LISBON (Interstat) — Joao Guilherme scored twice, including the 74th-minute winner, as Academico Viseu beat Sporting CP 2-1 in a global football match on Sunday. The visiting side struck first in the 24th minute when Guilherme found the net. Sporting CP equalized in the 62nd minute through Luis Suarez, but Guilherme restored Academico Viseu’s lead 12 minutes later. Academico Viseu held the lead through the closing stretch at Sporting CP’s home ground. The opening goal came after early yellow cards to Silva L. and Kahraman C. of Academico Viseu. Academico Viseu was the visiting team, and Sporting CP was the home team. The goals came in the 24th, 62nd and 74th minutes.

Guilherme finished with two goals in 87 minutes before being substituted in the 87th minute. Suarez played the full 90 minutes and scored Sporting CP’s only goal. Robinho played 90 minutes and recorded an assist for Academico Viseu, while Soufiane Messeguem also went the full match and supplied an assist. Ivan Fresneda played 85 minutes and had an assist for Sporting CP. Guilherme’s goals came in the 24th and 74th minutes, and Suarez’s goal came in the 62nd.

Academico Viseu’s goals came around a Sporting CP push that produced the equalizer. The visitors opened the scoring early through Guilherme, then absorbed pressure before Suarez leveled after the hour. The decisive moment arrived in the 74th minute when Guilherme scored again. Academico Viseu made late changes to protect the lead, with Guilherme and Andre Clovis entering substitution proceedings in the 87th minute. Sporting CP had already used substitutions in the 58th and 85th minutes as it sought a second equalizer. Sporting CP pushed for a second equalizer after Guilherme’s second goal, but Academico Viseu kept the lead through the final minutes.

Academico Viseu led 1-0 at halftime after Guilherme’s 24th-minute goal. Silva L. was booked in the ninth minute, Kahraman C. in the 11th, Doumbia I. of Sporting CP in the 42nd and Mortimer N. in the 45+6th. Sporting CP made substitutions involving Luis Guilherme and Goncalves F. in the 58th minute, and Suarez scored in the 62nd. Academico Viseu made substitutions involving Mortimer N. in the 64th minute and Kahraman C. in the 72nd. Guilherme scored again in the 74th minute. Sporting CP made substitutions involving Fresneda I., Altimira S. and Irankunda N. in the 85th minute. Academico Viseu made substitutions involving Joao Guilherme and Andre Clovis in the 87th minute. Araujo M. of Sporting CP was booked in the 88th, and Mestanza A. was booked in the 90+4th. Academico Viseu made four substitutions, and Sporting CP made five.

The result moves Academico Viseu to 2 wins and 0 losses in this competition, while Sporting CP is now 1 win and 1 loss. Across all competitions, Academico Viseu is 2 wins and 1 loss, and Sporting CP is 2 wins and 2 losses. Academico Viseu had entered the match after a 1-0 loss at Fatima and a 2-1 win at home against Estoril in its previous two outings. Sporting CP had lost 3-2 to LASK, beaten Lens 2-0 and beaten Braga 3-1 in its prior three matches. Academico Viseu next travels to FC Porto in the League Cup, while Sporting CP hosts Maritimo in the League Cup.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Sporting CP 1, Academico Viseu 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Academico Viseu with a 64.3 percent probability to win. Sporting CP had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.75. The over/under line was 3.5, and the total score of 3 went over that line.