Juventus 2-1 Sporting CP: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 18 October 2017
Result
Juventus 2-1 Sporting CP
Champions League · Wednesday 18 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Juventus 2-1 Sporting CP: match report
Juventus defeated Sporting CP 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 18 October 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Juventus's goals came from Miralem Pjanic (29') and Mario Mandžukić (84'). Sporting CP scored through an own goal by Alex Sandro (12').
Discipline: Juventus received 2 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Juventus were 50th on 3 points from 2 and Sporting CP 20th on 7 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Juventus 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 Juan Cuadrado of Juventus (8.1), ahead of Paulo Dybala (7.7).
Key events
- 12'Own goal · Alex Sandro
- 25'Yellow card · Sebastián Coates
- 29'Goal · Miralem Pjanic
- 36'Yellow card · Bruno Fernandes
- 68'Yellow card · Stefano Sturaro
- 83'Yellow card · Giorgio Chiellini
- 84'Goal · Mario Mandžukić
Team news
Juventus line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gianluigi Buffon, Stefano Sturaro, Medhi Benatia, Giorgio Chiellini, Alex Sandro, Miralem Pjanić, Sami Khedira, Juan Cuadrado, Paulo Dybala, Mario Mandžukić, Gonzalo Higuaín
Sporting CP line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rui Patrício, Cristiano Piccini, Sebastián Coates, Jérémy Mathieu, Fábio Coentrão, William Carvalho, Rodrigo Battaglia, Gelson Martins, Bruno Fernandes, Marcos Acuña, Bas Dost