Sporting CP 2-0 Belenenses: result and report

Sporting CP 2-0 Belenenses

Liga Portugal · Saturday 21 August 2021, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sporting CP defeated Belenenses 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 21 August 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Gonçalo Inácio opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Sporting CP's goals came from Gonçalo Inácio (7') and João Palhinha (48'). Belenenses did not score.

Discipline: Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards; Belenenses received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 2nd on 6 points from 2 and Belenenses 17th on 0 points from 2. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Belenenses 18th with 26.

Sporting CP lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Belenenses in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to João Palhinha of Sporting CP (8.1), ahead of Pedro Gonçalves (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sporting CP wins, 1 draw and 0 for Belenenses.