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Nacional vs Sporting CP presents a clear Primeira Liga hierarchy, with Sporting CP holding the stronger position across their meetings. Sporting won 2-0 at home on 5 September 2026, 4-1 away at Nacional on 23 August 2025 and 6-1 away at Nacional on 17 August 2024. Nacional have supplied occasional resistance, but Sporting’s ability to win in Madeira gives future encounters a demanding question: can the home side finally shift the balance?
Past matches, Nacional vs Sporting CP
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Sporting CP
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50D
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28F
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9F
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7F
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19F
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21M
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31F
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30G
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72D
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4M
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13D
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73M
Nacional Substitutes
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F
9
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F
17
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G
50
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M
15
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M
31
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F
20
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D
2
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M
10
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M
88
Match events
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5'Maximiliano Araujo Yellow Card
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20'Sergi Altimira Yellow Card
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32'⚽Luis Suárez Penalty
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45'Deivison Souza Brito Léo Santos
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48'Markus Jensen Yellow Card
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49'⚽Flávio Gonçalves Normal Goal (Asst: Luis Suárez)
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62'Allen Obando Pablo Ruan
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62'Chiheb Labidi Markus Jensen
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67'Luís Guilherme Geny Catamo
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67'Nestory Irankunda Rodrigo Zalazar
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67'Fotis Ioannidis Luis Suárez
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73'Matchoi Djaló Stavros Gavriel
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78'Georgios Vagiannidis Maximiliano Araujo
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80'Daniel de Melo Araujo Junior Miguel Baeza
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87'Silas Andersen Sergi Altimira
Stats for this game
Matchup Nacional VS Sporting CP
Sporting CP’s established advantage
Sporting CP have dominated this Primeira Liga pairing, and their results at Nacional underline the scale of that advantage. They won 6-1 at Nacional on 17 August 2024 and 4-1 there on 23 August 2025, then added a 2-0 home victory on 5 September 2026. This split shows Sporting succeeding both at Nacional and in their own stadium, which makes the hierarchy more durable than a simple home-ground reading. Nacional therefore face a substantial challenge whenever these clubs meet.
Nacional’s home response
Nacional’s opportunity lies in making their own ground a stronger counterweight to Sporting’s broader position. The results above do not offer that reversal, although the matchup’s history includes draws and a Nacional home win in older Primeira Liga meetings. Those exceptions keep the question alive without reducing Sporting’s clear advantage. Future contests can test whether Nacional can turn home familiarity into a result that changes the emphasis, or whether Sporting’s established level will again travel successfully.
Past head to head stats
Nacional VS Sporting CP
Balance Wins - Draws - Losses over time
Points per match over time
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 10 games
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 20 games
Nacional VS Sporting CP
Head-to-Head History
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