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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 (round 3). Sporting are without 3 players (Nuno Santos, Zeno Debast, Rodrigo Zalazar); 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'+2' 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 4-2-3-1

Coach: Rui Borges

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

Bench

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

LASK Linz 3-4-1-2

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 DEF
  9. 9 Kryštof Daněk MID
  10. 27 Christoph Lang FWD
  11. 11 Saša Kalajdžić FWD

Bench

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

Injuries and suspensions

Sporting

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

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