Ajax 4-2 Sporting CP: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 7 December 2021

Result

Ajax 4-2 Sporting CP

Champions League · Tuesday 7 December 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Ajax 4-2 Sporting CP: match report

Ajax won against Sporting CP 4-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 7 December 2021. The half-time score was 2-1.

Sébastien Haller opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Ajax's goals came from Sébastien Haller (8', penalty), Antony (42'), David Neres (58') and Steven Berghuis (62'). Sporting CP scored through Nuno Santos (22') and Tabata (78').

Discipline: Ajax received 2 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ajax were 6th on 15 points from 5 and Sporting CP 23rd on 9 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Ajax lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting CP in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Tabata of Sporting CP (8.4), ahead of Antony (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ajax win, 0 draws and 0 for Sporting CP.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Daniel BragançaSporting CP
  • 8'Penalty goal · Sébastien HallerAjax · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Nuno SantosSporting CP · 1-1
  • 36'Yellow card · TabataSporting CP
  • 42'Goal · AntonyAjax · 2-1
  • 44'Yellow card · P. SchuursAjax
  • 54'Yellow card · Edson ÁlvarezAjax
  • 58'Goal · David NeresAjax · 3-1
  • 62'Goal · Steven BerghuisAjax · 4-1
  • 78'Goal · TabataSporting CP · 4-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Ajax 1, draws 0, Sporting CP 0.

Team news

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Ajax line-up (4-2-3-1)

Remko Pasveer, Noussair Mazraoui, Perr Schuurs, Lisandro Martínez, Daley Blind, Edson Álvarez, Ryan Gravenberch, Antony, Steven Berghuis, David Neres, Sébastien Haller

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

João Virgínia, Luís Neto, Gonçalo Inácio, Matheus Reis, Gonçalo Esteves, Daniel Bragança, Manuel Ugarte, Ricardo Esgaio, Tiago Tomás, Nuno Santos, Bruno Tabata