Shaktar vs Sporting CP: match preview
Champions League · Kick-off:
Pre-match analysis
Shaktar are 17th in the Champions League with 4 points from 3 games (W1 D1 L1), scoring 1.3 and conceding 1.0 per game; their last 3 results read D-W-L.
Sporting CP are 12th in the Champions League with 6 points from 3 games (W2 D0 L1), scoring 2.3 and conceding 1.3 per game; their last 3 results read W-W-L.
At home this season Shaktar are W1 D0 L0 (scored 3, conceded 1); on the road Sporting CP are W1 D0 L0 (scored 2, conceded 0).
Luis Suárez leads the way for Sporting CP with 4 goals.
What to watch: both defences have the better of the numbers against the attacks they face, so this could be tight and the first goal could matter a lot.
Key players
Top scorers for each club in Champions League this season.
Shaktar
No scorers listed yet.
Sporting CP
| Goals | Assists | Pens | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Suárez | 4 | – | 2 |
Season so far
| Shaktar | Sporting CP | |
|---|---|---|
| League position | 17 | 12 |
| Points | 4 | 6 |
| W–D–L | 1-1-1 | 2-0-1 |
| Goals scored per game | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| Goals conceded per game | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| Home record (home side) / away record (away side) | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Last five (oldest → newest) | DWL | WWL |
| Clean sheets | 0 | 1 |
| Failed to score | 1 | 0 |
| Both teams scored | 67% | 67% |
| 3+ goals in the game | 33% | 67% |
| Points per game at home | 3.00 | 1.50 |
| Points per game away | 0.50 | 3.00 |
| Biggest win | 3-1 v PAE AEK | 3-1 v Galatasaray |
| Heaviest defeat | 0-1 at Inter | 2-3 v LASK |
Shaktar: recent results
Sporting CP: recent results
Club details
Shaktar
- Stadium
- Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist
- Founded
- 1936
Squad (32)
Goalkeepers
- Dmytro RiznykUkraine · 27
- Kiril FesiunUkraine · 24
- Tymur PuzankovUkraine · 23
- Denys TvardovskyiUkraine · 23
Defenders
- MarlonBrazil · 31
- Mykola MatviienkoUkraine · 30
- Valerii BondarUkraine · 27
- Viktor KorniienkoUkraine · 27
- PedrinhoBrazil
- Oleksandr KaravaevUkraine · 34
- Vinicius TobiasBrazil · 22
- Irakli AzaroviGeorgia
- Alan MatturroUruguay · 22
- Alaa GhramTunisia · 25
Midfielders
- Dmytro KryskivUkraine · 26
- Marlon GomesBrazil · 22
- Oleg OcheretkoUkraine · 23
- Yegor NazarynaUkraine · 29
- Viktor TsukanovUkraine · 20
- IsaqueBrazil · 19
Forwards
- PedrinhoBrazil · 28
- Marian ShvedUkraine · 29
- Lassina Franck TraoréBurkina Faso · 25
- EguinaldoBrazil · 22
- Alisson SantanaBrazil · 21
- Elias KauaBrazil · 20
- NewertonBrazil · 21
- Gleiker MendozaVenezuela · 24
- Prosper ObahNigeria · 22
- Luca MeirellesBrazil · 19
- Lucas FerreiraBrazil · 20
- Bruno RamosBrazil · 18
Sporting CP
- Head coach
- Rui Borges (Portugal)
- Stadium
- Estádio José Alvalade
- Founded
- 1906
Squad (28)
Goalkeepers
- Rui SilvaPortugal · 32
- Diego CallaiBrazil · 22
- KaiqueBrazil · 23
Defenders
- Maximiliano AraújoUruguay · 26
- Nuno SantosPortugal · 31
- Georgios VagiannidisGreece · 25
- Eduardo SimõesPortugal · 24
- Gonçalo InácioPortugal · 25
- Zeno DebastBelgium · 23
- Ivan FresnedaSpain · 22
- Moncef ZekriBelgium · 18
- Salvador BlopaPortugal · 19
- Rodrigo DiasPortugal · 21
Midfielders
- Rodrigo ZalazarUruguay · 27
- Sotiris AlexandropoulosGreece · 24
- Issa DoumbiaItaly · 23
- Pedro LimaBrazil · 23
- Sergi AltimiraSpain · 25
- Silas AndersenDenmark · 22
- João SimõesPortugal · 19
Forwards
- Luis SuárezColombia · 28
- Geny CatamoMozambique · 25
- Nestor IrankundaAustralia · 20
- Fotis IoannidisGreece · 26
- Luis GuilhermeBrazil · 20
- Rafael NelPortugal · 21
- Flávio GonçalvesFrance · 19
- Jesse DerryEngland · 19
Figures are calculated from this season’s results in this competition and update after every game.