Famalicao vs Sporting CP — Primeira Liga: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow3 clips- 27′Sporting CP, goal disallowed:Goal cancelled
- 45+1′Famalicao, yellow card:Argument
- Half-time
- 46′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 60′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 64′Sporting CP, substitution:off
- 64′Sporting CP, substitution:off
- 73′Sporting CP, yellow card:Foul
- 75′Sporting CP, substitution:off
- 75′Sporting CP, substitution:off
- 78′Famalicao, yellow card:Argument
- 80′Famalicao, yellow card:Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria CarvalhalDissent
- 81′Sporting CP, penalty goal:0–1Penalty
- 82′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 83′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 86′Sporting CP, yellow card:Argument
- 87′Famalicao, red card:Violent conduct
- 90′Sporting CP, yellow card:Foul
- 90′Famalicao, own goal:1–1Own goal
- 90+7′Sporting CP, yellow card:Argument
- Full-time1 – 1
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Late Inácio own goal rescues Famalicao point against Sporting CP
Famalicao and Sporting CP shared the points in a 1-1 draw in matchday six of the Primeira Liga at the Estadio Municipal de Famalicao, a result that did little to disturb the gulf between the sides in the table. Sporting arrived unbeaten in their last five and left with their dominance only partially rewarded.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The breakthrough came late, with Luis Suárez converting a penalty in the 81st minute to put Sporting 1-0 ahead. Famalicao's task grew harder six minutes later when Roméo Beney was sent off, leaving the home side to see out the closing stages a man light. Yet in stoppage time Gonçalo Inácio turned the ball into his own net, leveling the score at 1-1 and denying Sporting what had looked a deserved win.
Sporting controlled possession throughout, holding 68 percent of the ball and out-shooting their hosts 16 to 5, with five efforts on target to Famalicao's two. Despite conceding the corners count evenly at four apiece, Famalicao's resistance was undermined by discipline issues, picking up four yellow cards and the late red that left them stretched in the final minutes.
Sergi Altimira topped the performer ratings for Sporting with a 7.33 mark, edging out Zeno Debast, while Luis Suárez's late penalty conversion earned him a 7.09 rating on the night.
Sporting's 68 percent possession share underlined how thoroughly they dictated the tempo away at Famalicao.
Famalicao and Sporting CP drew 1–1 (half-time 0–0).
Famalicao met Sporting CP in the Primeira Liga (Regular Season - 6). Kick-off was Sunday, 13 September 2026, 19:30 UTC at Estadio Municipal de Famalicao. Referee: Luis Godinho.
Team pages: Famalicao · Sporting CP · Primeira Liga
Key moments
- 81' Goal (penalty): Luis Suárez — 0–1 · Watch Luis Suárez's goal video (81')
- 87' Red card: Roméo Beney
- 90' Goal (own goal): Gonçalo Inácio — 1–1 · Watch Gonçalo Inácio's goal video (90')
Starting line-ups
Famalicao (4-2-3-1)
Sporting CP (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Famalicao 17%, the draw 22%, Sporting CP 61%. It finished Famalicao 1–1 Sporting CP.
Sporting CP's rating gap outweighs Famalicao's home ground — Sporting CP are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and the early-season home fade on top gives Sporting CP a clear lead. The draw at 22% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why Sporting CP at 61%?
Sporting CP sit 382 points higher on our strength rating — 1689 to 2071. Sides with a more than 300-point rating edge on the road won 65.9% of 5,248 such games. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Famalicao's column. Across 11,115 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.6% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.1 — negative in every season since 2018. The 300 most similar past games finished 20–21–59.
Why only 61%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 61% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 22% and Famalicao at 17%.
Why is the draw only 22%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 20.3%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 25,076. Early-season fixtures add 2.1 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Sporting CP come into this after a busy window — 12 arrivals, 12 departures, and fewer of last season's regular starters still in the eleven. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). Sporting CP won all of the last 5 games between these sides. Head-to-head dominance hasn't carried forward beyond the rating: sides that won 4+ of the last 5 meetings won 55.6% of 9,318 next meetings vs 55.0% class-expected. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Famalicao vs Sporting CP final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Primeira Liga fixture.
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