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
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.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Yaya Touré
- 22'Yellow card · Aleksandar Kolarov
- 26'Yellow card · Matías Fernández
- 33'Goal · Matías Fernández
- 40'Goal · Ricky van Wolfswinkel
- 60'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 62'Yellow card · Daniel Carriço
- 73'Yellow card · Stefan Savic
- 75'Penalty goal · Mario Balotelli
- 82'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 90+1'Yellow card · Mario Balotelli
- 90+1'Yellow card · Ânderson Polga
Head-to-head
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