Europa League: Get ready for the second leg of the Sporting CP - Juventus clash

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 20.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira (3000 seats)

Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League Quarter-finals between Sporting CP and Juventus. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

Juventus have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It's no vacation for neither Sporting CP nor Juventus as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sporting CP form and stats

Sporting CP was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.

34 points is a decent return from 14 Liga Portugal games here at CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira for Sporting CP. The data says 11 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Sporting CP has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss.

The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Arouca last time out and are looking for a victory here. Gonçalves felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Arouca as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 35th minute. Midfielder Gonçalves was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.62 (out of ten) in that game. Gonçalves scored one goal and hit four key passes.

Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Juventus in the Europa League. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sporting CP have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 4.

There will be little rest for Sporting CP after this match as they are travelling to Vitoria Guimaraes for a Liga Portugal game in only four days.

Sporting CP are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira in their league games, having scored an impressive 36 goals in 14 matches. From these home matches, Sporting CP have conceded only 8 goals.

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Juventus form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

7-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Juventus in their Serie A matches away. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 4W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.

Two away games in a row for Juventus, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Sassuolo. Danilo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Danilo won 10 of 12 duels.

Before that match, the victory at home hosting Sporting CP in the Europa League (1-0).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Napoli in just three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Juventus as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Juventus as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams met each other earlier this match year: Juventus - Sporting CP 1-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Sporting CP victories, one draw and two Juventus wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CPP. Pereira Gonçalves
P. Pereira Gonçalves
14 goals
Sporting CPF. Machado Mota de Castro Trincão
F. Machado Mota de Castro Trincão
8 goals
JuventusA. Rabiot
A. Rabiot
8 goals

Sporting CP missing players

Juventus missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting CP Juventus
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   11 25
15 8   Won W   7 17
6 3   Drew D   0 3
4 2   Lost L   4 5
53 33   Scored S   16 40
20 9   Conceded C   9 21
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 60%
56% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   36% 36%
32% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 16%
20% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 16%
40% 38%   BTTS BTTS   18% 32%
48% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   64% 56%
16% 8%   Failed to Score F T   18% 12%
 
6.4 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5
3.6 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.1
2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
3 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
15.6 16.7   Shots (avg) S (   13.2 13.8
6 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 5.1
36% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 31%
 
7.9 6.9   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 10.9
3.4 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.3

  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 28 23 2 3 68 17 14 12 1 1 43 12 14 11 1 2 25 5 51 71
2 Porto 28 21 4 3 60 19 14 12 0 2 38 10 14 9 4 1 22 9 41 67
3 Sporting Braga 28 21 2 5 61 24 14 10 2 2 28 7 14 11 0 3 33 17 37 65
4 Sporting CP 28 18 4 6 57 27 14 11 1 2 36 8 14 7 3 4 21 19 30 58
5 Arouca 28 12 9 7 32 33 14 8 2 4 20 16 14 4 7 3 12 17 -1 45
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 28 12 5 11 27 33 14 8 3 3 14 10 14 4 2 8 13 23 -6 41
7 Famalicao 28 12 3 13 30 35 14 8 1 5 15 11 14 4 2 8 15 24 -5 39
8 Casa Pia 28 11 6 11 27 32 14 6 3 5 15 13 14 5 3 6 12 19 -5 39
9 Vizela 27 11 5 11 31 28 13 5 2 6 15 14 14 6 3 5 16 14 3 38
10 Chaves 28 9 9 10 28 33 14 4 5 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 12 16 -5 36
11 Rio Ave 28 9 8 11 28 32 14 7 2 5 15 11 14 2 6 6 13 21 -4 35
12 Boavista 27 9 6 12 32 45 14 6 5 3 18 18 13 3 1 9 14 27 -13 33
13 Gil Vicente 28 8 7 13 26 33 14 4 6 4 11 11 14 4 1 9 15 22 -7 31
14 Portimonense 28 9 3 16 21 35 14 5 3 6 12 14 14 4 0 10 9 21 -14 30
15 Estoril 28 7 4 17 23 44 14 4 2 8 12 23 14 3 2 9 11 21 -21 25
16 Maritimo 28 6 4 18 24 51 14 5 2 7 17 19 14 1 2 11 7 32 -27 22
17 Pacos de Ferreira 28 4 5 19 21 49 14 2 2 10 10 26 14 2 3 9 11 23 -28 17
18 Santa Clara 28 3 6 19 18 44 14 2 4 8 13 26 14 1 2 11 5 18 -26 15
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 30 24 3 3 66 21 15 11 2 2 33 13 15 13 1 1 33 8 45 75
2 Lazio 30 18 7 5 49 20 15 9 3 3 25 13 15 9 4 2 24 7 29 61
3 Roma 30 17 5 8 42 26 15 10 1 4 23 9 15 7 4 4 19 17 16 56
4 Milan 30 15 8 7 49 37 14 9 3 2 28 17 16 6 5 5 21 20 12 53
5 Inter 30 16 3 11 48 34 16 11 0 5 27 9 14 5 3 6 21 25 14 51
6 Atalanta 29 14 6 9 47 34 14 6 3 5 24 18 15 8 3 4 23 16 13 48
7 Juventus 30 18 5 7 47 25 15 11 3 1 34 12 15 7 2 6 13 13 22 44
8 Bologna 30 12 8 10 39 37 16 7 6 3 21 11 14 5 2 7 18 26 2 44
9 Fiorentina 29 11 8 10 34 32 15 6 5 4 20 20 14 5 3 6 14 12 2 41
10 Sassuolo 30 11 7 12 38 43 15 7 3 5 19 16 15 4 4 7 19 27 -5 40
11 Udinese 30 9 12 9 39 39 14 4 8 2 24 17 16 5 4 7 15 22 0 39
12 Torino 30 10 9 11 31 36 15 5 5 5 12 14 15 5 4 6 19 22 -5 39
13 Monza 30 10 8 12 35 41 15 5 4 6 19 18 15 5 4 6 16 23 -6 38
14 Empoli 30 7 11 12 25 37 14 5 4 5 13 15 16 2 7 7 12 22 -12 32
15 Salernitana 30 6 12 12 34 50 15 4 5 6 20 21 15 2 7 6 14 29 -16 30
16 Lecce 30 6 10 14 26 36 15 2 7 6 15 20 15 4 3 8 11 16 -10 28
17 Spezia 30 5 11 14 25 48 16 3 8 5 16 24 14 2 3 9 9 24 -23 26
18 Hellas Verona 30 5 8 17 24 43 15 5 2 8 17 23 15 0 6 9 7 20 -19 23
19 Cremonese 30 3 10 17 27 54 15 2 3 10 9 25 15 1 7 7 18 29 -27 19
20 Sampdoria 30 3 7 20 19 51 15 1 4 10 8 22 15 2 3 10 11 29 -32 16

