Sporting CP 2-1 Metalist: result and report

Sporting CP 2-1 Metalist

Europa League · Thursday 29 March 2012, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sporting CP beat Metalist 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 29 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

Marat Izmailov opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Sporting CP's goals came from Marat Izmailov (51') and Emiliano Insúa (64'). Metalist scored through Cleiton Xavier (90+1', penalty).

Discipline: Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards; Metalist received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 9th on 23 points from 12 and Metalist 2nd on 27 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Going into the match Sporting CP's last five read L-W-W-D-L and Metalist's W-L-W-W-D.