Athletic Club 3-1 Sporting CP: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 26 April 2012
Result
Athletic Club 3-1 Sporting CP
Europa League · Thursday 26 April 2012, 19:05 UTC · half-time 2-1
Athletic Club 3-1 Sporting CP: match report
Athletic Club beat Sporting CP 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 26 April 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Susaeta opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Susaeta (17'), Ibai Gómez (45+1') and Fernando Llorente (88'). Sporting CP scored through Ricky van Wolfswinkel (44').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 6th on 27 points from 14 and Sporting CP 2nd on 30 points from 15. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sporting CP in a 4-1-2-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Athletic Club wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sporting CP.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Sporting CP's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Ricky van Wolfswinkel
- 17'Goal · Susaeta
- 44'Goal · Ricky van Wolfswinkel
- 45+1'Goal · Ibai Gómez
- 54'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 59'Yellow card · Daniel Carriço
- 76'Yellow card · Ibai Gómez
- 88'Goal · Fernando Llorente
- 90+4'Yellow card · Xandão
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club line-up (4-3-3)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Jon Aurtenetxe, Fernando Amorebieta, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Muniain, Ander Herrera, Javi Martínez, Ibai Gómez Pérez, Fernando Llorente, Andoni Iraola
Sporting CP line-up (4-1-2-3)
Rui Patrício, Ânderson Polga, João Pereira, Emiliano Insúa, Xandão, Stijn Schaars, Diego Capel, Matías Fernández, Bruno Pereirinha, André Martins, Ricky van Wolfswinkel