Sporting CP 2-0 Nacional: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 5 September 2026
Result
Sporting CP 2-0 Nacional
Liga Portugal · Saturday 5 September 2026, 19:30 UTC · Estádio José Alvalade, Lisboa · half-time 1-0
Sporting CP 2-0 Nacional: match report
Sporting CP beat Nacional 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Estádio José Alvalade. The half-time score was 1-0.
Luis Suárez opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Sporting CP's goals came from Luis Suárez (32', penalty) and Flávio Gonçalves (49'). Nacional did not score.
Discipline: Sporting CP received 2 yellow cards; Nacional received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sporting CP were 3rd on 10 points from 4 and Nacional 10th on 4 points from 4. In the current table Sporting CP are 3rd on 21 points and Nacional are 15th on 7 points.
Sporting CP lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nacional in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Suárez of Sporting CP (7.9), ahead of Flávio Gonçalves (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sporting CP wins, 0 draws and 0 for Nacional.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Maxi Araújo
- 20'Yellow card · Sergi Altimira
- 32'Penalty goal · Luis Suárez
- 48'Yellow card · Markus Jensen
- 49'Goal · Flávio Gonçalves
Form and table
- Sporting CPLast five: D W W W
- NacionalLast five: D W L L
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Sporting CP | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 21 | DDWLW |
| 15 | Nacional | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 7 | LLLWL |
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sporting CP line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rui Silva, Iván Fresneda Corraliza, Zeno Debast, Gonçalo Inácio, Maxi Araújo, Sergi Altimira, Issa Doumbia, Geny Catamo, Rodrigo Zalazar, Flávio Gonçalves, Luis Suárez
Nacional line-up (3-4-2-1)
Renato Marin, Léo Santos, Francisco Gonçalves, Ze Vitor, Wesley Gasolina, Matheus Dias, Miguel Baeza, William Kokolo, Stavros Gavriel, Markus Jensen, Pablo Ruan
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