Sporting CP vs Arsenal, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase
· UEFA Champions League
FT
1 - 5
1 - 5
- 7': Gabriel Martinelli
- 22': Kai Havertz
- 45'+1': Gabriel Magalhães
- 65': Bukayo Saka (P)
- 82': Leandro Trossard
Outstanding Arsenal thump Sporting to fix UCL road woes
Bukayo Saka scored one goal and set up another as Arsenal thrashed Portuguese side Sporting 5-1 in their Champions League clash at the Estadio Jose Alvalade on Tuesday, their biggest away win in the competition in 21 years.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt missed. Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 4': Ousmane Diomande (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card.
- 7': Goal! Sporting Lisbon 0, Arsenal 1. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jurriën Timber with a cross.
- 13': Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
- 13': Marcus Edwards (Sporting Lisbon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Foul by Jeremiah St. Juste (Sporting Lisbon).
- 14': Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Corner, Sporting Lisbon. Conceded by Jurriën Timber.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Maximiliano Araújo with a cross.
- 17': Corner, Sporting Lisbon. Conceded by Riccardo Calafiori.
- 20': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Geovany Quenda.
- 21': Attempt saved. Thomas Partey (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 22': Goal! Sporting Lisbon 0, Arsenal 2. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bukayo Saka.
- 29': Foul by Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal).
- 29': Trincão (Sporting Lisbon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 30': Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard.
- 32': Offside, Arsenal. Kai Havertz is caught offside.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli with a cross.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard.
- 37': Attempt missed. Declan Rice (Arsenal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
- 39': Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Maximiliano Araújo (Sporting Lisbon).
- 44': Attempt saved. Geovany Quenda (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Maximiliano Araújo.
- 44': Corner, Sporting Lisbon. Conceded by David Raya.
- 45': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Ousmane Diomande.
- 45': Fourth official has announced %injmins% minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Goal! Sporting Lisbon 0, Arsenal 3. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Sporting Lisbon 0, Arsenal 3.
- 45': Second Half begins Sporting Lisbon 0, Arsenal 3.
- 47': Attempt saved. Hidemasa Morita (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Morten Hjulmand.
- 47': Corner, Sporting Lisbon. Conceded by David Raya.
- 47': Goal! Sporting Lisbon 1, Arsenal 3. Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Trincão with a cross following a corner.
- 48': Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
- 48': Maximiliano Araújo (Sporting Lisbon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Hidemasa Morita (Sporting Lisbon).
- 51': Foul by Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal).
- 51': Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting Lisbon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 52': Attempt missed. Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
- 52': David Raya (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
- 54': Foul by Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal).
- 54': Geovany Quenda (Sporting Lisbon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 56': Corner, Sporting Lisbon. Conceded by Thomas Partey.
- 57': Attempt saved. Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting Lisbon) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Maximiliano Araújo with a cross.
- 58': Attempt missed. Marcus Edwards (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Viktor Gyökeres.
- 62': Attempt missed. Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Morten Hjulmand.
- 63': Penalty Arsenal. Martin Ødegaard draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 63': Penalty conceded by Ousmane Diomande (Sporting Lisbon) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 65': Goal! Sporting Lisbon 1, Arsenal 4. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 67': Attempt saved. Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Morten Hjulmand.
- 68': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Daniel Bragança replaces Marcus Edwards.
- 68': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Geny Catamo replaces Maximiliano Araújo.
- 68': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Gonçalo Inácio.
- 70': Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Gabriel Martinelli.
- 70': Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Merino replaces Declan Rice.
- 73': Attempt saved. Morten Hjulmand (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Trincão.
- 73': Corner, Sporting Lisbon. Conceded by David Raya.
- 73': Attempt missed. Geny Catamo (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high following a corner.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Trincão (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Viktor Gyökeres.
- 75': Corner, Sporting Lisbon. Conceded by Gabriel Magalhães.
- 77': Foul by Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal).
- 77': Trincão (Sporting Lisbon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Conrad Harder replaces Hidemasa Morita.
- 78': Substitution, Arsenal. Oleksandr Zinchenko replaces Riccardo Calafiori.
- 78': Substitution, Arsenal. Ethan Nwaneri replaces Martin Ødegaard.
- 82': Delay in match (Sporting Lisbon).
- 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 82': Attempt saved. Mikel Merino (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jurriën Timber.
- 82': Goal! Sporting Lisbon 1, Arsenal 5. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) header from very close range to the centre of the goal.
- 82': Delay in match because of an injury Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal).
- 84': Substitution, Arsenal. Jakub Kiwior replaces Gabriel Magalhães because of an injury.
- 84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 85': Attempt missed. Daniel Bragança (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Viktor Gyökeres.
- 85': Foul by Morten Hjulmand (Sporting Lisbon).
- 85': Jurriën Timber (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 86': Attempt saved. Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Conrad Harder.
- 86': Attempt missed. Trincão (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left.
- 88': Foul by Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting Lisbon).
- 88': Thomas Partey (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 88': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. João Simões replaces Trincão.
- 88': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Matheus Reis replaces Gonçalo Inácio.
- 90': Foul by Jurriën Timber (Arsenal).
- 90': Geny Catamo (Sporting Lisbon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Attempt saved. Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jurriën Timber.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Conrad Harder.
- 90'+2': Foul by Kai Havertz (Arsenal).
- 90'+2': João Simões (Sporting Lisbon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Morten Hjulmand (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by João Simões.
- 90'+2': Corner, Sporting Lisbon. Conceded by David Raya.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Conrad Harder (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Geovany Quenda with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Matheus Reis (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Geovany Quenda.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Sporting Lisbon 1, Arsenal 5.
- 0': Match ends, Sporting Lisbon 1, Arsenal 5.
Statistics
 ARS |
SCP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 6 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 8 | Saves | 4 |
| 47.8 | Possession | 52.2 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 19 |
| 9 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.7 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 402 | Accurate Passes | 447 |
| 458 | Passes | 497 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 9 | Crosses | 15 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 24 | Long Balls | 40 |
| 12 | Accurate Long Balls | 25 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 20 | Tackles | 25 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 4 |
| 10 | Effective Clearances | 19 |
| 10 | Clearances | 19 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Estádio José Alvalade
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 47,386
Venue: Estádio José Alvalade
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 47,386
UEFA Champions League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 4 | +11 | 12 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 4 | +11 | 12 |
| 3 | Internazionale | 4 | +10 | 12 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 4 | +7 | 10 |
Line-Ups
Sporting CP (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Franco Israel (GK) |
| 26 | Ousmane Diomande  |
| 25 | Gonçalo Inacio |
| 3 | Jerry St. Juste |
| 5 | Hidemasa Morita |
| 42 | Morten Hjulmand |
| 20 | Maximiliano Araújo |
| 57 | Geovany Quenda |
| 9 | Viktor Gyökeres |
| 10 | Marcus Edwards |
| 17 | Francisco Trincão |
Arsenal (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | David Raya (GK) |
| 6 | Gabriel Magalhães |
| 2 | William Saliba |
| 33 | Riccardo Calafiori |
| 12 | Jurriën Timber |
| 5 | Thomas Partey |
| 41 | Declan Rice |
| 8 | Martin Ødegaard |
| 29 | Kai Havertz |
| 11 | Gabriel Martinelli |
| 7 | Bukayo Saka |
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