Season so far

UEFA Champions League

Key, Sporting v Bologna
League position, Sporting CP 23rd, Bologna 28thTotal points, Sporting CP 10, Bologna 5

Goals scored

Sporting CP 12Bologna 3

Form guide

All competitions

Sporting CP lose
v RB Leipzig
2
1
UEFA Champions League
Bologna won
v Borussia Dortmund
2
1
UEFA Champions League
Sporting CP won
v Rio Ave
0
3
Primeira Liga
Bologna won
v Monza
3
1
Serie A
Sporting CP draw
v Benfica
1
1
Taça da Liga
Bologna draw
v Inter Milan
2
2
Serie A
Sporting CP won
v Porto
1
0
Taça da Liga
Bologna draw
v Roma
2
2
Serie A
Sporting CP draw
v Vitória Guimarães
4
4
Primeira Liga
Bologna lose
v Hellas Verona
2
3
Serie A

Match Facts

  • Sporting CP and Bologna will meet in European competition for the first time since the 1998-99 UEFA Cup first round, when the Italian’s won 4-1 in on aggregate after winning both legs of that tie (2-0 away, 2-1 home).

  • Bologna are unbeaten in their last three games against Portuguese opposition in European competition (W2 D1), most recently drawing 0-0 with Benfica on MD6 on this season’s UEFA Champions League.

  • Only one of Sporting CP’s last 24 home matches in the UEFA Champions League has ended level (1-1 v Juventus in October 2017), with the Portuguese side only narrowly winning more games (12) than they have lost (11) in this run of fixtures.

  • Following their 2-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund last time out, Bologna will be aiming to win back-to-back games in major European competition for the first time since 1998-99 in the UEFA Cup (a run of five).

  • Bologna are winless away from home in the UEFA Champions League this season (D1 L2), while failing to score in all three matches. Indeed, they’ve not found the net with any of their 30 shots across those three, of which only seven have been on target (23%).

  • Sporting CP have lost their final game of the group/league phase in each of their last five UEFA Champions League campaigns, conceding at least two goals in all but one of those matches. Their last such victory came back in 2008-09, winning 1-0 away to Basel.

  • Bologna are the team who’ve been shown the most cards in the UEFA Champions League this season (23 yellows), with 14 different players being booked for the Italian side so far.

  • Only Internazionale’s (9) UEFA Champions League games have seen fewer goals than Bologna this season (11 – F3 A8). The Serie A side also have the lowest shot conversion rate in the competition this term (3.6%).

  • Viktor Gyökeres has scored six goals in the UEFA Champions League this season – it’s the most ever by a Sporting CP player in a single European Cup/Champions League campaign, while it’s the joint-most goals overall for the club in the competition along with Liedson.

  • Bologna defender Stefan Posch has the most combined tackles (28) and interceptions (8) of any player in the UEFA Champions League this season (36). Overall, Barcelona’s Marc Casadó (30) is the only player who’s made more tackles than the Austrian (28) in the current edition.