Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Sporting CP: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 5 April 2018

Result

Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Sporting CP

Europa League · Thursday 5 April 2018, 19:05 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Sporting CP: match report

Atlético de Madrid defeated Sporting CP 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 5 April 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Koke opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Koke (1') and Antoine Griezmann (40'). Sporting CP did not score.

Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 33rd on 12 points from 4 and Sporting CP 59th on 8 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting CP in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Antoine Griezmann of Atlético de Madrid (7.8), level with Lucas Hernández (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Atlético de Madrid wins, 2 draws and 0 for Sporting CP.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · KokeAtlético de Madrid · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Saúl ÑíguezAtlético de Madrid
  • 40'Goal · Antoine GriezmannAtlético de Madrid · 2-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Fábio CoentrãoSporting CP
  • 57'Yellow card · Cristiano PicciniSporting CP
  • 63'Yellow card · Stefan SavicAtlético de Madrid
  • 72'Yellow card · Bas DostSporting CP
  • 81'Yellow card · KokeAtlético de Madrid

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Atlético de Madrid 0, draws 2, Sporting CP 0.

Team news

Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)

Jan Oblak, Juanfran, Stefan Savić, Diego Godín, Lucas Hernández, Ángel Correa, Gabi, Saúl Ñíguez, Koke, Diego Costa, Antoine Griezmann

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

Rui Patrício, Cristiano Piccini, Sebastián Coates, Jérémy Mathieu, Fábio Coentrão, Rodrigo Battaglia, William Carvalho, Gelson Martins, Bruno Fernandes, Bryan Ruiz, Bas Dost