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Commentary
6¹DI MARÍA was put clear by RÚBEN NEVES and he dummied the Sporting 'keeper but glanced his shot over the bar.
9¹A free-kick from DI MARÍA floated over.
17¹A cross from VEERMAN left DI MARÍA in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
20¹ZUBIMENDI beat GIBBS-WHITE and blasted the ball to NICO WILLIAMS who blasted his shot wide.
27¹BLANKENSTEIN cautions BENZEMA for violent conduct against HØJLUND.
28¹An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the 'keeper by ZUBIMENDI.
30¹GOAL!! With his back to goal NICO WILLIAMS turned and poked the ball past NEUER. (1-0 Sporting)
32¹An exceptional effort from RÚBEN NEVES scraped the top of the crossbar.
34¹BENZEMA's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
39¹RÚBEN NEVES receives a yellow card for a bad foul on DOUGLAS LUIZ.
43¹GOAL!! After being forced wide NICO WILLIAMS was able to hammer the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (2-0 Sporting)
2²A penalty box meleé resulted in HØJLUND cracking a low shot over.
4²HØJLUND played the ball to NICO WILLIAMS who forced it inches over.
5²GOAL!! The creative DI MARÍA neatly flicked on a cross for BENZEMA to thump the ball in. (2-1 Sporting)
7²NICO WILLIAMS shot over.
10²NICO WILLIAMS fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
22²NICO WILLIAMS dribbled away from DE VRIJ and flicked a tame shot into the crowd.
28²McTOMINAY ran onto a wonderful ball from DOUGLAS LUIZ but fired his effort wide.
29²KONSA beat two FC Basel players and fired a great chance inches over.
33²ZUBIMENDI made space on the left and dragged the ball to HØJLUND who fired the ball wide.
34²A accurate pass bobbled toward McTOMINAY and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
39²DIOGO DALOT nodded the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.

 
Sporting
 
League position: 7
Home league form: WWW-
Overall league form: LWLWWLW-
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Thibaut COURTOIS7 16½Manuel NEUER(c)
(c)José DIOGO DALOT7½27 Thilo KEHRER
JOÃO Pedro CANCELO7½37½Daley BLIND
DOUGLAS LUIZ Soares7½46½Joey VEERMAN
Ezri KONSA7½57 Stefan DE VRIJ
John STONES6½66½Mats HUMMELS
Martín ZUBIMENDI7 76½Morgan GIBBS-WHITE
Scott McTOMINAY7 86½Ángel DI MARÍA
(p)Rasmus HØJLUND7 96½Karim BENZEMA(p)
Paulo DYBALA5½106½RÚBEN Diogo NEVES(f)
(f)NICO WILLIAMS6½116 Nelson WEIPER
John PickfordManager
Giorgio SCALVINI  12  Alexis SAELEMAEKERS
Gregor KOBEL  13  Yann SOMMER
GONÇALO Matias RAMOS  14  Roger IBAÑEZ
Raúl ASENCIO  15  Ian SUBIABRE
ÁLEX BAENA  16  Matteo POLITANO
 
FC Basel
 
League position: 4
Away league form: WWW-
Overall league form: XWWWWXW-
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Sporting 2 FC Basel 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 74,210, Stadium: José Alvalade XXI, Referee: John Blankenstein 7½)

Nico Williams 30¹, Nico Williams 43¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Benzema 5²
  
  
 Benzema 27¹, Rúben Neves 39¹
03
1220
22
54
117
1611
23
54%46%
Man of the match: Daley Blind