League phase, matchday 1

3 - 1

Full time

Wednesday 9 September 2026 · 20:00 · HT 1-1 · José Alvalade, Lisbon · Referee Espen Eskas

Sporting v Galatasaray: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Sporting's last 3 home games and Galatasaray's last 2 away games in their leagues before kick-off, both teams scored in 3 of 5, over 2.5 goals in 4 of 5, with 8.0 corners per match (league 8.8) and 4.4 cards (league 4.6).

League only

All competitions

Figures, form and bet builder stats use each side's league games.

League games only

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Match stats

Sporting v Galatasaray, full match

38%

Possession

62%

1.75

Expected goals (xG)

1.23

8

Shots

10

5

Shots on target

3

1

Corners

4

13

Fouls

11

2

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

22'

Yellow card

Sergi Altimira SPO

27'

Goal

Geny Catamo SPO

44'

Yellow card

Luis Javier Suárez SPO

52'

Yellow card

Eren Elmalı GAL

57'

Penalty

Luis Javier Suárez SPO

63'

Goal

Rodrigo Zalazar SPO

80'

Yellow card

Deniz Gül GAL

90+5'

Yellow card

Ismail Jakobs GAL

At a glance

Sporting

W

D

Galatasaray

W

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Sporting's home games and Galatasaray's away games in their leagues this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Sporting's last 3 home games and Galatasaray's last 2 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

60%

3/5 games · League 49%

Over 1.5 goals

100%

5/5 games · League 74%

Over 2.5 goals

80%

4/5 games · League 56%

Over 3.5 goals

80%

4/5 games · League 36%

Over 9.5 corners

40%

2/5 games · League 41%

Over 3.5 cards

60%

3/5 games · League 68%

Sporting clean sheet

33%

1/3 games · League 28%

Galatasaray clean sheet

50%

1/2 games · League 28%

Sporting fail to score

0%

0/3 games · League 28%

Galatasaray fail to score

0%

0/2 games · League 28%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

4.0

League 2.7

Corners

8.0

League 8.8

Cards

4.4

League 4.6

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Sporting

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Rui Silva

DEFENDERS

13

20

25

72

MIDFIELDERS

5

Sergi Altimira

17

Rodrigo Zalazar

77

Issa Doumbia

FORWARDS

10

Geny Catamo

31

Luís Guilherme

97

Luis Javier Suárez

SUBSTITUTES

30

6

22

50

4

21

28

73

7

9

19

58

Galatasaray

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Uğurcan Çakır

DEFENDERS

4

6

7

17

MIDFIELDERS

8

Gabriel Sara

34

Lucas Torreira

83

Aleksey Batrakov

FORWARDS

10

Leroy Sané

11

Yunus Akgün

53

Barış Alper Yılmaz

SUBSTITUTES

24

Jankat Yılmaz

70

Enes Emre Büyük

5

El Chadaille Bitshiabu

42

18

20

74

21

27

73

Referee: Espen Eskas

1 game in Liga Portugal this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

5.0

League 4.6

Yellow cards per game

5.0

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

24.0

League 25.6

Penalties per game

1.0

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

SPO

GAL

Match

League

Goals per match

3.8

4.5

4.1

2.6

Over 0.5

100%

5/5

100%

4/4

100%

9/9

93%

Over 1.5

100%

5/5

100%

4/4

100%

9/9

71%

Over 2.5

80%

4/5

100%

4/4

89%

8/9

50%

Over 3.5

80%

4/5

100%

4/4

89%

8/9

33%

Over 4.5

20%

1/5

50%

2/4

33%

3/9

7%

Bet

SPO

GAL

Match

League

Yes

60%

3/5

75%

3/4

67%

6/9

40%

Yes and win

40%

2/5

50%

2/4

10%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

60%

3/5

75%

3/4

67%

6/9

36%

Yes and draw

20%

1/5

25%

1/4

22%

2/9

21%

Yes and loss

0%

0/5

0%

0/4

10%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/5

25%

1/4

11%

1/9

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Bet

SPO

GAL

Match

League

Corners per match

7.8

8.0

7.9

8.5

Over 7.5

40%

2/5

75%

3/4

56%

5/9

57%

Over 8.5

40%

2/5

50%

2/4

44%

4/9

45%

Over 9.5

20%

1/5

25%

1/4

22%

2/9

33%

Over 10.5

20%

1/5

25%

1/4

22%

2/9

21%

Over 11.5

20%

1/5

0%

0/4

11%

1/9

19%

Over 12.5

0%

0/5

0%

0/4

0%

0/9

12%

Referee Espen Eskas: 5.0 cards and 24.0 fouls per game in 1 game this season

Bet

SPO

GAL

Match

League

Cards per match

4.2

3.3

3.8

4.0

Over 2.5

80%

4/5

50%

2/4

67%

6/9

79%

Over 3.5

60%

3/5

50%

2/4

56%

5/9

60%

Over 4.5

20%

1/5

25%

1/4

22%

2/9

36%

Over 5.5

20%

1/5

25%

1/4

22%

2/9

21%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Luis Javier Suárez

3 starts · 1.6 per 90

50%

1/2

100%

3/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

Gabriel Sara

4 starts · 0.5 per 90

0%

0/3

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

Davinson Sánchez

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

0%

0/3

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.