Sporting 3–1 FC Alverca — Match Stats & Analysis

Primeira Liga · 2026Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 19:30 UTC

Sporting

3–1Full-time analysis

FC Alverca

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Sporting won 3–1.

Shots: 1510
Shots on target: 73
Expected goals: 2.120.41
Possession: 59%41%

Full time

What the match recorded

Sporting beat FC Alverca 3–1. Recorded in this match (Sporting – FC Alverca): shots 15–10, shots on target 7–3, expected goals 2.12–0.41, possession 59%–41%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots15 shots10 shotsSporting 15 shots, FC Alverca 10 shots
Shots on target7 shots3 shotsSporting 7 shots, FC Alverca 3 shots
Expected goals2.12 xG0.41 xGSporting 2.12 xG, FC Alverca 0.41 xG
Possession59%41%Sporting 59%, FC Alverca 41%
Corners3 corners4 cornersSporting 3 corners, FC Alverca 4 corners
Fouls13 fouls17 foulsSporting 13 fouls, FC Alverca 17 fouls
Yellow cards1 card3 cardsSporting 1 card, FC Alverca 3 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Sporting: 15 shots, 7 on target, 1.33 xG. FC Alverca: 10 shots, 3 on target, 0.40 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Sporting 1.33 xG · FC Alverca 0.40 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Sporting

0Draws

0FC Alverca

22 Mar 2026FC Alverca — Sporting · Primeira Liga1–4

31 Oct 2025Sporting — FC Alverca · Primeira Liga2–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

8.01 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.21 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 23:30 UTC · analysis-v4