Sporting CP 1-0 Manchester City: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 8 March 2012

Result

Sporting CP 1-0 Manchester City

Europa League · Thursday 8 March 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sporting CP 1-0 Manchester City: match report

Sporting CP defeated Manchester City 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 8 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Xandão of Sporting CP in the 51st minute.

Discipline: Sporting CP received 4 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 13th on 20 points from 10 and Manchester City 68th on 6 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Yellow card · Marat IzmailovSporting CP
  • 45+1'Yellow card · N. de JongManchester City
  • 51'Goal · XandãoSporting CP · 1-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Ânderson PolgaSporting CP
  • 81'Yellow card · João PereiraSporting CP
  • 84'Yellow card · Renato NetoSporting CP
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Aleksandar KolarovManchester City

Team news

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

Rui Patrício, Ânderson Polga, João Pereira, Emiliano Insúa, Xandão, Stijn Schaars, Marat Izmailov, Diego Capel, Matías Fernández, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Daniel Carriço

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Stefan Savić, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Samir Nasri, Edin Džeko, Sergio Agüero, Aleksandar Kolarov