Sporting CP 1-1 Juventus: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 31 October 2017

Result

Sporting CP 1-1 Juventus

Champions League · Tuesday 31 October 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sporting CP 1-1 Juventus: match report

Sporting CP drew with Juventus 1-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 31 October 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Bruno César opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Sporting CP's goal came from Bruno César (20'). Juventus scored through Gonzalo Higuaín (79').

Discipline: Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards; Juventus received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 24th on 7 points from 5 and Juventus 32nd on 6 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Sporting CP lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Juventus in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Miralem Pjanić of Juventus (8.2), ahead of Alex Sandro (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Bruno CésarSporting CP · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Mario MandžukićJuventus
  • 67'Yellow card · Bas DostSporting CP
  • 78'Yellow card · Marcos AcuñaSporting CP
  • 79'Goal · Gonzalo HiguaínJuventus · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Sebastián CoatesSporting CP
  • 89'Yellow card · Juan CuadradoJuventus

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Sporting CP 0, draws 0, Juventus 1.

Team news

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

Rui Patrício, Stefan Ristovski, Sebastián Coates, André Pinto, Jonathan Silva, Bruno César, Rodrigo Battaglia, Gelson Martins, Bruno Fernandes, Marcos Acuña, Bas Dost

Juventus line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gianluigi Buffon, Mattia De Sciglio, Andrea Barzagli, Giorgio Chiellini, Alex Sandro, Miralem Pjanić, Sami Khedira, Juan Cuadrado, Paulo Dybala, Mario Mandžukić, Gonzalo Higuaín