UEFA Champions League / 9 September 2026

Sporting CP 3-1 Galatasaray

UEFA Champions League / League Stage - 1

3-1

Match Finished

Wed 9 Sept 2026 / 20:00 PT / Estádio José Alvalade

Was the result deserved?

The goals each side scored, next to the quality of the chances they created.

Sporting CP3 scored / 1.75 expected

Galatasaray1 scored / 1.23 expected

Sporting CP created the better chances and took them.

What is expected goals? Every chance is worth a fraction of a goal depending on how good it was. Added up, it describes the quality of what each side created - not what the score should have been.

How the match unfolded

Sporting CP above the line, Galatasaray below. Goals are filled circles, cards are squares, substitutions are small dots.

What happened, minute by minute

Kick-off, every goal and card, half-time and full time with the score at each, in the order they happened. Sporting CP on the left edge, Galatasaray on the right.

Kick-off
⚽
Gonçalo Inácio
Own Goal / assist L. Torreira
5'
🟨
Sergi Altimira
Yellow Card
22'
⚽
Geny Catamo
Normal Goal
27'
🟨
L. Suárez
Yellow Card
43'
Half-time1–1
🟨
Eren Elmalı
Yellow Card
52'
⚽
L. Suárez
Penalty
57'
⇄
OnRafael Leão
OffL. Sane
58'
⚽
R. Zalazar
Normal Goal
63'
⇄
OnD. Gül
OffA. Batrakov
65'
⇄
OnFlávio Gonçalves
OffR. Zalazar
66'
⇄
OnS. Andersen
OffI. Doumbia
74'
⇄
OnF. Ioannidis
OffL. Suárez
74'
🟨
D. Gül
Yellow Card
80'
⇄
OnZ. Debast
OffEduardo Quaresma
85'
⇄
OnIván Fresneda
OffG. Vagiannidis
85'
⇄
OnI. Gundogan
OffY. Akgun
85'
⇄
OnL. Ugochukwu
OffL. Torreira
85'
⇄
OnR. Nhaga
OffGabriel Sara
85'
🟨
Ismail Jakobs
Yellow Card
90'
Full-time3–1