Sporting receive Arouca for Estádio José Alvalade, for seventh jornada of I Liga Portuguese, kickoff 20h30, in Lisboa. Referee na David Rafael Silva from AF Porto. The match also count for Liga Portugal Betclic seventh round.
For Sporting side, coach Rui Borges spring surprise: Nestory Irankunda enter starting eleven, and na im first start. Sporting XI na Rui Silva; Fresneda, Debast, Gonçalo Inácio, Maxi Araújo; Altimira, Doumbia; Geny Catamo, Zalazar, Irankunda; Luis Suárez. Bench get Kaique, Silas Andersen, Fotis Ioannidis, João Simões, Rafael Nel, Vagiannidis, Pedro Lima, Jesse Derry, Luís Guilherme, Rodrigo Dias, Flávio Gonçalves and Eduardo Quaresma.
Arouca coach Vasco Seabra choose Arruabarrena; Tiago Esgaio, Javi Sánchez, Fontán, Lebedenko; Fukui, Espen van Ee, Flores; Trezza, Djouahra, Barbero. Their substitutes still to define.
Early discipline: Maxi Araújo collect yellow. Geny Catamo miss chance with left foot from right side of area, assist from Iván Fresneda. Brian Mansilla also see yellow. Pedro Lima chance intercepted from outside area, assist Silas Andersen.
Arouca equalize: Dylan Nandín, just entered, freeze Alvalade with cross shot into net, served by great Pedro Santos cross. Substitutions follow for Sporting and Arouca. Barbero miss for Arouca from outside area, assist Pedro Santos. Javi Sánchez shot defended. José Fontán convert penalty to reduce for Arouca. Eduardo Quaresma yellow. Penalty Arouca, Barbero suffer foul inside area. Barbero miss header in heart of area, assist Brian Mansilla cross. Another Barbero header saved by Rui Silva, who stretch and deny the striker. Substitutions.
Sporting down to 10: Debast red card after tackle on Rukavina. Before that, Rukavina run down left, Fresneda cut and concede corner. Luis Suárez and Pedro Santos yellow. Match stop for injury Gonçalo Inácio. Javi Sánchez and Taichi Fukui miss for Arouca, assist from Djouahra after free kick. Match stop for injury Gabriel Rukavina. José Fontán yellow. Irankunda chance intercepted, assist Issa Doumbia. Zeno Debast shot saved, assist Maxi Araújo cross. Corner Sporting. Zalazar cross find Doumbia but Arouca defence cut. Gonçalo Inácio header intercepted, assist Rodrigo Zalazar cross. Corner Sporting. Javi Sánchez yellow. Corner Sporting. Match stop for injury Luis Suárez. Espen van Ee yellow. Rui Silva save Barbero again. Trezza miss for Arouca. Match stop for injury Rodrigo Zalazar. Doumbia offside after Zalazar assist, would be third for leões.
Sporting score through Luis Suárez, assist Fresneda, serving Luis Suárez in area to increase lead. Na im sixth goal for Liga this season. Arouca react: Djouahra threaten equalizer but miss. Maxi try chip but shoot wide. Javi Sánchez header missed, assist Fukui cross from corner. Tiago Esgaio intercepted. Corner Arouca. Offside Sporting, Debast pass found Geny Catamo in irregular position. Trezza header missed, assist Mateo Flores cross. Geny Catamo chance intercepted, assist Luis Suárez. Sporting score again: captain Gonçalo Inácio redeem from own goal in Famalicão, first of season. Corner Sporting, conceded by Orest Lebedenko.
