V. Guimarães steal the points in the second to last game of the season

Sporting slipped to a 4-2 defeat on Ledman LigaPro matchday 45 this weekend, at the hand of V. Guimarães B.

João de Deus rang the changes for the starting whistle, bringing in Jorge Silva at right back and Tomas Ruka along side Domingos Duarte in the heart of defence. Guimarães, in the fight to avoid the drop, come out winging in the early stages, taking charge against a Sporting B team that looked content to manage the space while Guimarães moved the ball around. Stojkovic came off his line in the 5th minute in an attempt to collect possession, but Domingos Duarte was on hand to intercept Areias' shot. The instability at the back took its toll shortly after, when a free-kick from the right actually saw Stojkovic made an unbelievable stop from te first attempt, but the Sporting defence was unable to clear away the loose ball and Denis took the opportunity to put his side ahead. The goal was just the shake up Sporting needed and João de Deus' side went about constructing their best spell of the half. After a decent effort from range from Daniel Podence, Fábio Martins come just inches from levelling (34’). V. Guimarães' second goal was completely against the run of play, as a series of stray passes saw Vítor Campelos break away and double their lead through Tyler just three minutes before the break.

Sporting CP come out fighting after the break, but a harsh deflection off Domingos Duarte following an Elinho shot ended up with the ball sneaking past Stojkovic to practically sentence the final result. Although doing a better job of stringing passes together in the second-half, some positional errors punished Sporting B's efforts to get back into the game. Tyler set up Rafael Barbosa for a fine finish from a tight angle, but the reaction looked to have come just a little to late. However, the introduction of Betinho flipped the action on its head once again and a good bit of play between the forward and Cristian Ponde saw the latter make it 3-2 with ten minutes to play. Sporting B's mammoth effort was however dashed in the final stages, with another Guimarães goal closing the scoring.