Nacional 0-2 Sporting CP: result and report

Nacional 0-2 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Friday 8 January 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Nacional lost to Sporting CP 0-2 in Liga Portugal on Friday 8 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Nuno Santos opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Nacional did not score. Sporting CP scored through Nuno Santos (43') and Jovane Cabral (90').

Discipline: Nacional received 4 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nacional were 9th on 13 points from 11 and Sporting CP 1st on 32 points from 12. Nacional went on to finish that season 18th with 25 points, and Sporting CP 1st with 85.

Nacional lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sporting CP in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to João Palhinha of Sporting CP (8.1), level with Nuno Santos (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Nacional wins, 0 draws and 2 for Sporting CP.

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