Sporting CP v Nacional result
Team pages: Sporting CP · Nacional
Sporting CP 5–2 Nacional — Sporting CP won this Primeira Liga match.
The result
Sporting CP beat Nacional 5–2 in the Primeira Liga on Sunday 16 December. Sporting CP are unbeaten in their last 10 matches in all competitions.
The goals
Sporting CP came from behind: Nacional led 2–1 at half-time. The goals — Nacional: João Camacho (6’, assisted by Witi) and A. Paločević (26’, assisted by Jota); Sporting CP: Bas Dost (35’ pen, 87’ pen), Bruno Fernandes (70’, 90’) and J. Mathieu (75’).
Discipline
Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo, Portugal showed six yellow cards — against 5.7 yellows a game across the last 7 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Sporting CP: J. Mathieu (27’), Sebastián Coates (32’) and Bruno Fernandes (57’); Nacional: Felipe Lopes (73’), Kalindi (85’) and Bryan Rochez (86’).
What it changes
With seven goals it was the highest-scoring match of round 13, across nine matches. Sporting CP have scored in seven consecutive matches in all competitions.
Who stood out
By TACTIX Impact for this match, Bas Dost (Sporting CP) 14.6, Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP) 9.0 and João Camacho (Nacional) 8.5 led the match.
Next up
Sporting CP next host LASK on 21 October 2026.
Nacional next host SC Braga on 25 October 2026.
Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.
Next for Sporting CP: Sporting CP v LASK, Wednesday 21 October — the preview. Next for Nacional: Nacional v SC Braga, Sunday 25 October — the preview.
The numbers
- Result: Sporting CP 5–2 Nacional · Primeira Liga
- Referee: Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo, Portugal
- Recent form: Sporting CP 5W 0D 0L · Nacional 2W 2D 1L
Sporting CP 5–2 Nacional (Primeira Liga): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 13 May 2026). See the live track record →
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Match statistics & details
| Sporting CP | Nacional | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Possession | 44% |
| 20 | Shots | 15 |
| 9 | Shots on target | 5 |
| 8 | Shots off target | 8 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 14 | Shots inside the box | 9 |
| 6 | Corners | 7 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 25 | Fouls | 9 |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3 | Saves | 4 |
| 401 | Passes | 308 |
| 80% | Pass accuracy | 75% |
Sporting CP player stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Sh | SoT | KP | Tkl | Cards | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renan Ribeiro | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Bruno Gaspar | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Sebastián Coates | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Y | 6.8 |
| J. Mathieu | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Y | 7 |
| Jefferson | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.4 |
| N. Gudelj | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.4 |
| Bruno Fernandes | 90 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Y | 8.9 |
| A. Diaby | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.8 |
| Bas Dost | 90 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 |
| Nani | 68 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 |
| Bruno César | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 |
| Miguel Luís sub | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 |
| Jovane Cabral sub | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 |
Nacional player stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Sh | SoT | KP | Tkl | Cards | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 |
| Kalindi | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Y | 6.1 |
| Júlio César | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 |
| Felipe Lopes | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Y | 6 |
| Nuno Campos | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.4 |
| Vítor Gonçalves | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Jota | 90 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.1 |
| Bryan Rochez | 90 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Y | 7 |
| Witi | 89 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 |
| A. Paločević | 80 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 |
| João Camacho | 77 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 |
| B. Riascos | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Okacha Hamzaoui | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 |
| K. Gorré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.
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