UEFA Champions League Scores & Fixtures
Wednesday 22nd January
UEFA Champions League Table
- Sporting CP, Position 17, Points 10
- RB Leipzig, Position 34, Points 0
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 18 |
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| 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 15 |
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| 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
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| 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
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| 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
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| 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
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| 7 | Brest | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
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| 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
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| 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
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| 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
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| 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
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| 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
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| 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
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| 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
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| 15 | Benfica | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
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| 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
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| 17 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
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| 18 | Feyenoord | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 10 |
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| 19 | Club Brugge | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
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| 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 9 |
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| 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
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| 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 8 |
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| 23 | PSV | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
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| 24 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 8 |
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| 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
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| 26 | Stuttgart | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 7 |
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| 27 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 4 |
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| 28 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 4 |
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| 29 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 3 |
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| 30 | Girona | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 3 |
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| 31 | Red Star Belgrade | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 3 |
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| 32 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 3 |
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| 33 | Bologna | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 2 |
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| 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 0 |
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| 35 | Slovan Bratislava | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -16 | 0 |
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| 36 | Young Boys | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 22 | -19 | 0 |
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Key
- Position 1 - 8 : 8th Finals
- Position 9 - 24 : Play-off
Season so far
UEFA Champions League
Goals scored
RB Leipzig 6Sporting CP 11Form guide
All competitions
Match Facts
This will be the first European meeting between RB Leipzig and Sporting CP, while each of Leipzig’s four games against Portuguese sides to date have come in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (W1 L1 v FC Porto in 2017-18, W1 D1 v Benfica in 2019-20).
RB Leipzig’s previous four games against Portuguese sides in European competition have seen a total of 16 goals netted, at an average of four per game. Indeed, both teams have scored at least once in all four of those matches, with Leipzig netting as many as they’ve conceded (8).
Since the start of 2022-23, Portuguese teams have won three of their four away matches against German opponents in the UEFA Champions League (L1): Sporting CP 3-0 Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Porto 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen and Braga 3-2 Union Berlin. That’s as many victories (3) as Portuguese sides managed in the first 33 such fixtures combined in the European Cup/Champions League (D4 L26).
RB Leipzig have lost all six of their UEFA Champions League matches this season – in European Cup history, the only German side to register a longer losing run is Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002-03 campaign (7 defeats in a row).
Sporting CP were unbeaten in their first four UEFA Champions League games this season (W3 D1) but have lost their last two. They haven’t lost more in a row within one season since losing their final four matches in 2016-17.
Across the opening six matchdays in the UEFA Champions League this season, no team had more fast breaks (13) or scored more goals from fast breaks (3) than RB Leipzig. Indeed, exactly half of their goals in the competition this term have been scored from such scenarios (50% - 3/6).
RB Leipzig have lost all three of their UEFA Champions League games when scoring first this season, having only lost two of their first 25 such games in the competition (W20 D3). No side in Champions League history have lost four games in a season when scoring the opening goal.
Rui Borges is set to be the third manager to take charge of Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League this season, after Ruben Amorim (MD1 – MD4) and João Pereira (MD5/6). Each of the last three managers to take charge of the club in the competition have lost their first game, with Paulo Bento the last to win his first game back in 2006 against Internazionale.
17-year-old Geovany Quenda has featured in six UEFA Champions League matches this season, starting five. Those five starts are more than all other Portuguese players have done so combined in the history of the Champions League before turning 18 – four by Simão (1997), Rúben Neves (2014), Gonçalo Esteves (2021) and João Simões (on MD6 this season for Sporting).
Loïs Openda has been involved in seven goals in his last 13 UEFA Champions League appearances (5 goals, 2 assists) but he has ended up on the losing side in four of the five matches he has either scored or assisted in. Among players to score or assist in 5+ matches, this 80% losing ratio is the joint second worst, behind only Miguel Veloso who lost all five of the games he scored or assisted in.