Goalkeeper Rescue
Nacional
Nacional's goalkeeper kept them in it — 6 saves against 3.00 xG, conceding just 2.
- Saves
- 6
- Faced xG
- 3.00
- Conceded
- 2
Primeira Liga · Matchday 5
Sporting CP
L. Suarez 32'
F. Goncalves 49'
2 – 0
FT
HT 1–0
Nacional
Primeira Liga
Matchday 5Sporting CP2–0Nacional
3.00
Expected goals
0.08
32′49′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: SC 3.00, NAC 0.08.
Match report
Sporting CP 2-0 Nacional
Sporting CP saw off Nacional 2-0 at Estádio José Alvalade in Primeira Liga. Suarez opened the scoring for Sporting CP on 32' from the penalty spot and Goncalves made it 2-0 to Sporting CP on 49'.
Expected goals finished Sporting CP 3.00, Nacional 0.08. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Sporting CP held 67.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Nacional graded out for goalkeeper rescue — 6 saves and 3.00 faced xg. Sporting CP graded out for set-piece siege — 12 corners.
Zeno Debast came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.0 for Sporting CP from 2 key passes and 1 tackle.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
67%Possession33%
19Shots3
3.00xG0.08
What the numbers say
2 readsSet-Piece Siege
Sporting CP
Sporting CP turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 12 corners.
- Corners
- 12
- Opponent
- 0
Timeline
Maximiliano Araújo
Foul
🟨5'
Sergi Altimira
Foul
🟨20'
L. Suarez (Pen)
⚽32'
Half-time
🔄46'
Deivison ↑ Leo Santos ↓
🟨48'
Markus Jensen
Foul
F. Goncalves — assist: L. Suarez
⚽49'
🔄62'
C. Labidi ↑ M. Jensen ↓
🔄62'
A. Obando ↑ Pablo Ruan ↓
Luis Guilherme ↑ G. Catamo ↓
🔄67'
F. Ioannidis ↑ L. Suarez ↓
🔄67'
N. Irankunda ↑ R. Zalazar ↓
🔄67'
🔄73'
M. Djalo ↑ S. Gavriel ↓
G. Vagiannidis ↑ M. Araujo ↓
🔄78'
🔄80'
Daniel Junior ↑ M. Baeza ↓
S. Andersen ↑ S. Altimira ↓
🔄87'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueEstádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
RefereeJoao Pedro Pinheiro, Portugal
CompetitionPrimeira Liga
Season2026
RoundMatchday 5
StatusMatch Finished