UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Arsenal DWWLL 1
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Sporting CP DLWWW 0
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1st Leg · Estádio José Alvalade · 50,804 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Kai Havertz rescues Arsenal in 1st-leg win over Sporting

Kai Havertz scored a stoppage-time winner to fire Arsenal to a crucial 1-0 victory against Sporting in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal in Lisbon.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
3
55.8
Possession
44.2
8
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
467
Accurate Passes
345
510
Passes
405
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
1
16
Crosses
11
0.1
Cross %
0.1
27
Long Balls
42
14
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
13
14
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
12
Interceptions
8
13
Effective Clearances
19
13
Clearances
19

Highlights

01:10 Burley: Arsenal were dull and boring vs Sporting CP Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SCP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Rui SilvaG
  2. 25Gonçalo InácioCD-L
  3. 26Ousmane DiomandeCD-R
  4. 20Maxi AraújoLB
  5. 22Iván FresnedaRB
  6. 17Francisco TrincãoAM
  7. 52João SimõesLM
  8. 5Hidemasa MoritaRM
  9. 97Luis SuárezF
  10. 8Pedro GonçalvesAM-L
  11. 10Geny CatamoAM-R

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 33Riccardo CalafioriLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 36Martín ZubimendiCM
  7. 41Declan RiceLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 14Viktor GyökeresF
  10. 19Leandro TrossardLF
  11. 20Noni MaduekeRF

Timeline

  1. 31' Hidemasa Morita (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 62' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Daniel Bragança replaces João Simões.
  3. 70' Substitution, Arsenal. Kai Havertz replaces Martin Ødegaard because of an injury.
  4. 76' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Leandro Trossard because of an injury.
  5. 76' Substitution, Arsenal. Max Dowman replaces Noni Madueke.
  6. 79' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Rafael Nel replaces Pote.
  7. 90'+1' Goal! Sporting Lisbon 0, Arsenal 1. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli with a through ball.

UEFA Champions League News

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