Juventus:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 30 24 3 3 66 21 15 11 2 2 33 13 15 13 1 1 33 8 45 75
2 Lazio 30 18 7 5 49 20 15 9 3 3 25 13 15 9 4 2 24 7 29 61
3 Roma 30 17 5 8 42 26 15 10 1 4 23 9 15 7 4 4 19 17 16 56
4 Milan 30 15 8 7 49 37 14 9 3 2 28 17 16 6 5 5 21 20 12 53
5 Inter 30 16 3 11 48 34 16 11 0 5 27 9 14 5 3 6 21 25 14 51
6 Atalanta 29 14 6 9 47 34 14 6 3 5 24 18 15 8 3 4 23 16 13 48
7 Juventus 30 18 5 7 47 25 15 11 3 1 34 12 15 7 2 6 13 13 22 44
8 Bologna 30 12 8 10 39 37 16 7 6 3 21 11 14 5 2 7 18 26 2 44
9 Fiorentina 29 11 8 10 34 32 15 6 5 4 20 20 14 5 3 6 14 12 2 41
10 Sassuolo 30 11 7 12 38 43 15 7 3 5 19 16 15 4 4 7 19 27 -5 40
11 Udinese 30 9 12 9 39 39 14 4 8 2 24 17 16 5 4 7 15 22 0 39
12 Torino 30 10 9 11 31 36 15 5 5 5 12 14 15 5 4 6 19 22 -5 39
13 Monza 30 10 8 12 35 41 15 5 4 6 19 18 15 5 4 6 16 23 -6 38
14 Empoli 30 7 11 12 25 37 14 5 4 5 13 15 16 2 7 7 12 22 -12 32
15 Salernitana 30 6 12 12 34 50 15 4 5 6 20 21 15 2 7 6 14 29 -16 30
16 Lecce 30 6 10 14 26 36 15 2 7 6 15 20 15 4 3 8 11 16 -10 28
17 Spezia 30 5 11 14 25 48 16 3 8 5 16 24 14 2 3 9 9 24 -23 26
18 Hellas Verona 30 5 8 17 24 43 15 5 2 8 17 23 15 0 6 9 7 20 -19 23
19 Cremonese 30 3 10 17 27 54 15 2 3 10 9 25 15 1 7 7 18 29 -27 19
20 Sampdoria 30 3 7 20 19 51 15 1 4 10 8 22 15 2 3 10 11 29 -32 16

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.