Sporting CP 1-0 Moreirense: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How Sporting CP won it

Sporting CP struck first through Luis Suárez in the 61st minute, set up by Issa Doumbia.

It was 0-0 at half-time, and the second half changed the result.

Sporting CP: P. Rodrigues Fonseca, 4-3-3 · Moreirense: V. de Albuquerque Botelho da Costa, 4-2-3-1.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

The prediction missed. Moneyball's pick on the Match Board was HT Sporting Lisbon Win, and on the half-time score, 0-0 it was wrong.

The estimate's most likely result was a Sporting CP win at 79%, and that is what happened. Its single most likely score was 2-0 (12%).

The goals dried up: the estimate expected about 3.3 and the match produced one.

Over 2.5 goals had been put at 64%; with 1 goal the under came in, against the way the estimate leaned.

Both teams to score was 47%; they did not both score, in line with the estimate.

Computed before kick-off from both sides' season goals and expected goals as of 2026-11-07, through a Dixon-Coles score model, and left as it was.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 1.11 for Sporting CP and 2.68 for Moreirense.

Moreirense left about 2.7 goals' worth of chances on the pitch.

Moreirense created the better chances, 2.68 xG to 1.11, and still lost. On chances alone, the result could easily have gone the other way.

The run of play itself went against the pre-match reading: Moneyball expected Sporting CP to create more, and Moreirense did.

Sporting CP had 5 shots on target, Moreirense 2.

Sporting CP had 71% of the ball and turned it into the win.

Where the two sides stood before this match

Sporting CP came into it with 11 Liga Portugal matches played, scoring 2.2 and conceding 1.0 a match, with 1.92 expected goals for and 0.88 against, and had won 64% of their matches.

Moreirense came into it with 11 Liga Portugal matches played, scoring 1.2 and conceding 1.6 a match, with 0.85 expected goals for and 1.79 against, and had won 36% of their matches.

Sporting CP vs Moreirense: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Nestory Irankunda (Sporting CP), rated 7.8 by Sportmonks.

Sporting CP

• Nestory Irankunda 7.8
• Maxi Araújo 7.6
• Iván Fresneda Corraliza 7.5
• Luis Suárez 7.3 1 goal
• Kaique Pereira 7.3

Moreirense

• Dinis Pinto 7.5
• Guilherme Liberato 7.2
• Manuel Mendonça 7.2
• Kevyn 7.0
• André Ferreira 6.8

The lowest-rated starter was Landerson at 6.2. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• Sporting CP: Sporting CP vs Manchester United Wednesday 25 November 2026 · Champions League

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about Sporting CP vs Moreirense

What was the score in Sporting CP vs Moreirense?

Sporting CP 1-0 Moreirense (half-time 0-0), Liga Portugal, Saturday 7 November 2026.

Who scored in Sporting CP vs Moreirense?

Luis Suárez 61'.

Did Moneyball predict Sporting CP vs Moreirense correctly?

The prediction missed. Moneyball's pick on the Match Board was HT Sporting Lisbon Win, and on the half-time score, 0-0 it was wrong.

Who was man of the match in Sporting CP vs Moreirense?

Nestory Irankunda, rated 7.8 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed Sporting CP vs Moreirense?

J. Ferreira Gonçalves.