Match Centre: Arsenal vs Sporting CP
Player of the match Martín Zubimendi 7.4
First leg
Sporting CP · Arsenal 0–1Final aggregate
Arsenal 1–0 Sporting CP
GolVolt rating 0.3GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 86′, no goals.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 86′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 0.3 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Nobody stood out. Heroes: 0.2 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A quarter-final, second leg with the tie in the balance, a clash of big clubs. Stakes: 9.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% No goals.Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 0.3 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 0.3more watchable than 3% of Champions League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
4 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- Half-time · 0:0
- 56' SubstitutionHavertz for Gyökeres
- 63' SubstitutionDowman for Madueke
- 70' Mikel Artetayellow card
- 71' 2 substitutionsBragança for GonçalvesQuenda for Catamo
- 77' SubstitutionSimões for Morita
- 79' Maxi Araújoyellow card
- 79' Sporting CPyellow card
- 79' 2 substitutionsJesus for EzeTrossard for Martinelli
- 85' 2 substitutionsNel for TrincãoVagiannidis for Quaresma
- 90+4' Rui Borgesyellow card
- Full-time · 0:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Arsenal
Sporting CP
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Arsenal
- 13 Kepa Arrizabalaga GK —
- 35 Tommy Setford GK —
- 4 Ben White DEF —
- 49 Myles Lewis-Skelly DEF —
- 89 Marli Salmon DEF —
- 16 Christian Nørgaard MID —
- 39 Harrison Dudziak MID —
- 56 Max Dowman MID on
- 9 Gabriel Jesus ATT on
- 19 Leandro Trossard ATT on
- 29 Kai Havertz ATT on
Sporting CP
- 12 João Virgínia GK —
- 6 Zeno Debast DEF —
- 13 Georgios Vagiannidis DEF on
- 70 Salvador Blopa DEF —
- 91 Ricardo Mangas DEF —
- 7 Geovany Quenda MID on
- 14 Giorgi Kochorashvili MID —
- 23 Daniel Bragança MID on
- 52 João Simões MID on
- 15 Souleymane Faye ATT —
- 58 Flávio Gonçalves ATT —
- 90 Rafael Nel ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Emirates Stadium, London
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Arsenal Martín Zubimendi
- 2. place · Sporting CP Maxi Araújo
- 3. place · Arsenal Declan Rice
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