FC Barcelona 2-0 Sporting CP: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 5 December 2017
Result
FC Barcelona 2-0 Sporting CP
Champions League · Tuesday 5 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
FC Barcelona 2-0 Sporting CP: match report
FC Barcelona beat Sporting CP 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 5 December 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Paco Alcácer opened the scoring in the 59th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Paco Alcácer (59') and an own goal by Jérémy Mathieu (90+1'). Sporting CP did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Sporting CP received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 15th on 11 points from 5 and Sporting CP 16th on 11 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sporting CP in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ivan Rakitić of FC Barcelona (7.8), ahead of André Gomes (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Barcelona wins, 0 draws and 0 for Sporting CP.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Alan Ruiz
- 35'Yellow card · Nélson Semedo
- 59'Goal · Paco Alcácer
- 90+1'Own goal · Jérémy Mathieu
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Jasper Cillessen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Thomas Vermaelen, Lucas Digne, Denis Suárez, Ivan Rakitić, André Gomes, Aleix Vidal, Luis Suárez, Paco Alcácer
Sporting CP line-up (5-4-1)
Rui Patrício, Stefan Ristovski, Cristiano Piccini, Sebastián Coates, Jérémy Mathieu, Marcos Acuña, Bruno Fernandes, William Carvalho, Rodrigo Battaglia, Bruno César, Alan Ruiz