Sunday , 27 September 2026

Sporting Clube de Portugal vs FC Arouca, Primeira Liga 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2026-27
Sporting Clube de Portugal
2 – 2
Full Time
FC Arouca
Sat 19 Sep 2026 · 19:30 UTC Estadio Jose Alvalade HT 45' · FT 45'
Goncalo Inacio 3' 1–0
Luis Suarez 17' 2–0
2–1 81' Jose Fontan pen
2–2 87' Dylan Nandin
Y 36' Espen van Ee
Y 44' Javi Sanchez
Y 51' Jose Fontan
Zeno Debast 54' R
Luis Suarez 61' Y
Y 61' Pedro Santos
Eduardo Quaresma 80' Y
Y 90' Brian Mansilla
Maximiliano Araujo 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Clube de Portugal vs FC Arouca — Primeira Liga at Estadio Jose Alvalade.

Match Details

  • Referee
  • Assistant 1 Carlos Campos
  • Assistant 2 Nelson Cunha
5 games this season 🟨 6.6/game ⚽ 20.8 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 7 21
2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 7 16
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 7 15
4 CD Santa Clara 7 15
5 FC Arouca 7 11
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 6 11
7 Académico de Viseu FC 7 11
8 CF Estrela da Amadora 7 10
9 Moreirense FC 7 8
10 Gil Vicente FC 6 8
11 CS Marítimo 7 8
12 FC Alverca 7 8
13 FC Famalicao 7 7
14 Vitória SC 7 5
15 CD Nacional 7 4
16 Rio Ave FC 7 4
17 Casa Pia AC 7 4
18 GD Estoril Praia 7 2

Head-to-Head

7
3
1
Sporting Clube de Portugal 11 games · Avg 3.1 goals FC Arouca
Last 5 meetings
2026-09-19 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–2 FC Arouca 2026-01-24 FC Arouca 1–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2025-08-17 Sporting Clube de Portugal 6–0 FC Arouca 2025-02-15 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–2 FC Arouca 2024-09-13 FC Arouca 0–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Portugal
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Sep FC Arouca H 2–2 D
13 Sep FC Famalicao A 1–1 D
09 Sep Galatasaray SK H 3–1 W
05 Sep CD Nacional H 2–0 W
28 Aug Rio Ave FC A 4–0 W
22 Aug FC Alverca H 3–1 W
FC Arouca
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Sep Sporting Clube de Portugal A 2–2 D
13 Sep CD Santa Clara H 1–2 L
07 Sep GD Estoril Praia A 0–0 D
29 Aug CS Marítimo H 2–1 W
23 Aug FC Porto A 0–2 L
16 Aug Moreirense FC H 4–0 W

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Portugal FC Arouca
#3 Position #5
15 Points 11
7 Played 7
4 / 3 / 0 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 2
17 Scored 10
8 Conceded 7
+9 GD +3
2.14 PPG 1.57
57% Win % 43%

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)
73% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
29% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season
43% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

