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Sporting vs Nacional: match report

Sporting CP hosted C.D. Nacional at Estádio José Alvalade on Saturday 5 September 2026, in the Liga Portugal (round 5). João Pinheiro is the referee, averaging 4.7 yellow cards a game against a league average of 5.0.

Result and scorers

Sporting 2-0 Nacional. Goals: Luis Suárez 32' (pen) for Sporting; Flávio Gonçalves 49' for Sporting. Attendance: 48,699.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 5' Yellow card: Maxi Araújo (Sporting)
  • 20' Yellow card: Sergi Altimira (Sporting)
  • 32' Penalty: Luis Suárez (Sporting) 1-0
  • 48' Yellow card: Markus Jensen (Nacional)
  • 49' Goal: Flávio Gonçalves (Sporting) 2-0
Match stats (contains the result)
67.4%Possession32.6%
19Shots3
8Shots on target2
12Corners0
10Fouls7
1Offsides2
2Saves6
2Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Sporting 4-2-3-1

Coach: Rui Borges

  1. 1 Rui Silva GK
  2. 22 Iván Fresneda DEF
  3. 6 Zeno Debast DEF
  4. 25 Gonçalo Inácio DEF
  5. 20 Maxi Araújo DEF
  6. 5 Sergi Altimira MID
  7. 77 Issa Doumbia MID
  8. 10 Geny Catamo FWD
  9. 17 Rodrigo Zalazar FWD
  10. 58 Flávio Gonçalves FWD
  11. 97 Luis Suárez FWD

Bench

  • 19 Nestory Irankunda MID
  • 7 Fotis Ioannidis FWD
  • 31 Luís Guilherme FWD
  • 13 Georgios Vagiannidis DEF
  • 4 Silas Andersen MID
  • 30 Kaique Pereira GK
  • 72 Eduardo Quaresma DEF
  • 50 Rodrigo Dias DEF
  • 73 Eduardo Felicíssimo MID
  • 21 Pedro Lima MID
  • 28 Jesse Derry FWD
  • 9 Rafael Nel FWD

Nacional 3-4-2-1

Coach: João Gião

  1. 1 Renato Marin GK
  2. 34 Léo Santos DEF
  3. 33 Francisco Gonçalves DEF
  4. 38 Zé Vítor DEF
  5. 52 Wesley DEF
  6. 6 Matheus Dias MID
  7. 8 Miguel Baeza MID
  8. 21 William Kokolo MID
  9. 11 Stavros Gavriel FWD
  10. 7 Markus Gustav Jensen FWD
  11. 99 Pablo Ruan FWD

Bench

  • 88 Deivison DEF
  • 15 Chiheb Labidi MID
  • 9 Allen Obando FWD
  • 20 Matchoi MID
  • 10 Daniel FWD
  • 50 Kevyn GK
  • 2 Daniel de la Cruz DEF
  • 31 Danel Dongmo MID
  • 17 Fernando Nava FWD
Previous meetings
  • Sunday 1 February 2026: Sporting CP 2-1 C.D. Nacional
  • Saturday 23 August 2025: C.D. Nacional 1-4 Sporting CP
  • Saturday 25 January 2025: Sporting CP 2-0 C.D. Nacional
  • Saturday 17 August 2024: C.D. Nacional 1-6 Sporting CP
  • Saturday 1 May 2021: Sporting CP 2-0 C.D. Nacional