Primeira Liga 2026/27, matchday 4: every number from the 9 matches

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23 goals in 9 matches — 2.56 a game, against 2.68 across all 305 matches of 2025/26. 4 home wins, 1 draw, 4 away wins. Results, goals by minute, cards, shots, possession, xG and player ratings — all of it on one page.

Results

Match	HT	xG	Shots	On target	Home poss.
Rio Ave 0–4 Sporting CP	0–4	0.47–1.88	6–15	0–7	39%
Arouca 2–1 Maritimo	1–1	1.65–0.67	17–12	7–4	52%
Alverca 1–1 Santa Clara	0–0	0.41–1.41	5–15	1–3	50%
Academico Viseu 0–3 FC Porto	0–3	0.80–1.47	9–5	1–4	57%
Nacional 2–3 Estrela	0–0	0.83–2.10	10–14	5–4	51%
Famalicao 1–0 Gil Vicente	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Casa Pia 0–1 Moreirense	—–—	0.77–0.28	14–6	2–5	62%
Braga 1–0 Vitoria Guimaraes	0–0	0.83–0.23	9–8	4–2	54%
Benfica 2–1 Estoril	0–0	2.03–0.36	25–4	8–2	66%

The heaviest match was Nacional 2–3 Estrela with 5 goals. 4 of 9 matches had both clubs scoring, 5 went over 2.5 goals, and 5 clubs failed to score. 9 goals came before half-time and 14 after it; 2 arrived inside the first 15 minutes and 2 after the 75th. The earliest goal of the round came in minute 3, the latest in minute 82. 0 of the 13 goals were penalties and 0 were own goals; the round produced 10 yellow cards and 0 red. The minute-by-minute feed carries 13 of the 23 goals, so every count in this paragraph is a floor, not a total; the scores and half-time scores above are complete.

Every match, in detail

Rio Ave 0–4 Sporting CP 2026-08-28 19:15 UTC · half-time 0–4 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

Goals

5' Flávio Gonçalves Sporting CP assist Issa Doumbia
19' Geny Catamo Sporting CP assist Flávio Gonçalves
26' Luis Javier Suárez Sporting CP
37' Luis Javier Suárez Sporting CP assist Maximiliano Araújo

Cards

🟨 51' Luis Javier Suárez Sporting CP
🟨 60' Tamás Nikitscher Rio Ave

Best rated

8.3 Flávio Gonçalves Sporting CP · 1 goal, 1 assist, 1 shots, 6/12 duels
8.2 Luis Javier Suárez Sporting CP · 2 goals, 2 shots
7.6 Zeno Debast Sporting CP · 4/5 duels

Rio Ave · Sporting CP

0.47	xG	1.88
0.09	xG first half	1.29
6	Shots	15
0	On target	7
3	Shots in the box	11
1	Blocked	3
2	Corners	3
39%	Possession	61%
388	Passes	611
328	Passes completed	551
3	Saves	0
7	Fouls	14
1	Offsides	0
1	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Arouca 2–1 Maritimo 2026-08-29 14:30 UTC · half-time 1–1

Goals

27' Martín Tejón Maritimo
44' Espen Van Ee Arouca assist Alfonso Trezza
55' Ivan Barbero Arouca assist Pablo Gozálbez

Cards

🟨 44' Raphael Guzzo Maritimo

Best rated

8.2 Martín Tejón Maritimo · 1 goal, 3 shots, 4/6 duels
8.2 Espen Van Ee Arouca · 1 goal, 2 shots, 5/6 duels
7.3 Ignacio de Arruabarrena Arouca · 3 saves, 2/3 duels

Arouca · Maritimo

1.65	xG	0.67
0.70	xG first half	0.42
17	Shots	12
7	On target	4
10	Shots in the box	8
2	Blocked	3
2	Corners	3
52%	Possession	48%
491	Passes	455
419	Passes completed	372
3	Saves	5
8	Fouls	9
2	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Alverca 1–1 Santa Clara 2026-08-29 14:30 UTC · half-time 0–0

