MATCH PREVIEW

Can Sporting CP’s home edge expose Lask Linz’s away scoring problem?

What is at stake, with the data behind it

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Sporting CP’s six-point start and home record contrast with Lask Linz’s two away defeats and zero away goals. The preview focuses on whether Lask can change that pattern amid both teams’ listed absences.

Before kickoff

How it endedLuis Suárez scores twice as Lask Linz overturn Sporting CP deficit→

Sporting’s home edge meets Lask’s away problem

The key question at Estádio José Alvalade is whether Lask Linz can end an away scoring run that has produced zero goals in two UEFA Champions League away games this season. Lask have lost both of those matches, conceding four goals, while Sporting CP have won their only home game, scoring three and conceding one.

Sporting’s broader league-stage record is 2W 0D 0L from two games, placing them #7 with 6 points. Lask are #32 with 0 points from two games after 0W 0D 2L. Paris Saint Germain lead with 9 points; Sporting trail by 3 and Lask by 9. These are the provisional standings entering Wednesday’s 19:00 UTC match.

Form and availability shape the question

Sporting’s recent form is two wins from two matches, while Lask’s is one win and three losses from four matches. That sample supports a clear contrast, but not a conclusion about a longer-term trend.

Sporting will be without Z. Debast, N. Santos and R. Zalazar. Lask list K. Cheikne, R. Harakate and A. Smakaj as missing, while G. Bello and M. Usor are questionable. The decisive pre-match check is therefore concrete: can Lask create and finish chances despite their away scoring record, with Sporting also missing three listed players?

Explore match and season data

Wed, Oct 21

Estádio José Alvalade

Sporting CP

7th in league

2W - 0D - 0L

Recent Form

Lask Linz

32nd in league

1W - 0D - 3L

Recent Form

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Goals/Game

2.5

2.0

🛡️

Conceded/Game

0.5

2.8

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Form Points

League Context

Standings source snapshot

These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.

7th6 pts

Matchday2

32nd0 pts


1	Paris Saint Germain	WWW	3	3	0	0	14	5	9
2	Liverpool	WWW	3	3	0	0	12	7	9
3	VfB Stuttgart	DWW	3	2	1	0	7	2	7
4	Aston Villa	WW	2	2	0	0	9	2	6
5	Barcelona	LWW	3	2	0	1	11	6	6
6	Manchester City	WLW	3	2	0	1	9	5	6
7	Sporting CP	WW	2	2	0	0	5	1	6
8	Arsenal	WW	2	2	0	0	4	0	6
9	Real Madrid	WW	2	2	0	0	6	4	6
10	Real Betis	WW	2	2	0	0	6	4	6
11	Borussia Dortmund	WLW	3	2	0	1	5	4	6
12	Bayern München	DW	2	1	1	0	8	3	4
13	AS Roma	WLD	3	1	1	1	8	5	4
14	Shakhtar Donetsk	WD	2	1	1	0	4	2	4
15	Atletico Madrid	DWL	3	1	1	1	4	3	4
16	PSV Eindhoven	WLD	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
17	Como	LW	2	1	0	1	6	4	3
18	Manchester United	LW	2	1	0	1	4	2	3
19	Villarreal	LWL	3	1	0	2	8	8	3
20	Club Brugge KV	WL	2	1	0	1	6	6	3
21	Lens	LW	2	1	0	1	3	4	3
22	Napoli	WLL	3	1	0	2	5	7	3
23	RB Leipzig	WL	2	1	0	1	2	4	3
24	Feyenoord	WL	2	1	0	1	4	7	3
25	Sabah FA	LWL	3	1	0	2	3	6	3
26	Bodo/Glimt	LWL	3	1	0	2	4	9	3
27	AEK Athens FC	LLW	3	1	0	2	3	8	3
28	Fenerbahçe	DLD	3	0	2	1	3	9	2
29	Viking	DL	2	0	1	1	4	6	1
30	Slavia Praha	DLL	3	0	1	2	4	7	1
31	Inter	LL	2	0	0	2	4	6	0
32	Lask Linz	LL	2	0	0	2	3	7	0
33	FC Porto	LLL	3	0	0	3	2	6	0
34	Lille	LL	2	0	0	2	2	6	0
35	Galatasaray	LL	2	0	0	2	2	7	0
36	Slovan Bratislava	LLL	3	0	0	3	1	13	0