Athletic Club 2-3 Sporting CP: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 28 January 2026
Result
Athletic Club 2-3 Sporting CP
Champions League · Wednesday 28 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Athletic Club 2-3 Sporting CP: match report
Athletic Club lost to Sporting CP 2-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 28 January 2026. The half-time score was 2-1.
Oihan Sancet opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Oihan Sancet (3') and Gorka Guruzeta (28'). Sporting CP scored through Ousmane Diomande (12'), Francisco Trincão (62') and Alisson Santos (90+4').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 33rd on 8 points from 7 and Sporting CP 15th on 13 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting CP in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Francisco Trincão of Sporting CP (7.5), level with Alisson Santos (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Athletic Club win, 0 draws and 1 for Sporting CP.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Oihan Sancet
- 12'Goal · Ousmane Diomande
- 28'Goal · Gorka Guruzeta
- 29'Yellow card · Matheus Reis
- 34'Yellow card · Unai Gómez
- 39'Yellow card · Maxi Araújo
- 44'Yellow card · Gorka Guruzeta
- 49'Yellow card · João Simões
- 55'Yellow card · Pedro Gonçalves
- 62'Goal · Francisco Trincão
- 75'Yellow card · Aitor Paredes
- 82'Yellow card · Mikel Vesga
- 86'Yellow card · Eduardo Quaresma
- 90+4'Goal · Alisson Santos
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Unai Simón, Andoni Gorosabel, Aitor Paredes, Yuri Berchiche, Adama Boiro, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta Etxeberria, Alejandro Rego, Unai Gómez, Oihan Sancet, Robert Navarro, Gorka Guruzeta
Sporting CP line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rui Silva, Iván Fresneda Corraliza, Ousmane Diomande, Gonçalo Inácio, Maxi Araújo, Morten Hjulmand, João Simões, Geny Catamo, Daniel Bragança, Francisco Trincão, Luis Suárez