FC Alverca Sports Complex

Goals

69' Vivaldo Alverca assist Isaac James

Cards

🟨 60' Emanuel Fernandes Santa Clara

Best rated

7.9 Vivaldo Alverca · 1 goal, 1 shots, 4/5 duels
7.3 Tiago Ribeiro Santa Clara · 3/3 duels
7.2 Welinton Torrao Santa Clara · 1 assist

Alverca · Santa Clara

0.41	xG	1.41
0.09	xG first half	0.62
5	Shots	15
1	On target	3
3	Shots in the box	10
1	Blocked	7
10	Corners	4
50%	Possession	50%
345	Passes	346
273	Passes completed	257
2	Saves	0
14	Fouls	9
3	Offsides	0
1	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Academico Viseu 0–3 FC Porto 2026-08-29 17:00 UTC · half-time 0–3

Goals

none

Best rated

8.6 Gabri Veiga FC Porto · 1 goal, 1 assist, 1 shots, 7/11 duels
8.3 William Gomes FC Porto · 1 goal, 1 shots, 8/13 duels
7.5 Jakub Kiwior FC Porto · 5/7 duels

Academico Viseu · FC Porto

0.80	xG	1.47
0.39	xG first half	1.35
9	Shots	5
1	On target	4
4	Shots in the box	4
4	Blocked	1
1	Corners	1
57%	Possession	43%
510	Passes	384
438	Passes completed	323
1	Saves	1
13	Fouls	19
0	Offsides	2

source: full match archive

Nacional 2–3 Estrela 2026-08-30 14:30 UTC · half-time 0–0

Goals

3' Wesley Gasolina Nacional assist Williams Kokolo

Best rated

8.3 Abraham Marcus Estrela · 1 goal, 2 shots, 4/10 duels
7.9 Wesley Gasolina Nacional · 1 goal, 1 shots, 3/3 duels
7.6 Pablo Messias Cardozo Nacional · 1 goal, 2 shots, 3/8 duels

Nacional · Estrela

0.83	xG	2.10
0.21	xG first half	1.02
10	Shots	14
5	On target	4
4	Shots in the box	9
3	Blocked	2
4	Corners	3
51%	Possession	49%
409	Passes	390
337	Passes completed	319
1	Saves	3
12	Fouls	9
1	Offsides	1
2	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Famalicao 1–0 Gil Vicente 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Goals

none

Famalicao · Gil Vicente

no match statistics

source: events only

Casa Pia 0–1 Moreirense 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Goals

none

Best rated

8.0 Kiko Moreirense · 1 goal, 1 shots, 7/12 duels
7.7 Maracás Moreirense · 9/12 duels
7.5 David Sousa Casa Pia · 3 shots, 14/18 duels

Casa Pia · Moreirense

0.77	xG	0.28
0.25	xG first half	0.28
14	Shots	6
2	On target	5
10	Shots in the box	3
2	Blocked	0
5	Corners	1
62%	Possession	38%
430	Passes	278
344	Passes completed	168
4	Saves	2
14	Fouls	18
3	Offsides	0
1	Yellow cards	3

source: full match archive

Braga 1–0 Vitoria Guimaraes 2026-08-31 19:15 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 3-4-2-1 v 4-2-3-1

Goals

79' Diego Rodrigues Braga assist Gabriel Silva

Cards

🟨 4' Óscar Rivas Vitoria Guimaraes
🟨 37' Demir Ege Tıknaz Braga
🟨 53' Tony Strata Vitoria Guimaraes
🟨 68' Vítor Carvalho Braga
🟨 75' Gustavo Silva Vitoria Guimaraes

