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 74, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 111 passes. Inácio produced 1.6 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Arouca, the highest-rated player was Iván Barbero, with 62.
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 1.55× and cost 0.30× 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: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iván Barbero | Forward | 87 | 62 |
| Amadou Dante | Defender | 20 | 58 |
| Naïs Djouahra | Forward | 90 | 53 |
| Hyun-ju Lee | Midfielder | 76 | 52 |
| Matías Rocha | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Javi Sánchez | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Tiago Esgaio | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| José Fontán | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Alfonso Trezza | Forward | 90 | 41 |
| Taichi Fukui | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Mateo Flores | Midfielder | 20 | 37 |
| Espen van Ee | Midfielder | 70 | 35 |
| Ignacio de Arruabarrena | Goalkeeper | 90 | 32 |
| Pablo Gozálbez | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Miguel Puche | Forward | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonçalo Inácio ★ | Defender | 90 | 74 |
| Hidemasa Morita | Midfielder | 21 | 73 |
| Pedro Gonçalves | Forward | 21 | 64 |
| Matheus Reis | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Morten Hjulmand | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Luis Suárez | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Rui Silva | Goalkeeper | 90 | 53 |
| Geny Catamo | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| João Simões | Midfielder | 69 | 44 |
| Iván Fresneda | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Maxi Araújo | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Francisco Trincão | Midfielder | 69 | 37 |
| Alisson Santos | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Zeno Debast | Defender | 10 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Arouca player won the most aerial duels?
Iván Barbero, with 7 aerial duels won. Next: Tiago Esgaio 2, Javi Sánchez 1.
Iván Barbero commanded the aerial duels for Arouca with 7 won in the 1–2 loss. Tiago Esgaio followed with 2, while Javi Sánchez managed 1.
Which Sporting CP player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Gonçalo Inácio, with 3 key passes. Next: Iván Fresneda 2, Geny Catamo 1.
Gonçalo Inácio led Sporting CP's chance creation with 3 key passes in the 1–2 win, generating more shot opportunities than Iván Fresneda and Geny Catamo.
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.
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