UEFA Champions League

Sporting vs Besiktas 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

  • 31': Pedro Gonçalves (P)
  • 38': Pedro Gonçalves
  • 41': Paulinho
  • 56': Pablo Sarabia
FT
4 - 0
  • Red Card 90': Souza

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

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
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Statistics

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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

Line-Ups

SCP 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

BES 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 Yellow Card
28 Kenan Karaman
17 Cyle Larin Yellow Card
18 Rachid Ghezzal

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