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Sporting CP

2 - 3 Match Finished HT 1 - 1

Lask Linz

Sporting CP 2-3 Lask Linz: Match Report, Result & Stats

Wednesday, 21 October 2026 · 20:00 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Referee: Nick Walsh

Our tip Home or Draw (1X)

Odds 1.03

Result

Match report

Lask Linz won 3-2 away at Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League.

It was 1-1 at half-time.

Goals: Luis Suárez (5' pen.), Christoph Lang (15'), Sasa Kalajdzic (63'), Krystof Danek (68'), Luis Suárez (89').

Sporting CP had more of the ball (62%), shots on target finished Sporting CP 4, Lask Linz 7, and the expected-goals count was 3.2 to 1.14.

Our tip, Home or Draw (1X), did not come in this time.

Key moments

5' Luis Suárez (pen.)
15' Christoph Lang assist: Kasper Jorgensen
63' Sasa Kalajdzic assist: Robert Ljubicic
68' Krystof Danek assist: Samuel Adeniran
89' Luis Suárez

Match stats

Sporting CPLask Linz

62%

Possession

38%

3.2

Expected goals (xG)

1.14

16

Shots

11

4

Shots on target

7

Corners

4

10

Fouls

22

3

Offsides

3

2

Yellow cards

5

0

Red cards

0

4

Saves

2

Line-ups

Sporting CP 4-3-3

30 Kaique
22 Iván Fresneda
72 Eduardo Quaresma
25 Gonçalo Inácio
20 M. Araújo
8 João Simões
5 Sergi Altimira
77 I. Doumbia
10 Geny Catamo
97 L. Suárez
19 N. Irankunda

Coach: Rui Borges

Lask Linz 3-4-3

1 L. Jungwirth
4 X. Mbuyamba
43 Alemão
16 A. Andrade
20 K. Jørgensen
10 R. Ljubičić
30 S. Horvath
25 Y. Dibango
9 K. Daněk
11 S. Kalajdzic
27 C. Lang

Coach: D. Kühbauer

Pre-match preview

Sporting CP and Lask Linz meet in the UEFA Champions League (League Stage - 3), kicking off on Wednesday 21 October at 20:00 at Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon.

Over their last 4 league games, Sporting CP won 2, drew 0 and lost 0, while Lask Linz won 1, drew 0 and lost 3.

In the league this season Sporting CP scored 2.5 and conceded 0.5 goals per game on average; Lask Linz scored 2.0 and conceded 2.8.

Head to head: in their last 3 meetings Sporting CP won 1, Lask Linz won 2 and 0 ended level, averaging 3.7 goals per game, with both teams scoring in 2 of them.

The statistical model gives Sporting CP a 35% chance of winning, 35% for a draw and 30% for Lask Linz.

Win probability

Sporting CP 35% Draw 35% Lask Linz 30%

Team comparison

Sporting CPLask Linz

67%

Form

33%

38%

Attack

62%

92%

Defence

8%

100%

Goal model

0%

33%

Head to head

67%

27%

Goals

73%

51%

Overall

49%

Form and goals (league)

	Sporting CP	Lask Linz
Last 5	WW	LWLL
Games played	2	4
Goals scored per game	2.5	2.0
Goals conceded per game	0.5	2.8
Clean sheets	1	0
Failed to score	0	2

Head to head

1Sporting CP 0Draws 2Lask Linz

1 Oct 2020 Sporting CP 1 - 4 Lask Linz
12 Dec 2019 Lask Linz 3 - 0 Sporting CP
3 Oct 2019 Sporting CP 2 - 1 Lask Linz