Napoli 2–1 Sporting CP
- Højlund 36'
- Højlund 79'
- Suárez 62' (pen.)
1 October 2025
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Napoli against Sporting CP on 1 October 2025, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 2).
Player of the match: Morten Hjulmand (Sporting CP), rated 60, thanks above all to 9 final-third passes and 71 passes. Hjulmand produced 1.1 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Napoli, the highest-rated player was Matteo Politano, with 58.
Rasmus Højlund scored twice.
Morten Hjulmand
Sporting CP · 90'
Produced 1.09× and cost 0.53× their position's average
- 9 final-third passes 1.6×
- 71 passes 1.6×
- 1 shot on target 2.6×
- 1 ball lost 1.0×
- 0.24 xG not converted 2.9×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matteo Politano | Forward | 69 | 58 |
| Rasmus Højlund | Forward | 90 | 56 |
| Kevin De Bruyne | Midfielder | 81 | 56 |
| Sam Beukema | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Vanja Milinković-Savić | Goalkeeper | 90 | 53 |
| Noa Lang | Forward | 21 | 50 |
| Leonardo Spinazzola | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| David Neres | Forward | 21 | 40 |
| Juan Jesus | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Stanislav Lobotka | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Scott McTominay | Midfielder | 69 | 31 |
| Miguel Gutiérrez | Defender | 81 | 23 |
| Frank Anguissa | Midfielder | 90 | 21 |
| Billy Gilmour | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Mathías Olivera | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| Lorenzo Lucca | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alisson Santos | Forward | 23 | 74 |
| Zeno Debast | Defender | 23 | 70 |
| Morten Hjulmand ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Geny Catamo | Forward | 46 | 52 |
| Geovany Quenda | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| João Simões | Midfielder | 78 | 43 |
| Eduardo Quaresma | Defender | 67 | 41 |
| Luis Suárez | Forward | 44 | 40 |
| Iván Fresneda | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Gonçalo Inácio | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Francisco Trincão | Midfielder | 46 | 34 |
| Maxi Araújo | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Fotis Ioannidis | Forward | 67 | 33 |
| Rui Silva | Goalkeeper | 90 | 32 |
| Pedro Gonçalves | Forward | 44 | 28 |
| Hidemasa Morita | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Sporting CP player recovered the most balls?
João Simões, with 7 recoveries. Next: Geovany Quenda 4, Maxi Araújo 4.
João Simões registered 7 ball recoveries for Sporting CP in the 2–1 loss away to Napoli. Simões led the team cleanly over Geovany Quenda and Maxi Araújo, who managed 4 each.
Which Napoli player won the most aerial duels?
Rasmus Højlund, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Juan Jesus 1, Kevin De Bruyne 1.
Rasmus Højlund provided an aerial outlet for Napoli with 4 aerials won in the 2–1 win against Sporting CP. No other Napoli player won more than a single aerial duel.
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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