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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Maxi AraújoSporting CP
  • 20'Yellow card · Sergi AltimiraSporting CP
  • 32'Penalty goal · Luis SuárezSporting CP · 1-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Markus JensenNacional
  • 49'Goal · Flávio GonçalvesSporting CP · 2-0

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3Sporting CP106312311+1221DDWLW
15Nacional102171019-97LLLWL

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Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sporting CP 4, draws 0, Nacional 0.

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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