Sporting CP 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 19 April 2012
Result
Sporting CP 2-1 Athletic Club
Europa League · Thursday 19 April 2012, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sporting CP 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
Sporting CP beat Athletic Club 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 19 April 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
Jon Aurtenetxe opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Sporting CP's goals came from Emiliano Insúa (76') and Diego Capel (80'). Athletic Club scored through Jon Aurtenetxe (54').
Discipline: Sporting CP received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sporting CP were 6th on 27 points from 14 and Athletic Club 5th on 27 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Sporting CP lined up in a 4-5-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Sporting CP's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Athletic Club's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Óscar de Marcos
- 29'Yellow card · Iturraspe
- 54'Goal · Jon Aurtenetxe
- 61'Yellow card · Marat Izmailov
- 67'Yellow card · João Pereira
- 76'Goal · Emiliano Insúa
- 80'Goal · Diego Capel
- 86'Yellow card · Fernando Llorente
Team news
Sporting CP line-up (4-5-1)
Rui Patrício, Ânderson Polga, João Pereira, Emiliano Insúa, Xandão, Stijn Schaars, Marat Izmailov, Diego Capel, André Martins, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Daniel Carriço
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Jon Aurtenetxe, Fernando Amorebieta, Óscar de Marcos, Ekiza, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Muniain, Ander Herrera, Fernando Llorente, Andoni Iraola