

Nacional line-up (4-1-4-1)

Daniel, Rúben Freitas, Júlio César, Lucas Kal, João Vigário, Nuno Borges, Brayan Riascos, Rúben Micael, Larry Azouni, João Camacho, Bryan Rochez

Sporting CP line-up (3-4-2-1)

Antonio Adán, Luís Neto, Sebastián Coates, Zouhair Feddal, Pedro Porro, João Mário, João Palhinha, Nuno Mendes, Pedro Gonçalves, Nuno Santos, Andraz Sporar