Sporting CP 0-1 Arsenal: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 25 October 2018
Result
Sporting CP 0-1 Arsenal
Europa League · Thursday 25 October 2018, 16:55 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sporting CP 0-1 Arsenal: match report
Sporting CP were beaten by Arsenal 0-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 25 October 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Danny Welbeck of Arsenal in the 77th minute.
Discipline: Sporting CP received 4 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sporting CP were 64th on 6 points from 2 and Arsenal 55th on 6 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Sporting CP lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Renan Ribeiro of Sporting CP (7.8), ahead of Sokratis (7.5).
Key events
- 39'Yellow card · Marcos Acuña
- 46'Yellow card · R. Holding
- 51'Yellow card · Henrikh Mkhitaryan
- 71'Yellow card · Sebastián Coates
- 77'Goal · Danny Welbeck
- 90+3'Yellow card · Jovane Cabral
- 90+5'Yellow card · Rodrigo Battaglia
Team news
Sporting CP line-up (4-3-3)
Renan Ribeiro, Stefan Ristovski, Sebastián Coates, André Pinto, Marcos Acuña, Rodrigo Battaglia, Radosav Petrovic, Nemanja Gudelj, Nani, F. Montero, Bruno Fernandes
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Bernd Leno, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Sokratis, Rob Holding, Granit Xhaka, Aaron Ramsey, Mattéo Guendouzi, Mohamed Elneny, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Danny Welbeck