Champions League full preview and statistics: Beşiktaş to fight Sporting CP at Vodafone Park

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 19.October
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Vodafone Park

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Beşiktaş at Vodafone Park when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Sporting CP with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Beşiktaş and Sporting CP.

Sporting CP have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Beşiktaş form and stats

Beşiktaş was eliminated in the 2nd qualifying round last season in the Champions League.

4-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Lig numbers at home for Beşiktaş so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager A. Yalçın led his Beşiktaş to a defeat in the Super Lig match away at Istanbul Basaksehir. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Vodafone Park. The forward Michy Batshuayi won the honour of being "man of the match" for Beşiktaş with the rating of 7.63/10. Batshuayi scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Beşiktaş won a home game hosting Sivasspor (2-1).

Beşiktaş can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 12 times. From these home matches, Beşiktaş have conceded only 4 goals.

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Sporting CP form and stats

Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.

3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Sporting CP playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Sporting CP, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Sporting CP play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting CF Os Belenenses. As mentioned above, Sporting CP was the only team on the pitch versus CF Os Belenenses in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Preceding that game was the away Primeira Liga victory against Arouca with the score of 2-1.

A quick return to home after this game, as Sporting CP are hosting Moreirense in the Primeira Liga only four days away.

Sporting CP are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Sporting CP as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the former two meetings): Beşiktaş won zero games, one match ended with a tie and Sporting CP got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one

Beşiktaş missing players

Sporting CP missing players

Beşiktaş Sporting CP
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   11 25
13 8   Won W   7 17
5 2   Drew D   2 5
7 3   Lost L   2 3
50 31   Scored S   18 45
32 14   Conceded C   9 22
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 72%
72% 85%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   36% 40%
40% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 24%
24% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 16%
56% 46%   BTTS BTTS   45% 48%
36% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 48%
16% 8%   Failed to Score F T   9% 4%
 
4.7 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   6.2 6
3.6 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 3.7
1.9 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.6 3
2 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
11.9 14.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 13.1
5.4 6.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 5
38% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 6 6
2 Borussia Dortmund 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Beşiktaş 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
4 Sporting CP 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -5 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fenerbahce 8 6 1 1 12 6 4 3 1 0 7 3 4 3 0 1 5 3 6 19
2 Trabzonspor 8 5 3 0 16 8 3 1 2 0 5 4 5 4 1 0 11 4 8 18
3 Beşiktaş 9 5 2 2 18 11 5 4 1 0 12 4 4 1 1 2 6 7 7 17
4 Hatayspor 8 5 1 2 16 6 4 2 1 1 9 4 4 3 0 1 7 2 10 16
5 Altay 8 5 0 3 15 13 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 2 0 2 8 9 2 15
6 Konyaspor 8 3 5 0 12 8 4 2 2 0 8 5 4 1 3 0 4 3 4 14
7 Fatih Karagumruk 8 4 2 2 14 11 4 3 1 0 10 3 4 1 1 2 4 8 3 14
8 Galatasaray 8 4 2 2 13 12 3 2 0 1 4 3 5 2 2 1 9 9 1 14
9 Alanyaspor 8 4 2 2 8 11 3 2 0 1 4 4 5 2 2 1 4 7 -3 14
10 Adana Demirspor 9 3 3 3 14 14 5 2 1 2 8 5 4 1 2 1 6 9 0 12
11 Kayserispor 8 3 2 3 10 9 4 2 1 1 7 3 4 1 1 2 3 6 1 11
12 Gazisehir Gaziantep 8 3 2 3 10 11 4 3 1 0 7 1 4 0 1 3 3 10 -1 11
13 Sivasspor 9 2 4 3 13 11 5 1 3 1 9 6 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 10
14 Istanbul Basaksehir 9 3 0 6 11 12 5 3 0 2 8 4 4 0 0 4 3 8 -1 9
15 Antalyaspor 9 2 3 4 10 14 5 2 1 2 8 8 4 0 2 2 2 6 -4 9
16 Yeni Malatyaspor 9 3 0 6 9 16 5 1 0 4 6 12 4 2 0 2 3 4 -7 9
17 Giresunspor 9 2 2 5 5 9 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 1 0 3 2 5 -4 8
18 Kasimpasa 8 1 3 4 8 12 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 0 1 3 2 7 -4 6
19 Goztepe 8 1 2 5 7 12 4 1 0 3 2 5 4 0 2 2 5 7 -5 5
20 Rizespor 9 0 1 8 6 21 4 0 1 3 3 7 5 0 0 5 3 14 -15 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benfica 8 7 0 1 19 5 4 3 0 1 7 3 4 4 0 0 12 2 14 21
2 Porto 8 6 2 0 18 5 4 4 0 0 12 1 4 2 2 0 6 4 13 20
3 Sporting CP 8 6 2 0 13 4 4 3 1 0 7 1 4 3 1 0 6 3 9 20
4 Estoril 8 4 3 1 12 7 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 3 1 0 8 3 5 15
5 Portimonense 8 4 2 2 8 4 4 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 1 0 6 1 4 14
6 Sporting Braga 8 3 4 1 12 8 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 2 2 0 6 3 4 13
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 8 2 4 2 9 7 4 1 1 2 5 4 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 10
8 Boavista 8 2 4 2 11 11 4 2 2 0 7 2 4 0 2 2 4 9 0 10
9 Gil Vicente 8 2 3 3 10 10 4 1 1 2 6 6 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 9
10 Tondela 8 3 0 5 12 14 4 2 0 2 7 7 4 1 0 3 5 7 -2 9
11 Paços de Ferreira 8 2 3 3 8 11 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 1 1 2 3 6 -3 9
12 Vizela 8 1 5 2 7 13 4 1 3 0 5 4 4 0 2 2 2 9 -6 8
13 Maritimo 8 1 4 3 6 9 4 0 3 1 3 5 4 1 1 2 3 4 -3 7
14 Moreirense 8 1 4 3 10 16 4 1 1 2 7 8 4 0 3 1 3 8 -6 7
15 Santa Clara 8 1 3 4 6 16 4 1 2 1 4 8 4 0 1 3 2 8 -10 6
16 Arouca 8 1 2 5 8 16 4 1 1 2 5 7 4 0 1 3 3 9 -8 5
17 Belenenses 8 0 4 4 5 12 4 0 2 2 3 6 4 0 2 2 2 6 -7 4
18 Famalicao 8 0 3 5 8 14 4 0 2 2 3 5 4 0 1 3 5 9 -6 3

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.