Sporting CP 2-2 Arsenal: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 9 March 2023

Result

Sporting CP 2-2 Arsenal

Europa League · Thursday 9 March 2023, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Sporting CP · Arsenal · Europa League predictions

Sporting CP 2-2 Arsenal: match report

Sporting CP drew with Arsenal 2-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 9 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

William Saliba opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Sporting CP's goals came from Gonçalo Inácio (34') and Paulinho (55'). Arsenal scored through William Saliba (22') and an own goal by Hidemasa Morita (62').

Discipline: Sporting CP received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 32nd on 4 points from 2 and Arsenal 7th on 15 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Sporting CP lined up in a 3-4-3 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcus Edwards of Sporting CP (8.1), level with Granit Xhaka (8.1).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · William SalibaArsenal · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Sebastián CoatesSporting CP
  • 23'Yellow card · Oleksandr ZinchenkoArsenal
  • 34'Goal · Gonçalo InácioSporting CP · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Gabriel MartinelliArsenal
  • 55'Goal · PaulinhoSporting CP · 2-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Hidemasa MoritaSporting CP
  • 62'Own goal · Hidemasa MoritaArsenal · 2-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Sporting CP 0, draws 1, Arsenal 1.

Team news

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

Antonio Adán, Jeremiah St. Juste, Sebastián Coates, Gonçalo Inácio, Ricardo Esgaio, Hidemasa Morita, Pedro Gonçalves, Matheus Reis, Marcus Edwards, Francisco Trincão, Paulinho

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Matt Turner, Ben White, William Saliba, Jakub Kiwior, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Fábio Vieira, Jorginho, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, Reiss Nelson