Best rated

7.9 Diego Rodrigues Braga · 1 goal, 1 shots, 1/1 duels
7.6 Gabriel Silva Braga · 1 assist, 1 shots, 7/10 duels
7.3 Oliwier Zych Vitoria Guimaraes · 3 saves, 1/1 duels

Braga · Vitoria Guimaraes

0.83	xG	0.23
0.48	xG first half	0.10
9	Shots	8
4	On target	2
6	Shots in the box	2
4	Blocked	1
2	Corners	2
54%	Possession	46%
492	Passes	406
398	Passes completed	304
2	Saves	3
11	Fouls	18
5	Offsides	1
2	Yellow cards	3

source: full match archive

Benfica 2–1 Estoril 2026-08-31 19:15 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 4-2-3-1 v 3-4-3

Goals

40' Vangelis Pavlidis Benfica
51' Clément Lenglet Benfica assist Tomás Araújo
82' Yanis Begraoui Estoril assist Fernando Medrano

Cards

🟨 75' Ismael Sierra Arnal Estoril

Best rated

9.0 Joel Robles Estoril · 6 saves
8.2 Clément Lenglet Benfica · 1 goal, 1 shots, 1/3 duels
8.0 Tomás Araújo Benfica · 1 assist, 1 shots, 3/3 duels

Benfica · Estoril

2.03	xG	0.36
1.33	xG first half	0.11
25	Shots	4
8	On target	2
15	Shots in the box	3
10	Blocked	1
9	Corners	0
66%	Possession	34%
617	Passes	324
549	Passes completed	240
1	Saves	6
14	Fouls	12
2	Offsides	0
0	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Every club, one row each

Club		Opponent	Score	xG	Shots	OT	In box	Cor	Poss	Passes	Saves	Fouls	Yel
Sporting CP	A	Rio Ave	4–0	1.88	15	7	11	3	61%	611	0	14	1
FC Porto	A	Academico Viseu	3–0	1.47	5	4	4	1	43%	384	1	19	0
Estrela	A	Nacional	3–2	2.10	14	4	9	3	49%	390	3	9	1
Arouca	H	Maritimo	2–1	1.65	17	7	10	2	52%	491	3	8	2
Benfica	H	Estoril	2–1	2.03	25	8	15	9	66%	617	1	14	0
Braga	H	Vitoria Guimaraes	1–0	0.83	9	4	6	2	54%	492	2	11	2
Famalicao	H	Gil Vicente	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Moreirense	A	Casa Pia	1–0	0.28	6	5	3	1	38%	278	2	18	3
Alverca	H	Santa Clara	1–1	0.41	5	1	3	10	50%	345	2	14	1
Santa Clara	A	Alverca	1–1	1.41	15	3	10	4	50%	346	0	9	2
Nacional	H	Estrela	2–3	0.83	10	5	4	4	51%	409	1	12	2
Estoril	A	Benfica	1–2	0.36	4	2	3	0	34%	324	6	12	1
Maritimo	A	Arouca	1–2	0.67	12	4	8	3	48%	455	5	9	1
Casa Pia	H	Moreirense	0–1	0.77	14	2	10	5	62%	430	4	14	1
Gil Vicente	A	Famalicao	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Vitoria Guimaraes	A	Braga	0–1	0.23	8	2	2	2	46%	406	3	18	3
Academico Viseu	H	FC Porto	0–3	0.80	9	1	4	1	57%	510	1	13	0
Rio Ave	H	Sporting CP	0–4	0.47	6	0	3	2	39%	388	3	7	1

Benfica had the most of the ball (66 per cent); Benfica took the most shots (25).

Goals against xG

xG is the provider's shot-quality model, not ours; we publish it because it is the same measure across every match here. One matchday is far too small to call anyone lucky — this is a record of what happened, not a verdict.

