Arouca 1-2 Sporting CP: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 2 October 2021

Result

Arouca 1-2 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Saturday 2 October 2021, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Arouca 1-2 Sporting CP: match report

Arouca lost to Sporting CP 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 2 October 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Matheus Nunes opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Arouca's goal came from Oday Dabbagh (51'). Sporting CP scored through Matheus Nunes (14') and Nuno Santos (54').

Discipline: Arouca received 3 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arouca were 16th on 5 points from 7 and Sporting CP 3rd on 17 points from 7. Arouca went on to finish that season 15th with 31 points, and Sporting CP 2nd with 85.

Arouca lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sporting CP in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nuno Santos of Sporting CP (8.2), ahead of Matheus Nunes (7.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Matheus NunesSporting CP · 0-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Pablo SarabiaSporting CP
  • 45+1'Yellow card · ArsénioArouca
  • 51'Goal · Oday DabbaghArouca · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Nuno SantosSporting CP · 1-2
  • 62'Yellow card · PaulinhoSporting CP
  • 63'Yellow card · Pedro PorroSporting CP
  • 63'Yellow card · Leandro SilvaArouca
  • 77'Yellow card · Daniel BragançaSporting CP
  • 85'Yellow card · Tiago AraújoArouca
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Tiago TomásSporting CP

Team news

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Arouca line-up (4-3-3)

Fernando Castro, Thales Oleques, Basso, Abdoulaye Ba, Tiago Esgaio, Leandro Silva, Eboue Kouassi, Pedro Moreira, André Bukia, Oday Dabbagh, Arsénio

Sporting CP line-up (3-4-2-1)

Antonio Adán, Ricardo Esgaio, Sebastián Coates, Matheus Reis, Pedro Porro, Daniel Bragança, João Palhinha, Nuno Santos, Pablo Sarabia, Matheus Nunes, Paulinho