Sporting CP 4-1 Manchester City: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 5 November 2024

Result

Sporting CP 4-1 Manchester City

Champions League · Tuesday 5 November 2024, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sporting CP 4-1 Manchester City: match report

Sporting CP beat Manchester City 4-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 5 November 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Viktor Gyökeres opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Sporting CP's goals came from Viktor Gyökeres (38'), Maxi Araújo (46'), Viktor Gyökeres (49') and Viktor Gyökeres (80'). Manchester City did not score.

Discipline: Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 23rd on 7 points from 3 and Manchester City 17th on 7 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Sporting CP lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Manchester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Viktor Gyökeres of Sporting CP (9.0), ahead of Pedro Gonçalves (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sporting CP win, 1 draw and 2 for Manchester City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

4'GoalSporting CP · 0-1
38'Goal · Viktor GyökeresSporting CP · 1-1
45'Yellow card · Mateo KovacicManchester City
46'Goal · Maxi AraújoSporting CP · 2-1
49'Goal · Viktor GyökeresSporting CP · 3-1
55'Yellow card · Pedro GonçalvesSporting CP
69'Missed penalty · Erling HaalandManchester City
73'Yellow card · Maxi AraújoSporting CP
73'Yellow card · SavinhoManchester City
79'Yellow card · Matheus NunesManchester City
80'Goal · Viktor GyökeresSporting CP · 4-1
88'Yellow card · Morten HjulmandSporting CP

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sporting CP 1, draws 1, Manchester City 2.

Manchester City 0-0 Sporting CPChampions League · 9 Mar 2022
Sporting CP 0-5 Manchester CityChampions League · 15 Feb 2022
Manchester City 3-2 Sporting CPEuropa League · 15 Mar 2012
Sporting CP 1-0 Manchester CityEuropa League · 8 Mar 2012

Team news

Unavailable

Oscar BobbManchester City · injury (Broken Leg)
RodriManchester City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Nuno SantosSporting CP · injury (Patellar Tendon Rupture)
Gonçalo InácioSporting CP · injury (Unknown Injury)
Rúben DiasManchester City · injury (Calf Injury)
John StonesManchester City · injury (Unknown Injury)

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

Franco Israel, Zeno Debast, Ousmane Diomande, Matheus Reis, Geovany Quenda, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Maxi Araújo, Francisco Trincão, Viktor Gyökeres, Pedro Gonçalves

Manchester City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Ederson, Rico Lewis, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Manuel Akanji, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic, Savinho, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Matheus Nunes, Erling Haaland