Sporting vs Besiktas 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage
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4 - 0
4 - 0
Sporting steamroller Besiktas in Champions League win
A double from Pedro Goncalves helped Sporting to a dominant 4-0 Champions League home win over Besiktas on Wednesday.
Match Commentary
- 17': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Ricardo Esgaio replaces Pedro Porro because of an injury.
- 31': Goal! Sporting Lisbon 1, Besiktas 0. Pote (Sporting Lisbon) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 38': Goal! Sporting Lisbon 2, Besiktas 0. Pote (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matheus Nunes.
- 41': Goal! Sporting Lisbon 3, Besiktas 0. Paulinho (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ricardo Esgaio.
- 45': Second Half begins Sporting Lisbon 3, Besiktas 0.
- 45': Substitution, Besiktas. Alex Teixeira replaces Javi Montero.
- 50': Josef (Besiktas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 50': Cyle Larin (Besiktas) is shown the yellow card.
- 56': Goal! Sporting Lisbon 4, Besiktas 0. Pablo Sarabia (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
- 60': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Daniel Bragança replaces Matheus Nunes.
- 60': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Nuno Santos replaces Paulinho.
- 61': Substitution, Besiktas. Salih Uçan replaces Atiba Hutchinson.
- 61': Substitution, Besiktas. Can Bozdogan replaces Cyle Larin.
- 72': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Rúben Vinagre replaces Matheus Reis.
- 72': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Jovane Cabral replaces Pote.
- 78': Substitution, Besiktas. Gökhan Töre replaces Rachid Ghezzal.
- 83': Substitution, Besiktas. Oguzhan Özyakup replaces Can Bozdogan because of an injury.
- 90': Second yellow card to Josef (Besiktas) for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Sporting Lisbon 4, Besiktas 0.
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Estádio José Alvalade
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 40,835
Venue: Estádio José Alvalade
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 40,835
Statistics
BES |
SCP![]() |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 11 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 5 | Offsides | 1 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 3 | Saves | 4 |
| 41.2 | Possession | 58.8 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 268 | Accurate Passes | 421 |
| 361 | Passes | 513 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 11 | Crosses | 14 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.5 |
| 49 | Long Balls | 45 |
| 20 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 13 | Effective Tackles | 16 |
| 16 | Tackles | 22 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 15 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 13 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 13 | Clearances | 21 |
Sporting CP (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Adán (GK) |
| 4 | Sebastián Coates |
| 3 | Zouhair Feddal |
| 25 | Gonçalo Inacio |
| 8 | Matheus Nunes |
| 6 | João Palhinha |
| 2 | Matheus Reis |
| 24 | Pedro Porro |
| 21 | Paulinho |
| 28 | Pedro Gonçalves |
| 17 | Pablo Sarabia |
Besiktas (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Ersin Destanoglu (GK) |
| 4 | Francisco Montero |
| 23 | Welinton |
| 3 | Ridvan Yilmaz |
| 20 | Necip Uysal |
| 14 | Mehmet Topal |
| 13 | Atiba Hutchinson |
| 5 | Souza |
| 28 | Kenan Karaman |
| 17 | Cyle Larin |
| 18 | Rachid Ghezzal |
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