Arouca 1-2 Sporting CP: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 April 2017

Result

Arouca 1-2 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 April 2017, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Arouca 1-2 Sporting CP: match report

Arouca lost to Sporting CP 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 2 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-2.

Mateus opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Arouca's goal came from Mateus (9'). Sporting CP scored through Alan Ruiz (34') and Bruno César (36').

Discipline: Arouca received 3 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arouca were 14th on 27 points from 26 and Sporting CP 3rd on 54 points from 26. Arouca went on to finish that season 17th with 32 points, and Sporting CP 3rd with 70.

Arouca lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sporting CP in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno César of Sporting CP (7.8), ahead of Alan Ruiz (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arouca wins, 0 draws and 7 for Sporting CP.

Going into the match Arouca's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Sporting CP's W-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · MateusArouca · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Alan RuizSporting CP
  • 26'Yellow card · Vítor CostaArouca
  • 34'Goal · Alan RuizSporting CP · 1-1
  • 36'Goal · Bruno CésarSporting CP · 1-2
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Adilson GoianoArouca
  • 80'Yellow card · Anderson LuisArouca
  • 81'Yellow card · Daniel PodenceSporting CP
  • 88'Yellow card · William CarvalhoSporting CP
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Rui PatrícioSporting CP

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Arouca 0, draws 0, Sporting CP 7.

Team news

Arouca line-up (4-3-3)

Sinan Bolat, Anderson Luis, Vítor Costa, Jubal, Nuno Coelho, Artur Moreira, Adilson Goiano, André Santos, Sami, Mateus, Walter González

Sporting CP line-up (4-1-4-1)

Rui Patrício, Ezequiel Schelotto, Sebastián Coates, Marvin Zeegelaar, Rúben Semedo, Bryan Ruiz, Bruno César, William Carvalho, Gelson Martins, Alan Ruiz, Bas Dost