Club	Opponent	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Conceded	xG faced	Saved against xG
Sporting CP	Rio Ave	4	1.88	+2.12	0	0.47	+0.47
FC Porto	Academico Viseu	3	1.47	+1.53	0	0.80	+0.80
Nacional	Estrela	2	0.83	+1.17	3	2.10	-0.90
Estrela	Nacional	3	2.10	+0.90	2	0.83	-1.17
Moreirense	Casa Pia	1	0.28	+0.72	0	0.77	+0.77
Estoril	Benfica	1	0.36	+0.64	2	2.03	+0.03
Alverca	Santa Clara	1	0.41	+0.59	1	1.41	+0.41
Arouca	Maritimo	2	1.65	+0.35	1	0.67	-0.33
Maritimo	Arouca	1	0.67	+0.33	2	1.65	-0.35
Braga	Vitoria Guimaraes	1	0.83	+0.17	0	0.23	+0.23
Benfica	Estoril	2	2.03	-0.03	1	0.36	-0.64
Vitoria Guimaraes	Braga	0	0.23	-0.23	1	0.83	-0.17
Santa Clara	Alverca	1	1.41	-0.41	1	0.41	-0.59
Rio Ave	Sporting CP	0	0.47	-0.47	4	1.88	-2.12
Casa Pia	Moreirense	0	0.77	-0.77	1	0.28	-0.72
Academico Viseu	FC Porto	0	0.80	-0.80	3	1.47	-1.53

Sporting CP scored 2.12 goals more than the model expected of their chances; Academico Viseu scored 0.80 fewer. The last column is the same subtraction at the other end: how many goals a club conceded against the xG of the shots it faced.

One column we removed. The feed also carries a field called “goals prevented”, which looks like a goalkeeping measure. In all 9 matches of this round it is identical for both clubs (Rio Ave–Sporting CP +0.00, Arouca–Maritimo +0.34, Alverca–Santa Clara -0.17, and so on), so it cannot be a per-club number and we do not publish it rather than guess at what it means.

Scorers and assists

17 of the 23 goals have an assist recorded against them. Assists come from the full match archive where it has arrived (8 matches) and from the live event feed otherwise, which records fewer of them — so this is a floor, not a count.

Player	Club	Goals	Assists
Luis Javier Suárez	Sporting CP	2	0
Flávio Gonçalves	Sporting CP	1	1
Gabri Veiga	FC Porto	1	1
Abraham Marcus	Estrela	1	0
André Silva	FC Porto	1	0
Brenner	Santa Clara	1	0
Clément Lenglet	Benfica	1	0
Diego Rodrigues	Braga	1	0
Espen Van Ee	Arouca	1	0
Geny Catamo	Sporting CP	1	0
Ianis Stoica	Estrela	1	0
Ivan Barbero	Arouca	1	0
Kiko	Moreirense	1	0
Leandro Antonetti	Estrela	1	0
Martín Tejón	Maritimo	1	0
Pablo Messias Cardozo	Nacional	1	0
Vangelis Pavlidis	Benfica	1	0
Vivaldo	Alverca	1	0
Wesley Gasolina	Nacional	1	0
William Gomes	FC Porto	1	0
Yanis Begraoui	Estoril	1	0
Eddy Doué	Estrela	0	2
Alfonso Trezza	Arouca	0	1
Fernando Medrano	Estoril	0	1
Gabriel Silva	Braga	0	1
Isaac James	Alverca	0	1
Issa Doumbia	Sporting CP	0	1
João Veloso	Moreirense	0	1
Liziero	Nacional	0	1
Maximiliano Araújo	Sporting CP	0	1
Pablo Gozálbez	Arouca	0	1
Pepê	FC Porto	0	1
Tomás Araújo	Benfica	0	1
Welinton Torrao	Santa Clara	0	1
Williams Kokolo	Nacional	0	1

Player ratings, top 25

Ratings are the provider's, over the 8 matches whose player detail has arrived; 363 player appearances in total.

