GolVolt — Nacional vs Sporting CP: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Streak

Sporting CP have scored in 18 matches in a row

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 44 goals in those matches.

Last time

Last meeting, 5 September: Sporting CP – Nacional 2:0

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Sporting CP have won the last 5 meetings.

Player in form

Luis Suárez: 5 goals and 1 assist in 5 league matches

Goals5 xG4.09

Goals in line with the quality of his chances (xG 4.1).

Attack

Sporting CP score 2.0 goals per match

Nacional0.8 Sporting CP2.0

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Nacional score 0.8.

Players to watch

Liga Portugal, this season.

Abdel Kader Njoya

Nacional · forward

2goals 0assists 7.18avg rating

Last match, Sporting Braga: rating 6.3.

Luis Suárez

Sporting CP · forward

8goals 1assist 7.22avg rating

Last match, Academico Viseu: 1 goal, rating 7.3.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.

“This set-up” is Nacional at home and Sporting CP away, as in this match.

Nacional

at home · 10

5W0D5L1.2scored per match1.3conceded per match

Sporting CP

away · 10

6W4D0L2.2scored per match0.7conceded per match

Head to head

5 meetings since 2024.

Last time · 5 Sep 2026 · Liga Portugal Sporting CP 2:0 Nacional Suárez 32' (k) · Gonçalves 49'. Sporting CP: 5 wins in a row in this fixture.

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0 draws3.8 goals per match · both scored in 3 of 5

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Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Nacional (5-4-1, last: Sporting Braga) · Sporting CP (4-2-3-1, last: Academico Viseu).

RMMarin MJJensen FGGonçalves MDDias ZVVitor WKKokolo SGGavriel CLLabidi MBBaeza MSSong ANNjoya KPPereira ICCorraliza IBBa GIInácio MAAraújo SAAltimira IDDoumbia LGGuilherme FGGonçalves NIIrankunda LSSuárez

NacionalSporting CP

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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Volt matchup

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