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Sporting CP 2-5 FC Barcelona - November 26, 2008 / Champions League 2008/2009

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Champions League 2008/2009 - Group C

Estadio José Alvalade - Lisbon - Portugal

November 26, 2008

Sporting CP

Portugal

2 - 5

FC Barcelona

Spain

(free kick) Miguel Veloso

65'

(right foot) Liédson

66'

14'

Thierry Henry (right foot) Assist by Lionel Messi

17'

Gerard Piqué (right foot) Assist by Eidur Gudjohnsen

49'

Lionel Messi (left foot) Assist by Dani Alves

67'

Marco Caneira (o.g)

73'

Bojan Krkic (penalty)

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14' - Goal Thierry Henry

17' - Goal Gerard Piqué

33' - Yellow card Sergio Busquets

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46' - Substitution Leandro Romagnoliis substituted by Derlei46

46' - Substitution Thierry Henryis substituted by Bojan Krkic

49' - Goal Lionel Messi

54' - Yellow card Marco Caneira54

57' - Substitution Lionel Messiis substituted by Pedro

63' - Yellow card Rafa Márquez

65' - Goal Miguel Veloso65

66' - Goal Liédson66

67' - Own goal Marco Caneira

71' - Red card Rui Patricio71

73' - Substitution Yannick Djalóis substituted by Tiago Ferreira73

73' - Goal Bojan Krkic

74' - Substitution Xaviis substituted by Seydou Keita

79' - Substitution Liédsonis substituted by Hélder Postiga79

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sporting CP

2 - 5

FC Barcelona

Sporting CP FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

Sporting CP

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

31Liédson6679

Liédson

Portugal

B.date17/12/1977

Age30 years

H1m75

positionStriker

20Djaló73

Yannick Djaló

Portugal

B.date05/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m71

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

30Romagnoli46

Leandro Romagnoli

Argentina

B.date17/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

25Bruno Pereirinha

Bruno Pereirinha

Portugal

B.date02/03/1988

Age20 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

28Moutinho

João Moutinho

Portugal

B.date08/09/1986

Age22 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

24Veloso65

Miguel Veloso

Portugal

B.date11/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Grimi

Leandro Grimi

Argentina

B.date09/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

4Polga

Anderson Polga

Brazil

B.date09/02/1979

Age29 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

3Carriço

Daniel Carriço

Portugal

B.date04/08/1988

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft central defender

12Caneira6754

Marco Caneira

Portugal

B.date09/02/1979

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

1Patricio71

Rui Patricio

Portugal

B.date15/02/1988

Age20 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Rui Patricio	71	20	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Anderson Polga		29	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Marco Caneira	6754	29	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Daniel Carriço		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Leandro Grimi		23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Miguel Veloso	65	22	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	João Moutinho		22	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Leandro Romagnoli	46	27	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Yannick Djaló	73	22	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Bruno Pereirinha		20	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	F	Liédson	6679	30	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

102

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

21Hleb

Alexander Hleb

Belarus

B.date01/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

14Henry1446

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m88

positionStriker

10Messi4957

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age21 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

7Gudjohnsen

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Iceland

B.date15/09/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

6Xavi74

Xavi

Spain

B.date25/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

28Busquets33

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age20 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

2Cáceres

Martín Cáceres

Uruguay

B.date07/04/1987

Age21 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Defender

3Piqué17

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

4Márquez63

Rafa Márquez

Mexico

B.date13/02/1979

Age29 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

20Alves

Dani Alves

Brazil

B.date06/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Víctor Valdés		26	277	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Martín Cáceres		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Rafa Márquez	63	29	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gerard Piqué	17	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Dani Alves		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Sergio Busquets	33	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Xavi	74	28	439	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Eidur Gudjohnsen		30	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Alexander Hleb		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi	4957	21	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Thierry Henry	1446	31	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

114

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Tiago Ferreira	73	33	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Pedro Mendes		18
	M	Adrien Silva		19
	M	Rodrigo Tiuí		22
	M	Ronny		22
11	F	Derlei	46	33	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Hélder Postiga	79	26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	José Manuel Pinto		33
16	D	Sylvinho		34
15	M	Seydou Keita	74	28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Víctor Sánchez		21
27	F	Pedro	57	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Bojan Krkic	7346	18	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Samuel Eto'o		27

