LISBOA. Sporting CP tops Famalicão 1-0 after Paulinho scored just 1 goal (52′). Sporting CP was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estádio José Alvalade stadium in Lisboa on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was André Filipe Domingues Narciso with the assistance of Paulo Ricardo Duarte Brás and Vasco Marques. The 4th official was . The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 23.64 degrees Celsius or 74.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sporting CP had a superior ball possession 63% while Famalicão was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting CP was more pushing with 84 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting CP won the match​.

Sporting CP shot 14 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Famalicão shot 7 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards (Hidemasa Morita, Sebastián Coates and Viktor Gyökeres). Talking about the opposition, Famalicão received 2 yellow cards (Mirko Topić and Riccieli).

Standings

After this encounter, Sporting CP has 9 points to occupy the 3rd place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Famalicão stays with 4 points (8th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Sporting CP will play away with Sporting Braga on the 3rd of September with a 24-11 head to head stats in favor of Sporting CP (4 draws).

Famalicão will host Farense on the 2nd of September with a 0-0 head to head record.

Sporting CP – Formation

Sporting CP started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim decided to play with the following team: Marcus Edwards, Antonio Adán (7.0), Ousmane Diomande (7.3), Sebastián Coates (7.3), Gonçalo Inácio (7.0), Ricardo Esgaio (7.0), M. Hjulmand (7.1), Hidemasa Morita (7.0), Nuno Santos (7.7), Pedro Gonçalves (7.3), Viktor Gyökeres (7.8) and Paulinho (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Matheus Reis (6.4), Franco Israel, Luís Neto, Francisco Trincão, Geny Catamo  (7.1), Daniel Bragança , Afonso Bastardo Moreira and Rodrigo Ribeiro.

Substitutions

Sporting CP made 4 changes: Ricardo Esgaio for Matheus Reis (66′), Nuno Santos for Geny Catamo  (60′), M. Hjulmand for Daniel Bragança  (84′) and Paulinho for Francisco Trincão (84′).

Best player: Viktor Gyökeres​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sporting CP was Viktor Gyökeres even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 20 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 18.

Famalicão – Formation

Famalicão started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

João Pedro Borges de Sousa played with: Luiz Júnior (7.5), Martín Aguirregabiria (6.7), Riccieli (6.8), O. Ataide da Silva (7.3), Francisco Moura (6.4), Zaydou Youssouf (7.7), Gustavo Assunção (6.7), Mihai Alexandru Dobre (6.8), Gustavo Sá (7.3), Óscar Aranda (6.4), Jhonder Cádiz (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mirko Topić (6.6), Ivan Zlobin, Tom Lacoux, José Luis Rodríguez (6.6), Henrique Araújo (6.8), Justin De Haas, Afonso de Oliveira Rodrigues (7.0), Otso Liimatta (6.8) and Nathan.

Substitutions

Famalicão made 5 changes: Jhonder Cádiz for Henrique Araújo (80′), Gustavo Sá for Otso Liimatta (59′), Óscar Aranda for José Luis Rodríguez (73′), Gustavo Assunção for Mirko Topić (60′) and Mihai Alexandru Dobre for Afonso de Oliveira Rodrigues (59′).

Best player: Zaydou Youssouf​

The player that probably impressed the most for Famalicão was Zaydou Youssouf.

His rating is (7.7) with 35 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.​

• Vitória SC – Vizela – 2-0
• Sporting CP – Famalicão – 1-0
• Boavista – Casa Pia – 1-1