Manchester United 2-1 Sporting CP: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 27 November 2007

Result

Manchester United 2-1 Sporting CP

Champions League · Tuesday 27 November 2007, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester United 2-1 Sporting CP: match report

Manchester United defeated Sporting CP 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 27 November 2007. The half-time score was 0-1.

Abel Ferreira opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Manchester United's goals came from C. Tevez (61') and Cristiano Ronaldo (90+2'). Sporting CP scored through Abel Ferreira (21').

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 8th on 12 points from 4 and Sporting CP 41st on 4 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

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

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Abel FerreiraSporting CP · 0-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Marián HadSporting CP
  • 61'Goal · C. TevezManchester United · 1-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
  • 83'Yellow card · Patrice EvraManchester United
  • 88'Yellow card · Ânderson PolgaSporting CP
  • 90+2'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 2-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)

Tomasz Kuszczak, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, John O'Shea, Anderson, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Nani

Sporting CP line-up (4-3-1-2)

Rui Patrício, Marián Had, Ânderson Polga, Tonel, Marat Izmailov, Miguel Veloso, João Moutinho, Milan Purović, Liédson, Leandro Romagnoli, Abel Ferreira