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Sporting CP — Galatasaray, 9 September 2026, 19:00 UTC : score 3:1

match finished UEFA Champions League · Matchday 1 Wednesday 9 September · 19:00 UTC
Sporting CP Sporting CP 4th · 3 pts WW
3 : 1 1st half 1:1
Galatasaray 33th · 0 pts LL Galatasaray
venue to be confirmed · referee E. Eskas
Match predictionValue

Sporting CP to score

89%

Prediction landed. We predicted “Sporting CP to score”, and the match finished 3:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Sporting CP 53% draw 22% Galatasaray 25%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Sporting CP win, and the match finished 3:1. Fans backed Sporting CP win — they got it right.

fans 30 votes
Sporting CP 67% draw 13% Galatasaray 20%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
G. Inacio assist: L. Torreira own goal 0-1 5'
S. Altimira 23'
G. Catamo 1-1 27'
L. Suarez 43'
E. Elmali 52'
L. Suarez penalty 2-1 57'
R. Leao for L. Sane 58'
R. Zalazar 3-1 63'
D. Gul for A. Batrakov 65'
F. Goncalves for R. Zalazar 66'
F. Ioannidis for L. Suarez 74'
S. Andersen for I. Doumbia 74'
D. Gul 80'
I. Gundogan for Y. Akgun 85'
Z. Debast for E. Quaresma 85'
R. Nhaga for Gabriel Sara 85'
L. Ugochukwu for L. Torreira 85'
I. Fresneda for G. Vagiannidis 85'
O. Buruk 87'
I. Jakobs 90+5'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Sporting CP Sporting CP 4-2-3-1 · Rui Borges 4-2-3-1 · Okan Buruk Galatasaray Galatasaray
1 Rui Silva
13 Georgios Vagiannidis 72 Eduardo Quaresma 25 Gonçalo Inácio 20 Maximiliano Araújo
5 Sergi Altimira 77 Issa Doumbia
10 Geny Catamo 17 Rodrigo Zalazar 31 Luís Guilherme
97 Luis Javier Suárez
53 Barış Alper Yılmaz
10 Leroy Sané 83 Aleksey Batrakov 11 Yunus Akgün
34 Lucas Torreira 8 Gabriel Sara
7 Roland Sallai 6 Davinson Sánchez 4 Ismail Jakobs 17 Eren Elmalı
1 Uğurcan Çakır
Sporting CP bench
  1. 73Eduardo Felicíssimo
  2. 58Flávio Gonçalves
  3. 7Fotis Ioannidis
  4. 22Iván Fresneda
  5. 28Jesse Derry
  6. 30Kaique
  7. 19Nestory Irankunda
  8. 21Pedro Lima
  9. 9Rafael Nel
  10. 50Rodrigo Dias
  11. 4Silas Andersen
  12. 6Zeno Debast
Galatasaray bench
  1. 42Abdülkerim Bardakcı
  2. 73Berat Luş
  3. 21Deniz Gül
  4. 3El Chadaille Bitshiabu
  5. 70Enes Emre Büyük
  6. 24Jankat Yılmaz
  7. 18Lesley Ugochukwu
  8. 27Rafael Leão
  9. 74Renato Nhaga
  10. 20İlkay Gündoğan

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match
38%Possession62%
8Shots10
5Shots on target3
1Shots off target6
2Blocked shots1
4Shots inside box8
4Shots outside box2
Attacks
Dangerous attacks
1Corners4
3Offsides0
13Fouls11
3Yellow cards2
3Saves2
370Passes580
301Accurate passes522
0Free kicks0
0Throw-ins0
0Goal kicks0
1Penalties0
Sporting CPSporting CPGalatasarayGalatasarayThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Sporting CP and Galatasaray met on matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League on 9 September. Final score — 3:1.

Sporting CP sit 4th on 3 points after 2 matches (2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses), won 2 matches in a row. Galatasaray sit 33th on 0 points after 2 matches (0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season
Sporting CP Sporting CP last five Galatasaray Galatasaray
WW form LL
2 Matches 2
2 — 0 — 0 Wins — draws — defeats 0 — 0 — 2
5 — 1 Scored — conceded 2 — 7
3 Points per game 0
2.5 Goals scored per game 1
1 Clean sheets 0
0 Failed to score 0
unbeaten in 2 Current streak winless in 2

Sporting CP at home: 1 match, 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 3—1, 3 points per match.

Galatasaray away: 1 match, 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 1—3, 0 points per match.

League table

after the match
#TeamPWDLGoalsPts
5LiverpoolLiverpool22008—46
6Sporting CPSporting CP22005—16
7Arsenal FCArsenal FC22004—06
…
34LilleLille20022—60
35GalatasarayGalatasaray20022—70
36Slovan BratislavaSlovan Bratislava20021—90
Full UEFA Champions League table