RB Leipzig 2-1 Sporting CP: result and report

RB Leipzig 2-1 Sporting CP

Champions League · Wednesday 22 January 2025, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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RB Leipzig defeated Sporting CP 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 22 January 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Benjamin Sesko opened the scoring in the 19th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Benjamin Sesko (19') and Yussuf Poulsen (78'). Sporting CP scored through Viktor Gyökeres (75').

Discipline: RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards; Sporting CP received no yellow cards.

Going into the game RB Leipzig were 78th on 0 points from 6 and Sporting CP 27th on 10 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Sporting CP in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Viktor Gyökeres of Sporting CP (7.6), level with Francisco Trincão (7.6).

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