Sporting CP vs Arouca — Primeira Liga: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow3 clips- 3′Sporting CP, goal:1–0assist
- 17′Sporting CP, goal:2–0assist
- 36′Arouca, yellow card:Foul
- 44′Arouca, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time2 – 0
- 46′Arouca, substitution:off
- 51′Arouca, yellow card:Foul
- 54′Sporting CP, red card:Foul
- 57′Sporting CP, substitution:off
- 59′Arouca, substitution:off
- 61′Sporting CP, yellow card:Argument
- 61′Arouca, yellow card:Argument
- 66′Sporting CP, substitution:off
- 69′Arouca, substitution:off
- 78′Arouca, VAR review:Penalty confirmed
- 80′Sporting CP, yellow card:Foul
- 81′Arouca, penalty goal:2–1Penalty
- 86′Sporting CP, substitution:off
- 86′Sporting CP, substitution:off
- 86′Arouca, substitution:off
- 86′Arouca, substitution:off
- 87′Arouca, goal:2–2
- 90+2′Arouca, yellow card:Foul
- 90+4′Sporting CP, yellow card:Foul
- 90+8′Sporting CP, yellow card:Argument
- Full-time2 – 2
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Match report
Arouca fight back from two down to draw with ten-man Sporting CP
Sporting CP were held to a 2-2 draw by Arouca in a Primeira Liga matchday seven fixture at Estádio José Alvalade, throwing away a two-goal lead after Zeno Debast was sent off early in the second half. The result left the hosts third in the table on 15 points, four clear of fifth-placed Arouca.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Sporting made a fast start. Gonçalo Inácio scored in the third minute from a Maximiliano Araújo assist, and Luis Suárez doubled the lead in the 17th minute, set up by Iván Fresneda. The hosts led 2-0 at half-time, and Arouca had little to show for a period in which they struggled to find a way through.
The match turned in the 54th minute when Debast was shown a red card. Sporting scored no more and conceded twice from then on. José Fontán converted a penalty in the 81st minute to make it 2-1, and Dylan Nandín levelled in the 87th to complete the comeback.
Oddsivio's pre-match forecast had given the draw a 12% chance. Sporting are now unbeaten in eight games, while Arouca came from two goals down to draw.
Dylan Nandín earned the highest rating of any player, 8.1, for the equaliser in the 87th minute that rescued a point for Arouca. Gonçalo Inácio was close behind on 8.09 after the opening goal.
Arouca had 15 shots to Sporting's 10, with five on target against three, which underlines how much of the second-half pressure came from the visitors.
Sporting CP and Arouca drew 2–2 (half-time 2–0).
Sporting CP met Arouca in the Primeira Liga (Regular Season - 7). Kick-off was Saturday, 19 September 2026, 19:30 UTC at Estádio José Alvalade. Referee: D. Silva.
Team pages: Sporting CP · Arouca · Primeira Liga
Key moments
- 3' Goal: Gonçalo Inácio (assist: Maximiliano Araújo) — 1–0
- 17' Goal: Luis Suárez (assist: Iván Fresneda) — 2–0 · Watch Luis Suárez's goal video (17')
- 54' Red card: Zeno Debast
- 81' Goal (penalty): José Fontán — 2–1 · Watch José Fontán's goal video (81')
- 87' Goal: Dylan Nandín — 2–2 · Watch Dylan Nandín's goal video (87')
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Sporting CP (4-2-3-1)
Arouca (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Sporting CP 82%, the draw 12%, Arouca 6%. It finished Sporting CP 2–2 Arouca.
Sporting CP's rating gap decides it — Sporting CP are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Sporting CP's 82%. The draw at 12% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why Sporting CP at 82%?
Sporting CP sit 456 points higher on our strength rating — 2071 to 1615. Sides with a more than 300-point rating edge at home won 79.8% of 5,139 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 81–13–6.
Why not higher?
No scored evidence points the other way. 82% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 12% and Arouca at 6%.
Why is the draw only 12%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 12.9%. These teams' recent games average 3.1 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 17,242. The goals environment takes 1.1 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Sporting CP average 7 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 456 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Sporting CP come into this after a busy window — 12 arrivals and 12 departures over the summer. 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). The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
About this match
On this page: the Sporting CP vs Arouca 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.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Luis Suárez's goal against Arouca (17').
- Watch José Fontán's goal against Sporting CP (81').
- Watch Dylan Nandín's goal against Sporting CP (87').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Sporting CP 2–2 Arouca. Explore more on the Sporting CP and Arouca team pages or the Primeira Liga page.