Arouca 1–2 Sporting CP
- Barbero 48'
- Rocha 90+8'
- Rocha 90+9'
- Suárez 35'
- Suárez 90+6'
- Reis 90+7'
- Reis 90+7'
24 January 2026
The match in data
Sporting CP beat Arouca 2–1 on 24 January 2026, on matchday 19 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.
Player of the match: Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting CP), rated 78, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 111 passes. Inácio produced 1.7 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Arouca, the highest-rated player was Iván Barbero, with 74.
Luis Suárez scored twice.
Matheus Reis was sent off at 90+7'.
Matheus Reis was sent off at 90+7'.
Matías Rocha was sent off at 90+8'.
Matías Rocha was sent off at 90+9'.
Gonçalo Inácio
Sporting CP · 90'
Produced 1.73× and cost 0.32× their position's average
- 11 final-third passes 2.0×
- 111 passes 2.5×
- 7 recoveries 1.9×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
- 2 duels lost 0.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iván Barbero | Forward | 87 | 74 |
| Amadou Dante | Defender | 20 | 71 |
| Javi Sánchez | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Matías Rocha | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Hyun-ju Lee | Midfielder | 76 | 55 |
| Alfonso Trezza | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Naïs Djouahra | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Tiago Esgaio | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Taichi Fukui | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| José Fontán | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Mateo Flores | Midfielder | 20 | 42 |
| Espen van Ee | Midfielder | 70 | 39 |
| Ignacio de Arruabarrena | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Pablo Gozálbez | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Miguel Puche | Forward | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidemasa Morita | Midfielder | 21 | 81 |
| Gonçalo Inácio ★ | Defender | 90 | 78 |
| Pedro Gonçalves | Forward | 21 | 72 |
| Matheus Reis | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Luis Suárez | Forward | 90 | 60 |
| Morten Hjulmand | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Geny Catamo | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| João Simões | Midfielder | 69 | 49 |
| Iván Fresneda | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Francisco Trincão | Midfielder | 69 | 43 |
| Maxi Araújo | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Rui Silva | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Alisson Santos | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Zeno Debast | Defender | 10 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.