Athletic Club 2-3 Sporting CP: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 28 January 2026

Result

Athletic Club 2-3 Sporting CP

Champions League · Wednesday 28 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Athletic Club 2-3 Sporting CP: match report

Athletic Club lost to Sporting CP 2-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 28 January 2026. The half-time score was 2-1.

Oihan Sancet opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Oihan Sancet (3') and Gorka Guruzeta (28'). Sporting CP scored through Ousmane Diomande (12'), Francisco Trincão (62') and Alisson Santos (90+4').

Discipline: Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Athletic Club were 33rd on 8 points from 7 and Sporting CP 15th on 13 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting CP in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Francisco Trincão of Sporting CP (7.5), level with Alisson Santos (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Athletic Club win, 0 draws and 1 for Sporting CP.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Oihan SancetAthletic Club · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Ousmane DiomandeSporting CP · 1-1
  • 28'Goal · Gorka GuruzetaAthletic Club · 2-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Matheus ReisSporting CP
  • 34'Yellow card · Unai GómezAthletic Club
  • 39'Yellow card · Maxi AraújoSporting CP
  • 44'Yellow card · Gorka GuruzetaAthletic Club
  • 49'Yellow card · João SimõesSporting CP
  • 55'Yellow card · Pedro GonçalvesSporting CP
  • 62'Goal · Francisco TrincãoSporting CP · 2-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Aitor ParedesAthletic Club
  • 82'Yellow card · Mikel VesgaAthletic Club
  • 86'Yellow card · Eduardo QuaresmaSporting CP
  • 90+4'Goal · Alisson SantosSporting CP · 2-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Athletic Club 1, draws 0, Sporting CP 1.

Team news

Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)

Unai Simón, Andoni Gorosabel, Aitor Paredes, Yuri Berchiche, Adama Boiro, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta Etxeberria, Alejandro Rego, Unai Gómez, Oihan Sancet, Robert Navarro, Gorka Guruzeta

Sporting CP line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rui Silva, Iván Fresneda Corraliza, Ousmane Diomande, Gonçalo Inácio, Maxi Araújo, Morten Hjulmand, João Simões, Geny Catamo, Daniel Bragança, Francisco Trincão, Luis Suárez