Football Previews
Atletico Madrid vs Sporting CP
Competition – UEFA Europa League
Stadium – Wanda Metropolitano
Date: 5th April 2018
Kick-off time – 20:05 GMT
Atletico have become one of the Champions League’s biggest teams in recent seasons, however, a poor start to the season saw them leave the Champions League in the group stages after coming 3rd behind AS Roma and Chelsea.
With 9 points separating them and Barcelona in the La Liga and no hope of winning the Copa del Rey, Diego Simeone’s men know this is their only hope of finishing the season with a trophy.
Atleti won over Deportivo 1-0 at the weekend to claim their 12th win from their last 14 games, a run which included Europa League wins over Lokomotiv Moscow and FC Copenhagen.
They have 14 wins from their last 16 games at the Wanda Metropolitana, keeping 13 clean sheets.
Sporting Lisbon haven’t been on their very best form most recently as they have lost 3 of their last 6 competitive games including to Braga at the weekend and to Viktoria Plzen in their previous Europa League game.
As a matter of fact, they have lost 5 of their last 8 games on the road and they have not netted a goal in 3 of those games.
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
Atletico Madrid
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Villarreal |  |
2-1 |  |
Atletico Madrid | 18 Mar, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Lokomotiv Moscow |  |
1-5 | |
Atletico Madrid | 15 Mar, 2018 | UEFA Europa League |
| W | Atletico Madrid | |
3-0 |  |
Celta Vigo | 11 Mar, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Atletico Madrid | |
3-0 | |
Lokomotiv Moscow | 8 Mar, 2018 | UEFA Europa League |
| L | Barcelona |  |
1-0 | |
Atletico Madrid | 4 Mar, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
Sporting CP
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Sporting CP |  |
2-0 |  |
Rio Ave | 18 Mar, 2018 | Portuguese Liga |
| L | Viktoria Plzen |  |
2-1 | |
Sporting CP | 15 Mar, 2018 | UEFA Europa League |
| W | GD Chaves |  |
1-2 | |
Sporting CP | 12 Mar, 2018 | Portuguese Liga |
| W | Sporting CP | |
2-0 | |
Viktoria Plzen | 8 Mar, 2018 | UEFA Europa League |
| L | FC Porto |  |
2-1 | |
Sporting CP | 2 Mar, 2018 | Portuguese Liga |
H2H
| DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting CP | |
2-2 | |
Atletico Madrid | 18 Mar, 2010 | UEFA Europa League |
| Atletico Madrid | |
0-0 | |
Sporting CP | 11 Mar, 2010 | UEFA Europa League |
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