Match Report
23rd against 22nd, but level on points: Sporting CP and Manchester City both had 11. On recent form Manchester City sat only 29th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 22nd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Sporting CP 1.63 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Manchester City 2.25 and 1.75, with the league averaging 1.63.
Momentum sat with Sporting CP, winners of their last six, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Sporting CP had banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Manchester City, 9.
4 meetings are on record — 1 won by Sporting CP, 2 by Manchester City, 1 drawn, at 2.75 goals per meeting.
Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, capacity 50,095, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 4-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sporting CP: V. Gyökeres (38'), Maximiliano Araújo (46'), V. Gyökeres (49'), V. Gyökeres (80') · Manchester City: P. Foden (4')