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Leandro Romagnoli

Marat Izmaylov

OUT

Leandro Grimi

Abel

OUT

Yannick Djaló

Hélder Postiga

OUT

Bruno Pereirinha

Derlei

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Seydou Keita

OUT

Thierry Henry

Samuel Eto'o

OUT

Martín Cáceres

Sylvinho

OUT

Sergio Busquets

Yaya Touré

OUT

Lionel Messi

Bojan Krkic

OUT

Rafa Márquez

Carles Puyol

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Paulo Bento

147

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Paulo Bento vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 26, 2008

Paulo Bento vs Guardiola

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 26, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Josep Guardiola

Success rate in this team:

76 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

76 %

Guardiola vs Sporting CP

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 26, 2008

Guardiola vs Paulo Bento

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 26, 2008

Referee

Matteo Trefoloni

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Sporting CP1 match	General total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Sporting CP1 match	Season total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 26, 2008					Latest figure on November 26, 2008

Videos

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Key figures

Sporting CP keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal scored in Champions League running (since 02/10/2007). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 27/09/2000 (6 matches)

It's the first time Gerard Piqué scores 1 goal vs Sporting CP in his professional career

It's the first time Miguel Veloso scores a goal in his professional career since the 30/03/2008 (with Sporting CP vs Naval 1 de Maio )

Read the next 27 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSporting CP 2-0 Os Belenenses20/09/2008

VSporting CP 2-0 FC Basel01/10/2008

LSporting CP 1-2 FC Porto05/10/2008

VSporting CP 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk04/11/2008

DSporting CP 1-1 FC Porto09/11/2008

LSporting CP 0-1 Leixões15/11/2008

Overall

DPaços de Ferreira 0-0 Sporting CP26/10/2008

VRio Ave 0-1 Sporting CP01/11/2008

VSporting CP 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk04/11/2008

DSporting CP 1-1 FC Porto09/11/2008

LSporting CP 0-1 Leixões15/11/2008

VNaval 1 de Maio 0-1 Sporting CP22/11/2008

Current form

Away

VShakhtar Donetsk 1-2 FC Barcelona01/10/2008

VAthletic Bilbao 0-1 FC Barcelona19/10/2008

VFC Basel 0-5 FC Barcelona22/10/2008

VBenidorm 0-1 FC Barcelona28/10/2008

VMálaga 1-4 FC Barcelona01/11/2008

VRecreativo Huelva 0-2 FC Barcelona16/11/2008

Overall

VMálaga 1-4 FC Barcelona01/11/2008

DFC Barcelona 1-1 FC Basel04/11/2008

VFC Barcelona 6-0 Valladolid08/11/2008

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Benidorm12/11/2008

VRecreativo Huelva 0-2 FC Barcelona16/11/2008

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Getafe23/11/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	8	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	8	17
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	14	0
Scoring streak	8	17
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

24	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	4
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	6
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.33
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (1 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	7
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Derlei	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Lionel Messi
Derlei	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Lionel Messi
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Samuel Eto'o
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Xavi
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Xavi
Derlei	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	4 goals, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	Lionel Messi

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	November 05, 1986
Home	2 - 1	November 05, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	September 16, 2008
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 16, 2008 - Ligue des Champions 2008/2009

FC Barcelona

3 - 1

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

November 05, 1986 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 1986/1987

Sporting CP

2 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

October 22, 1986 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 1986/1987

FC Barcelona

1 - 0

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Tonel	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Raphael Meade	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Manuel Negrete	1 goal	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1986. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sporting CP

Robert	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Xavi	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Julio Alberto	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Rafa Márquez	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Samuel Eto'o	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1986. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Fernando Mendes	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Oceano	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Manuel Negrete	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Raphael Meade	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Manuel Virgilio	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Vitor Damas	2 matches	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1986. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sporting CP

Migueli	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Gerardo	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Gary Lineker	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Angel Pedraza	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Andoni Zubizarreta	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Julio Alberto	2 matches	1986 - 1986