Sporting CP × Vitória SC · Primeira Liga
Goals
Match report
Sporting CP edged Vitória SC 3–2 at home on Friday 14 August 2026, a Primeira Liga fixture that stayed within reach of the visitors until the final whistle. The margin tells its own story: three goals were needed to see off an opponent who answered twice, and the hosts were made to work for every step of the win.
For Sporting, the three points arrive with the reassurance of a home result secured, even if the manner of it leaves room for scrutiny. Vitória, meanwhile, depart with nothing to show on the table but evidence that they can trouble one of the division's leading sides on its own ground.
Filed for the record: a five-goal evening in Lisbon in mid-August, decided by the narrowest of margins in a match that offered rather more than the final score suggests.
Table
- 3.Sporting CP15 pts · 7J · +9
- 14.Vitória Guimarães5 pts · 7J · -3
Match events
SportingGuimarães
- 9′Sporting: Goal: Flávio Gonçalves (Assists: Fotis Ioannidis)
- 22′Sporting: Goal: Fotis Ioannidis (Assists: Geny Catamo)
- 24′Sporting: Yellow card: Sergi Altimira
- 26′Guimarães: Yellow card: Thiago Balieiro
- 38′Guimarães: Yellow card: Óscar Rivas
- 41′Sporting: Goal: Sergi Altimira (Assists: Fotis Ioannidis)
- 46′Guimarães: Substitution: Lohann Doucet on, Beni Mukendi off
- 46′Guimarães: Substitution: Miguel Nogueira on, Oumar Camara off
- 46′Guimarães: Substitution: Tony Strata on, Maga off
- 55′Sporting: Yellow card: Geny Catamo
- 64′Guimarães: Yellow card: Miguel Nogueira
- 66′Guimarães: Goal: Samu (Assists: Miguel Nogueira)
- 66′Sporting: Substitution: Luís Guilherme on, Geny Catamo off
- 66′Sporting: Substitution: Luis Suárez on, Flávio Gonçalves off
- 68′Guimarães: Goal: A. Ndoye (Assists: Tony Strata)
- 69′Sporting: Yellow card: Eduardo Quaresma
- 75′Sporting: Substitution: Jesse Derry on, Fotis Ioannidis off
- 76′Guimarães: Substitution: Santi Verdi on, Gonçalo Nogueira off
- 78′Guimarães: Yellow card: Gustavo Silva
- 83′Sporting: Substitution: Iván Fresneda on, Georgios Vagiannidis off
- 88′Guimarães: Substitution: Patrick Ouotro on, Samu off
- 90+1′Sporting: Yellow card: Gonçalo Inácio
Match statistics
All match statistics42
Lineups
Sporting CP
- 1Rui Silva
- 13Georgios Vagiannidis
- 72Eduardo Quaresma
- 25Gonçalo Inácio
- 20Maxi Araújo
- 5Sergi Altimira
- 77Issa Doumbia
- 10Geny Catamo
- 17Rodrigo Zalazar
- 58Flávio Gonçalves
- 7Fotis Ioannidis
- 4Silas Andersen
- 6Zeno Debast
- 9Rafael Nel
- 12João Virgínia
- 21Pedro Lima
- 22Iván Fresneda
- 28Jesse Derry
- 31Luís Guilherme
- 50Rodrigo Dias
- 55Ibrahima Ba
- 73Eduardo Felicíssimo
- 97Luis Suárez
Vitória SC
- 48Oliwier Zych
- 2Maga
- 4Óscar Rivas
- 28Thiago Balieiro
- 13João Mendes
- 8Gonçalo Nogueira
- 16Beni Mukendi
- 7Oumar Camara
- 20Samu
- 11Gustavo Silva
- 24A. Ndoye
- 5Ahmed Sidibé
- 6Matija Mitrovic
- 17Miguel Nogueira
- 18Telmo Arcanjo
- 22Juan Castillo
- 23Tony Strata
- 29Patrick Ouotro
- 44Lohann Doucet
- 56Santi Verdi
- 82Francisco Dias
- 98Lucas Furtado
Head-to-head
Of the last 10 meetings: 8 wins for Sporting CP, 1 draw, and 1 win for Vitória SC. Across those 10 meetings: 37 goals in total, 3.7 per match; both teams scored in 5 matches.
Match officials
- David Rafael Oliveira Silva
- Carlos Campos
- José Pedro Castro Pereira
- Flávio Miguel Gomes Azevedo Duarte
Venue
Estádio José Alvalade
- Lisboa
- 52,095