Player	Club	Rating	Min	G	A	Sh	Key p.	Duels	Tkl	Int	Saves
Joel Robles	Estoril	9.0	94	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	6
Gabri Veiga	FC Porto	8.6	90	1	1	1	1	7/11	3	0	0
Flávio Gonçalves	Sporting CP	8.3	65	1	1	1	1	6/12	4	0	0
William Gomes	FC Porto	8.3	60	1	0	1	0	8/13	7	1	0
Abraham Marcus	Estrela	8.3	95	1	0	2	2	4/10	1	0	0
Luis Javier Suárez	Sporting CP	8.2	86	2	0	2	0	0/5	0	0	0
Martín Tejón	Maritimo	8.2	90	1	0	3	0	4/6	0	0	0
Espen Van Ee	Arouca	8.2	79	1	0	2	1	5/6	0	1	0
Clément Lenglet	Benfica	8.2	94	1	0	1	0	1/3	0	0	0
Kiko	Moreirense	8.0	77	1	0	1	0	7/12	4	1	0
Tomás Araújo	Benfica	8.0	94	0	1	1	1	3/3	2	0	0
Vivaldo	Alverca	7.9	74	1	0	1	0	4/5	0	0	0
Wesley Gasolina	Nacional	7.9	79	1	0	1	0	3/3	2	3	0
Diego Rodrigues	Braga	7.9	26	1	0	1	0	1/1	0	1	0
Vangelis Pavlidis	Benfica	7.9	80	1	0	2	3	4/13	0	0	0
Maracás	Moreirense	7.7	90	0	0	0	0	9/12	2	1	0
Rafa Silva	Benfica	7.7	63	0	0	1	1	8/11	2	2	0
Zeno Debast	Sporting CP	7.6	90	0	0	0	0	4/5	0	0	0
Sergi Altimira	Sporting CP	7.6	90	0	0	0	0	9/14	7	0	0
Pablo Messias Cardozo	Nacional	7.6	69	1	0	2	1	3/8	0	0	0
Gabriel Silva	Braga	7.6	86	0	1	1	2	7/10	1	0	0
Yanis Begraoui	Estoril	7.6	94	1	0	1	0	2/5	0	1	0
Gonçalo Inácio	Sporting CP	7.5	90	0	0	0	0	2/6	1	1	0
Jakub Kiwior	FC Porto	7.5	90	0	0	0	0	5/7	0	0	0
David Sousa	Casa Pia	7.5	90	0	0	3	0	14/18	3	2	0

Matchday 4 against the whole of 2025/26

One round is 9 matches and last season was 305. Every difference below is well inside what 9 matches can produce by chance; it is here as a record, not as a trend.

Measure	Matchday 4	2025/26 average	Difference
Goals per match	2.56	2.68	-0.12
Goals in the first half, per match	1.00	1.20	-0.20
Shots per club	10.9	12.1	-1.2
Shots on target per club	3.7	4.1	-0.4
xG per club	1.01	1.31	-0.29
Corners per club	3.2	4.7	-1.5
Passes per club	430	404	+26
Fouls per club	12.6	13.8	-1.2
Yellow cards per club	1.31	2.50	-1.19
Saves per club	2.3	2.8	-0.5
Home wins (share)	0.44	0.42	+0.03
Draws (share)	0.11	0.27	-0.16

Where these numbers come from

Our own database, built from the same feed every match here uses. Team figures for 8 of 9 matches, goals and cards by minute for all 9, player-level detail for 8. Crowds and referees are as published for the 0 matches that carry them . Nothing on this page is a projection.

What is missing, stated plainly. the event feed is missing 10 of the 23 goals, so goal minutes, penalties and the scorer table are floors; 1 of the 9 matches (Famalicao–Gil Vicente) have team figures but no player-level detail yet — the archive feed delivers those a day later, so player ratings below cover 8 matches, not 9; attendance is published for 0 of 9 matches, so there is no average to give; the 2025/26 xG baseline is measured on 303 of 305 matches.

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