Sporting CP vs Academico Viseu: João Guilherme punishes Sporting in Alvalade

Sporting CP lost 1-2 at home to Academico Viseu in the Primeira Liga on 25 October 2026, with João Guilherme scoring both away goals and Luis Suárez netting Sporting's reply. Suárez's finish in the 62nd minute extended his scoring run to 10 consecutive games.

Guilherme decides the game

Guilherme struck in the 24th minute and again in the 74th, and the match belonged to him once Sporting failed to turn pressure into a lead. He finished as the game's top-rated player at 8.85, which fits the basic story of the night better than any possession figure does.

At halftime Sporting had the territory, the corners and the shots, but not the advantage on the scoreboard. They were ahead 7-0 on corners, 10-3 on shots, 1-1 on shots on target and 4-2 on scoring chances, yet still trailed 1-0 after a first-half stoppage-time VAR review overturned a Sporting penalty.

Sporting's control never became control

That first half summed up the wider problem. Ewerton and the rest of Academico Viseu stayed compact, then found their moments in transition, while Sporting spent long spells around the box without making enough of it count.

Academico Viseu's win at Alvalade was their first away victory there in 45 years, and Sporting are still nine points behind leaders FC Porto. The defeat hurts for the points gap, but the more immediate issue is the same one this match exposed again, Sporting can have the ball and still leave without the result.