Sporting CP 4-2 Santa Clara: result and report

Liga Portugal · Friday 3 April 2026

Result

Sporting CP 4-2 Santa Clara

Liga Portugal · Friday 3 April 2026, 19:30 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Sporting CP 4-2 Santa Clara: match report

Sporting CP defeated Santa Clara 4-2 in Liga Portugal on Friday 3 April 2026. The half-time score was 3-1.

Gustavo Klismahn opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Sporting CP's goals came from Pedro Gonçalves (22', penalty), Daniel Bragança (39'), Francisco Trincão (42') and Rafael Nel (90+5'). Santa Clara scored through Gustavo Klismahn (3') and Gonçalo Paciência (89').

Discipline: Sporting CP received 4 yellow cards; Santa Clara received 7 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 2nd on 65 points from 26 and Santa Clara 13th on 28 points from 27. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Santa Clara 12th with 36.

Sporting CP lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Santa Clara in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Eduardo Quaresma of Sporting CP (8.1), ahead of Rafael Nel (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sporting CP wins, 0 draws and 1 for Santa Clara.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

3'Goal · Gustavo KlismahnSanta Clara · 0-1
22'Penalty goal · Pedro GonçalvesSporting CP · 1-1
24'Yellow card · Francisco TrincãoSporting CP
39'Goal · Daniel BragançaSporting CP · 2-1
42'Goal · Francisco TrincãoSporting CP · 3-1
44'Yellow card · Pedro FerreiraSanta Clara
75'Yellow card · João SimõesSporting CP
76'Yellow card · Georgios VagiannidisSporting CP
85'Yellow card · PetitSanta Clara
86'Yellow card · Pedro FerreiraSanta Clara
86'Yellow card · Vinícius LopesSanta Clara
89'Goal · Gonçalo PaciênciaSanta Clara · 3-2
90'Yellow cardSanta Clara
90'Yellow card · DjéSanta Clara
90+5'Goal · Rafael NelSporting CP · 4-2
90+7'Yellow card · Morten HjulmandSporting CP
90+7'Yellow card · Gonçalo PaciênciaSanta Clara

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Sporting CP 4, draws 0, Santa Clara 1.

Santa Clara 1-2 Sporting CPLiga Portugal · 8 Nov 2025
Santa Clara 0-1 Sporting CPLiga Portugal · 12 Apr 2025
Sporting CP 0-1 Santa ClaraLiga Portugal · 30 Nov 2024
Sporting CP 3-0 Santa ClaraLiga Portugal · 1 Apr 2023
Santa Clara 1-2 Sporting CPLiga Portugal · 8 Oct 2022

Team news

Unavailable

MTSanta Clara · injury (Unknown Injury)
Geovany QuendaSporting CP · injury (Metatarsal Fracture)
Fotis IoannidisSporting CP · injury (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury)
Luís GuilhermeSporting CP · injury (Ankle Sprain)
Nuno SantosSporting CP · injury (Muscle Injury)

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

Rui Silva, Georgios Vagiannidis, Eduardo Quaresma, Zeno Debast, Ricardo Mangas, Daniel Bragança, Hidemasa Morita, Geny Catamo, Francisco Trincão, Pedro Gonçalves, Rafael Nel

Santa Clara line-up (4-4-2)

Gabriel Batista, Lucas Soares, Sidney Lima, Henrique Silva, Guilherme Romão, Gabriel Silva, Pedro Ferreira, Serginho, Welinton Torrão, Gustavo Klismahn, Fernando