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Sporting vs LASK Linz: match report

Sporting CP hosted LASK Linz at Estádio José Alvalade on Wednesday 21 October 2026, in the Champions League. Sporting are without 3 players (Zeno Debast, Rodrigo Zalazar, Nuno Santos); LASK Linz are missing 2 (George Bello, Ramiz Harakaté). Nick Walsh is the referee, averaging 4.1 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Sporting 2-3 LASK Linz. Goals: Luis Suárez 5' (pen) for Sporting; Christoph Lang 15' for LASK Linz; Sasa Kalajdzic 63' for LASK Linz; Krystof Danek 68' for LASK Linz; Luis Suárez 89' for Sporting. Attendance: 48,985.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 5' Penalty: Luis Suárez (Sporting) 1-0
  • 15' Goal: Christoph Lang (LASK Linz) 1-1
  • 33' Yellow card: Christoph Lang (LASK Linz)
  • 45' Yellow card: Sascha Horvath (LASK Linz)
  • 63' Goal: Sasa Kalajdzic (LASK Linz) 1-2
  • 64' Yellow card: Issa Doumbia (Sporting)
  • 65' Yellow card: João Simões (Sporting)
  • 68' Goal: Krystof Danek (LASK Linz) 1-3
  • 72' Yellow card: Sasa Kalajdzic (LASK Linz)
  • 89' Goal: Luis Suárez (Sporting) 2-3
  • 89' Yellow card: Tobias Schützenauer (LASK Linz)
  • 90'+1' Yellow card: Krystof Danek (LASK Linz)
Match stats (contains the result)
62.3%Possession37.7%
16Shots11
4Shots on target7
7Corners4
10Fouls22
3Offsides3
4Saves2
2Yellow cards5
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Sporting 4-3-3

Coach: Rui Borges

  1. 30 Kaique GK
  2. 22 Iván Fresneda DEF
  3. 72 Eduardo Quaresma DEF
  4. 25 Gonçalo Inácio DEF
  5. 20 Maxi Araújo DEF
  6. 8 João Simões MID
  7. 5 Sergi Altimira MID
  8. 77 Issa Doumbia MID
  9. 10 Geny Catamo FWD
  10. 97 Luis Suárez FWD
  11. 19 Nestory Irankunda FWD

Bench

  • 58 Flávio Gonçalves FWD
  • 28 Jesse Derry FWD
  • 31 Luís Guilherme FWD
  • 7 Fotis Ioannidis FWD
  • 1 Rui Silva GK
  • 50 Rodrigo Dias DEF
  • 13 Georgios Vagiannidis DEF
  • 55 Ibrahima Ba DEF
  • 4 Silas Andersen MID
  • 21 Pedro Lima MID
  • 73 Eduardo Felicíssimo MID
  • 9 Rafael Nel FWD

LASK Linz 3-4-3

Coach: Dietmar Kühbauer

  1. 1 Lukas Jungwirth GK
  2. 4 Xavier Mbuyamba DEF
  3. 43 Alemão DEF
  4. 16 Andrés Andrade DEF
  5. 20 Kasper Jørgensen MID
  6. 10 Robert Ljubičić MID
  7. 30 Sascha Horvath MID
  8. 25 Yvan Dibango MID
  9. 9 Kryštof Daněk FWD
  10. 11 Saša Kalajdžić FWD
  11. 27 Christoph Lang FWD

Bench

  • 33 Tobias Schützenauer GK
  • 18 Alessandro Schöpf MID
  • 7 Samuel Adeniran FWD
  • 8 Moses Usor FWD
  • 29 Florian Flecker FWD
  • 3 Miguel Freckleton DEF
  • 6 Melayro Bogarde DEF
  • 21 Manoël Verhaeghe DEF
  • 23 Daniel Elfadli MID
  • 45 Naël Kane FWD
  • 39 Christof Katzmayr GK

Injuries and suspensions

Sporting

  • Zeno Debast injury, back Early November 2026
  • Rodrigo Zalazar injury, back Early November 2026
  • Nuno Santos injury, back Day to day

LASK Linz

  • George Bello injury, back About 1-2 weeks
  • Ramiz Harakaté injury, back Mid October 2026
Previous meetings
  • Thursday 1 October 2020: Sporting CP 1-4 LASK Linz
  • Thursday 12 December 2019: LASK Linz 3-0 Sporting CP
  • Thursday 3 October 2019: Sporting CP 2-1 LASK Linz