Sporting Clube de Portugal 2 - 3 LASK Linz — Highlights & Result
UEFA Champions League
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(4 days ago)
· MD 3
Highlights
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Dropping four places in the UEFA Champions League standings, Sporting Clube de Portugal now sit 12th in the 36-team table after a home defeat to LASK Linz on 21 October 2026. The competition is currently led by PSG on nine points, leaving Sporting CP three points behind the leaders and LASK six points adrift despite their rise to 23rd. Luis Suárez scored twice for the hosts, converting a fifth-minute penalty before striking again in the 89th minute, while Christoph Lang, Sasa Kalajdzic, and Krystof Danek netted for the visitors. Suárez earned an 8.2 rating and Kalajdzic received a 7.8 rating for their performances.
Sporting CP entered this matchday 3 fixture positioned 8th in the table holding six points from two played and a goal difference of plus four, having enjoyed a strong run of form that included a 5-0 home win against Bodø/Glimt. LASK arrived sitting 33rd with zero points from two played and a goal difference of minus four, looking to recover following a 6-3 home defeat against Liverpool. Despite dominating possession with 62% and registering 16 shots to LASK's 11, Sporting CP failed to convert their higher expected goals figure of 3.2 compared to the visitors' 1.14.
Looking ahead to the next round of fixtures on 3 November, Sporting CP will travel away to play Shakhtar, while LASK return home to host Sl. Bratislava.
Sporting CP entered this matchday 3 fixture positioned 8th in the table holding six points from two played and a goal difference of plus four, having enjoyed a strong run of form that included a 5-0 home win against Bodø/Glimt. LASK arrived sitting 33rd with zero points from two played and a goal difference of minus four, looking to recover following a 6-3 home defeat against Liverpool. Despite dominating possession with 62% and registering 16 shots to LASK's 11, Sporting CP failed to convert their higher expected goals figure of 3.2 compared to the visitors' 1.14.
Looking ahead to the next round of fixtures on 3 November, Sporting CP will travel away to play Shakhtar, while LASK return home to host Sl. Bratislava.
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Match stats
Sporting CP v LASK
62%
Possession
38%
3.2
Expected goals (xG)
1.14
16
Shots
11
4
Shots on target
7
10
Shots inside the box
9
7
Corners
4
574
Passes
355
88%
Pass accuracy
83%
4
Saves
2
10
Fouls
22
3
Offsides
3
2
Yellow cards
5
Lineups & player ratings
8.2
Top rated
L. Suárez · Sporting CP
90'
· 2 goals
Key moments
- 5' ⚽ Luis Suárez (pen) · Sporting CP
- 15' ⚽ Christoph Lang · assist Kasper Jorgensen · LASK
- 33' 🟨 Christoph Lang · LASK
- 45' 🟨 Sascha Horvath · LASK
- 63' ⚽ Sasa Kalajdzic · assist Robert Ljubicic · LASK
- 64' 🟨 Issa Doumbia · Sporting CP
- 65' 🟨 João Simões · Sporting CP
- 68' ⚽ Krystof Danek · assist Samuel Adeniran · LASK
- 72' 🟨 Sasa Kalajdzic · LASK
- 89' ⚽ Luis Suárez · Sporting CP
- 89' 🟨 Tobias Schützenauer · LASK
- 90+1' 🟨 Krystof Danek · LASK
Sporting CP
4-3-3- 30 Kaique 90' 6.7
- 22 Iván Fresneda 90' 6.2
- 72 Eduardo Quaresma 90' 6.2
- 25 Gonçalo Inácio 90' 6.7
- 20 M. Araújo 90' 5.9
- 5 Sergi Altimira 90' 6.6
- 97 L. Suárez ⚽ ⚽ 90' 8.2
- 77 I. Doumbia 🟨 80' 5.9
- 10 Geny Catamo 79' 6.5
- 19 N. Irankunda 79' 6.4
- 8 João Simões 🟨 67' 6.1
- 58 Flávio Gonçalves · sub 23' 6.5
- 31 Luis Guilherme · sub 11' 6.8
- 28 J. Derry · sub 11' 6.1
- 7 F. Ioannidis · sub 10' 6.3
LASK
3-4-3- 4 X. Mbuyamba 90' 7.0
- 10 R. Ljubičić 🅰️ 90' 7.3
- 25 Y. Dibango 90' 6.0
- 9 K. Daněk ⚽ 🟨 90' 7.7
- 16 A. Andrade 90' 6.3
- 43 Alemão 90' 6.5
- 20 K. Jørgensen 🅰️ 83' 6.6
- 11 S. Kalajdzic ⚽ 🟨 83' 7.8
- 27 C. Lang ⚽ 🟨 65' 7.5
- 30 S. Horvath 🟨 65' 6.5
- 1 L. Jungwirth 52' 5.5
- 33 T. Schützenauer · sub 🟨 38' 5.5
- 7 S. Adeniran · sub 🅰️ 25' 6.6
- 18 A. Schöpf · sub 25' 6.1
- 29 F. Flecker · sub 7' 6.9
- 8 M. Usor · sub 7' 6.8
Ratings out of 10. Data: API-Football. How ratings work
Match facts
Sporting CP
8th
in the table · 6 pts from 2
· GD +4
LASK
33rd
in the table · 0 pts from 2
· GD -4
Form going into the match
Sporting CP