UEFA Champions League Scores & Fixtures
Wednesday 28th January
UEFA Champions League Table
- Sporting CP, Position 10, Points 13
- Athletic Club, Position 23, Points 8
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 21 |
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| 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 18 |
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| 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
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| 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 15 |
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| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
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10 Sporting CP | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 12 |
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| 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
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| 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
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17 Galatasaray | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
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18 Qarabağ | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 10 |
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| 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
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| 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 9 |
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| 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 9 |
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22 PSV | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 8 |
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| 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
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24 Olympiakos | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 8 |
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| 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 8 |
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26 Copenhagen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 8 |
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27 Club Brugge | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 7 |
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28 Bodø / Glimt | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 6 |
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29 Benfica | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 6 |
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30 Pafos | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
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31 Union Saint-Gilloise | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 6 |
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32 Ajax | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 6 |
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| 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 4 |
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34 Slavia Prague | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 3 |
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| 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 1 |
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36 Kairat | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -14 | 1 |
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Key
- Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8: 8th Finals
- Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24: Play-off
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Match Facts
This will be the fifth meeting between Athletic Club and Sporting CP, with the most recent coming in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League semi-finals; Marcelo Bielsa’s Athletic won 4-3 on aggregate to reach the final, which remains one of only two European finals they’ve reached in their history (also the 1977 UEFA Cup).
The home team has won in all four meetings between Athletic Club and Sporting CP (two wins each), with Athletic’s two victories on home soil coming in November 1985 (2-1 in the UEFA Cup) and April 2012 (3-1 in the UEFA Europa League).
Sporting CP have never won away to a Spanish opponent in European competition (17 games - D4 L13). Indeed, only Celtic (21) have played more away games versus Spanish sides in Europe without ever winning.
Athletic Club are unbeaten in their last three European matches (W1 D2) and they are now looking to qualify from the league/group phase of a UEFA Champions League campaign for the first time.
Sporting CP are winless in six away UEFA Champions League matches (D2 L4) since a 2-0 win over Sturm Graz in October 2024. Indeed, six of the seven games this season involving Sporting have been won by the home side – they’ve won all four home games and drawn one and lost two of their away matches.
After beating Atalanta last time out, Athletic Club will be aiming to win consecutive European Cup/UEFA Champions League matches for just the third time in their history – previously doing so in 1956-57 (3) and 2014-15 (2).
Sporting CP have won four UEFA Champions League matches in 2025-26, their joint most in a single campaign along with their four wins in 2008-09. They are looking to join Benfica (3 times) and FC Porto (9 times) among Portuguese teams with 5+ wins in a single campaign.
Robert Navarro has been directly involved in four goals in six UEFA Champions League appearances this season (2 goals, 2 assists); the joint-most by an Athletic Club player (also 4 for Gorka Guruzeta). Three of those goal involvements came in their 3-2 win over Atalanta last time out, scoring one and assisting two.
Luis Suárez has netted four UEFA Champions League goals for Sporting CP this season, with only Viktor Gyökeres scoring more in a campaign (6 in 2024-25). The only Colombians to net 5+ goals in a season are Jackson Martinez in 2014-15 for FC Porto (7) and Radamel Falcao in 2016-17 for Monaco (5).
Athletic Club’s Gorka Guruzeta made 59 high-intensity pressures in the opposition half in his side’s win at Atalanta last time out – only three starting strikers have made more in a UEFA Champions League match this season: Karim Adeyemi v Juventus (62), Mikel Merino v Bayern Munich (61) and Mehdi Taremi v Real Madrid (60).