Sporting Clube de Portugal are 3rd (15 pts). FC Arouca are 5th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal
0-15
4/–
16-30
4/–
31-45
3/–
46-60
4/–
61-75
–/3
76+
1/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
FC Arouca
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/3
31-45
2/1
46-60
3/–
61-75
–/1
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal
Luis Suarez 6 G 1 A
Flavio Goncalves 3 G 1 A
Fotis Ioannidis 2 G 2 A
Rodrigo Zalazar 1 G 1 A
Maximiliano Araujo 1 G 1 A
FC Arouca
Barbero 4 G
Jose Fontan 2 G
Dylan Nandin 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Sporting Clube de Portugal and FC Arouca get this one started.
  • 3' Magnificent from Goncalo Inacio! That is 22 goals in 513 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 8' Sporting Clube de Portugal are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against FC Arouca's 4-2-3-1 shape.
  • 13' FC Arouca is showing some good football. However, FC Arouca are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 17' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Luis Suarez makes no mistake. 2-0!
  • 22' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ignacio De Arruabarrena, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio Jose Alvalade with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 27' A quiet spell here at Estadio Jose Alvalade. FC Arouca seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 32' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 36' That is a card for FC Arouca. Espen van Ee will be fuming at that decision.
  • 41' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 44' The referee calls foul for Javi Sanchez. He receives a card.
  • 46' Gabriel Rukavina is replacing Mateo Flores for the FC Arouca side.
  • 51' The referee shows FC Arouca player a card on 51.
  • 54' Poor challenge from Zeno Debast. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • 57' Eduardo Quaresma gets the nod from Sporting Clube de Portugal. He replaces Nestor Irankunda and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 59' The whistle greets Espen van Ee as he departs to be replaced by Pedro Santos.
  • 61' Luis Suarez catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 61.
  • 66' Time for substitution for Sporting Clube de Portugal. Rodrigo Zalazar is replaced by Silas Andersen.
  • 69' Alfonso Trezza makes way for Brian Mansilla at the 69 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Arouca.
  • 74' Nais Djouahra is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Arouca tonight.
  • 79' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 80' A meaty challenge results in booking for Eduardo Quaresma on 80.
  • 81' Jose Fontan adds to his 2 season tally! FC Arouca lead 2-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 86' The supporters are chanting for Fotis Ioannidis. He replaces Luis Suarez on 86 minute.
  • 87' The deadlock is broken! Dylan Nandin gets on the scoresheet on 87 minutes.
  • 90' The referee has no hesitation. Brian Mansilla is booked for FC Arouca — card on 90.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 2-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Rui Borges

FC Arouca Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vasco Seabra

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Viktor Gyokeres 3
Trincao 2
Islam Slimani 2
Pedro Goncalves 2
Rafa Mujica 1
Nuno Santos 1
Morten Hjulmand 1
Matheus Nunes 1

Head to Head

2026-09-19 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–2 FC Arouca 2026-01-24 FC Arouca 1–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2025-08-17 Sporting Clube de Portugal 6–0 FC Arouca 2025-02-15 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–2 FC Arouca 2024-09-13 FC Arouca 0–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

2026-09-19 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–2 FC Arouca D 2026-09-13 FC Famalicao 1–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2026-09-09 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–1 Galatasaray SK W 2026-09-05 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 CD Nacional W 2026-08-28 Rio Ave FC 0–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2026-08-22 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–1 FC Alverca W

FC Arouca Form

2026-09-19 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–2 FC Arouca D 2026-09-13 FC Arouca 1–2 CD Santa Clara L 2026-09-07 GD Estoril Praia 0–0 FC Arouca D 2026-08-29 FC Arouca 2–1 CS Marítimo W 2026-08-23 FC Porto 2–0 FC Arouca L 2026-08-16 FC Arouca 4–0 Moreirense FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.22 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.09 FC Arouca xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 63% + Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Clube de Portugal60% Draw22% FC Arouca18%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 3.31
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 84%
16%
± 2.5 63%
37%
± 3.5 42%
58%
± 4.5 24%
76%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Draw
82%
Draw or FC Arouca
40%
Sporting Clube de Portugal or FC Arouca
78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Clube de Portugal45% Draw40% FC Arouca15%
Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.6%
2 – 1
9.5%
2 – 0
8.9%
1 – 0
7.6%
3 – 1
7%
3 – 0
6.5%
2 – 2
Actual
0 – 0
5.1%
1 – 2
4.7%
4 – 1
3.9%
3 – 2
3.9%
4 – 0
3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap Sporting Clube de Portugal covers Push FC Arouca covers
-2.5 21% — 79%
-2 21% 19% 60%
-1.5 40% — 60%
-1 40% 22% 38%
-0.5 62% — 38%
+0.5 83% — 17%
+1 83% 10% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet
34% ✓
FC Arouca keeps clean sheet
12% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.