Vitória SC 1–4 Sporting — Primeira Liga 2025/26 Match Stats

Primeira Liga · 2025Tue, 23 Dec 2025, 20:45 UTCEstádio Dom Afonso Henriques

Vitória SC

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1–4Historical match

Sporting

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Sporting won 1–4.

Shots: 1716
Shots on target: 57
Expected goals: 0.732.58
Possession: 43%57%

Full time

What the match recorded

Sporting CP beat Guimaraes 4–1. Recorded in this match (Guimaraes – Sporting CP): shots 17–16, shots on target 5–7, expected goals 0.73–2.58, possession 43%–57%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Guimaraes's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Guimaraes's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

2 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.25 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	2 goals/match	1.25 goals/match	1.25 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Sporting CP show a distinct attacking-volume record

strong

Sporting CP's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

12.9 shots/match ▲ShotsGuimaraes · Sporting CP19.6 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Guimaraes	Sporting CP	Baseline
Shots	12.9 shots/match	19.6 shots/match	12 shots/match
Shots against	12.5 shots/match	8.13 shots/match	12.9 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

Both teams have elevated corners records

moderate

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

4.75 corners/matchCornersGuimaraes · Sporting CP● 7 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Guimaraes	Sporting CP	Baseline
Corners	4.75 corners/match	7 corners/match	4.13 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

This match

Match statistics

Shots17 shots16 shotsVitória SC 17 shots, Sporting 16 shots
Shots on target5 shots7 shotsVitória SC 5 shots, Sporting 7 shots
Expected goals0.73 xG2.58 xGVitória SC 0.73 xG, Sporting 2.58 xG
Possession43%57%Vitória SC 43%, Sporting 57%
Corners2 corners5 cornersVitória SC 2 corners, Sporting 5 corners
Fouls21 fouls14 foulsVitória SC 21 fouls, Sporting 14 fouls
Yellow cards3 cards5 cardsVitória SC 3 cards, Sporting 5 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.

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on target
goal
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Guimaraes: 17 shots, 5 on target, 0.70 xG. Sporting CP: 17 shots, 8 on target, 2.78 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: Guimaraes 0.70 xG · Sporting CP 2.78 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Vitória SC

1Draws

3Sporting

17 May 2025Sporting — Vitória SC · Primeira Liga2–0

3 Jan 2025Vitória SC — Sporting · Primeira Liga4–4

21 Apr 2024Sporting — Vitória SC · Primeira Liga3–0

9 Dec 2023Vitória SC — Sporting · Primeira Liga3–2

24 Apr 2023Vitória SC — Sporting · Primeira Liga0–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Vitória SC favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · Sporting in 11

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Vitória SC16 matchesSporting16 matches

1.25 goals/matchGoals scored16/16▲ 3 goals/match

1.31 goals/matchGoals allowed16/16▲ 0.5 goals/match

1.07 xG/matchExpected goals15/15▲ 2.34 xG/match

12.9 shots/matchShots16/16▲ 19.6 shots/match

3.69 shots/matchShots on target16/16▲ 8 shots/match

48.5%Possession16/16● 62.5%

4.75 corners/matchCorners16/16● 7 corners/match

2.53 cards/matchCards15/152.4 cards/match

14.3 fouls/matchFouls16/1612.4 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples16 / 16home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Wed, 24 Dec 2025, 00:45 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Primeira Liga

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance

What the match recorded

Guimaraes's recent record differs from the season