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Possession
69%31%
Sporting CP v Alverca 3-1 · Primeira Liga
What happened
Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added
Sporting CP beat Alverca 3-1 in the Primeira Liga.
M. Araujo 2' and L. Suarez 60' scored for Sporting CP, Matheus Mendes (og) 55' and Figueiredo 89' for Alverca.
Sporting CP had 69% of the ball to Alverca's 31%; the sides had 5 and 3 shots (2 and 1 on target).
The referee showed 4 yellow cards and no reds.
Key stats
Shots
53
xG
0.240.04
Shots on Target
21
Corners
10
Pass Accuracy
91%77%
Match timeline
- 89’FigueiredoAlverca · assist V. Moreira2–2
- 88’SubstitutionR. Zalazar · On: Pedro Lima
- 75’Yellow cardM. Essimi
- 75’SubstitutionIan Luccas · On: V. Moreira
- 75’SubstitutionD. Gui · On: Z. Kassary
- 75’SubstitutionZ. Debast · On: E. Quaresma
- 75’SubstitutionL. Suarez · On: R. Nel
- 68’SubstitutionG. Catamo · On: Luis Guilherme
- 68’SubstitutionF. Goncalves · On: N. Irankunda
Team stats comparison
Sporting CPAlverca
- 69Possession31
- 5Shots3
- 2Shots on Target1
- 0.24xG0.04
- 1Corners0
- 1Offsides0
- 1Saves1
- 313Passes142
- 91Pass Accuracy77
- 6Fouls9
- 1Yellow Cards2
Match info
- Competition
- Primeira Liga
- Referee
- Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo, Portugal
- Sporting CP coach
- Rui Borges
- Alverca coach
- Sergio Ferreira
Match record
- Competition
- Primeira Liga
- Kick-off
- Match ID
cornerflick:match:sporting-cp-vs-alverca-primeira-liga-2026-08-22
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Lineups
Confirmed selections
Sporting CP4-2-3-1
Starting XI
- 1Rui SilvaGK
- 22Iván FresnedaDF
- 6Zeno DebastDF
- 55Ibrahima BaDF
- 20Maximiliano AraújoDF
- 5Sergi AltimiraMF
- 77Issa DoumbiaMF
- 10Geny CatamoMF
- 17Rodrigo ZalazarMF
- 58Flávio GonçalvesMF
- 97Luis Javier SuárezFW
Bench
- 12João Virgínia
- 13Georgios Vagiannidis
- 72Eduardo Quaresma
- 25Gonçalo Inácio
- 50Rodrigo Dias
- 73Eduardo Felicíssimo
- 31Luís Guilherme
- 21Pedro Lima
- 4Silas Andersen
- 28Jesse Derry
- 9Rafael Nel
- 19Nestory Irankunda
Coach · Rui Borges
- Sporting CP
- Alverca
Alverca4-3-3
Starting XI
- 31Matheus MendesGK
- 2Nabil TouaiziDF
- 14Steven BaseyaDF
- 4Yaya BojangDF
- 12Isaac JamesDF
- 6Davy GuiMF
- 35Rayan Lucas ↓MF
- 25Ian Luccas ↓MF
- 22Figueiredo ⚽FW
- 9VivaldoFW
- 55Francisco ChissumbaFW
Bench
- 23André Paulo
- 91Jhonatan
- 15Ikker dos Santos
- 21Sergi Gómez
- 20Diogo Spencer
- 19Marco Essimi
- 18Zakaria Kassary
- 8Vasco Moreira
- 7André Vidigal
- 11Cédric Nuozzi
- 27Toni Tamarit
- 17Samy Jr Merheg
Coach · Sergio Ferreira
Primeira Liga table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  FC Porto | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | +15 | 21 |
| 2 |  Benfica | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | +15 | 16 |
| 3 |  Sporting CP | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | +9 | 15 |
| 4 |  Santa Clara | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | +7 | 15 |
| 5 |  Arouca | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 11 |
| 10 |  Alverca | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
Full timeline
18 events
- 2’M. AraujoSporting CP1–0
- 16’Yellow cardY. Bojang
- 22’Yellow cardG. Catamo
- 39’Yellow cardD. Gui
- 55’Matheus MendesSporting CP1–1
- 56’SubstitutionRayan Lucas · On: A. Vidigal
- 56’SubstitutionV. Semedo · On: S. J. Merheg
- 60’L. SuarezSporting CP · assist G. Catamo2–1
- 66’SubstitutionChissumba · On: M. Essimi
- 68’SubstitutionG. Catamo · On: Luis Guilherme
- 68’SubstitutionF. Goncalves · On: N. Irankunda
- 75’Yellow cardM. Essimi
- 75’SubstitutionIan Luccas · On: V. Moreira
- 75’SubstitutionD. Gui · On: Z. Kassary
- 75’SubstitutionZ. Debast · On: E. Quaresma
- 75’SubstitutionL. Suarez · On: R. Nel
- 88’SubstitutionR. Zalazar · On: Pedro Lima
- 89’FigueiredoAlverca · assist V. Moreira2–2
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