Manchester City 3-2 Sporting CP: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 15 March 2012

Result

Manchester City 3-2 Sporting CP

Europa League · Thursday 15 March 2012, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Manchester City 3-2 Sporting CP: match report

Manchester City won against Sporting CP 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 15 March 2012. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Matías Fernández opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (60'), Mario Balotelli (75', penalty) and Sergio Agüero (82'). Sporting CP scored through Matías Fernández (33') and Ricky van Wolfswinkel (40').

Discipline: Manchester City received 4 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 70th on 6 points from 3 and Sporting CP 9th on 23 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting CP in a 4-3-3.

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

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-W-W and Sporting CP's W-W-D-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Yaya TouréManchester City
  • 22'Yellow card · Aleksandar KolarovManchester City
  • 26'Yellow card · Matías FernándezSporting CP
  • 33'Goal · Matías FernándezSporting CP · 0-1
  • 40'Goal · Ricky van WolfswinkelSporting CP · 0-2
  • 60'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Daniel CarriçoSporting CP
  • 73'Yellow card · Stefan SavicManchester City
  • 75'Penalty goal · Mario BalotelliManchester City · 2-2
  • 82'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 3-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Mario BalotelliManchester City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ânderson PolgaSporting CP

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Manchester City 0, draws 0, Sporting CP 1.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Stefan Savić, Kolo Touré, David Pizarro, Adam Johnson, David Silva, Yaya Touré, Mario Balotelli, Aleksandar Kolarov, Sergio Agüero

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

Rui Patrício, Ânderson Polga, Emiliano Insúa, Xandão, Stijn Schaars, Marat Izmailov, Diego Capel, Matías Fernández, Bruno Pereirinha, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Daniel Carriço