This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Sporting CP at Estádio José Alvalade when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and LASK Linz with it. Read all about the Play-offs match here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
These teams have little in common geographically as LASK Linz have to travel 2600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP have reached this Europa League stage through battling and winning against Aberdeen. Sporting CP participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 16th finals and lost against Istanbul Basaksehir.Sporting CP have performed here at Estádio José Alvalade this season with 12 wins from 17 Primeira Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 4.
Sporting CP's previous game was a Europa League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Aberdeen. The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Benfica (1-2).
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sporting CP matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, zero draws and one defeat (from one game).
Sporting CP has scored 25 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Sporting CP have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
LASK Linz form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated DAC in order to reach Play-offs of Europa League. They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Manchester United drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W0-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Tipico Bundesliga.
Petar Filipović, Thomas Sabitzer, Marko Raguž (2), Husein Balić, Andreas Gruber and Peter Michorl scored in LASK Linz's previous match, the home game against DAC that ended 7-0. Before that, LASK Linz travelled to Wattens and returned home with a draw after the Tipico Bundesliga game finished 1-1.
As mentioned above, LASK was the only team on the pitch versus DAC in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and LASK playing away, we found two games. Results were one away win, zero draws and one home win.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, LASK Linz has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Sporting CP victory, zero draws and one LASK Linz win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Raguz 1 goals |  A. Gruber 1 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
LASK Linz missing players
| Sporting CP | LASK Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 12 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 13 | ||
| 34 | 22 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 26 | 7 | Conceded | C | 14 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 334 | 191 | Total Shots | T S | 150 | 335 | ||
| 112 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 125 | ||
| 30% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 74 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 52 | 82 |
| 2 | Benfica | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 45 | 77 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 20 | 21 | 60 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 60 |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 55 |
| 6 | Famalicao | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 54 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 50 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -2 | 43 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 43 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -5 | 43 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -8 | 39 |
| 12 | Boavista | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -11 | 39 |
| 13 | Pacos de Ferreira | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -16 | 39 |
| 14 | Tondela | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -14 | 36 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -27 | 35 |
| 16 | Vitoria Setubal | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -16 | 34 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 27 | -15 | 33 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 34 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 24 | 68 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 42 | -44 | 17 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Polten | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Wattens | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | LASK Linz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Wolfsberger AC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Ried | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Sturm Graz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Hartberg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 12 | Admira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 0 |