| 4¹ | The Sporting 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame shot from TRAORÉ. |
| 4¹ | ZAHA played the ball to TRAORÉ who fired it just wide. |
| 7¹ | TRAORÉ headed just beyond the near post. |
| 13¹ | The 'keeper saved a glorious shot from BRUNO GAMA. |
| 15¹ | A great effort from HÉLDER POSTIGA scraped the outside of the righthand post. |
| 16¹ | The bemused RUI PATRÍCIO stared in disbelief as a backpass from NUNO COELHO dropped just wide. |
| 18¹ | TRAORÉ stroked a simple chance past the lefthand post. |
| 22¹ | A drive from TRAORÉ seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to force the ball away. |
| 25¹ | A corner fell to TRAORÉ who nodded an effort over the bar. |
| 28¹ | GUZAN dived to his right to stop an accurate shot from Sporting's HÉLDER BARBOSA. |
| 38¹ | A mix up in the Sporting defence enabled HÜBSCHMAN to thump the ball inches over. |
| 43¹ | A perfect shot from TRAORÉ was dealt with by a fine stop from the 'keeper. |
| 45¹ | A poor strike from JOAQUÍN bounced agonisingly wide. |
| 2² | HÉLDER POSTIGA shot wide. |
| 5² | SIMÃO brought the ball past ARTETA and stabbed a poor shot past the post. |
| 12² | A free-kick from CLYNE flew over. |
| 13² | CLYNE stepped inside SIMÃO but shot the ball into the arms of RUI PATRÍCIO. |
| 13² | TRAORÉ's shot was well held by RUI PATRÍCIO. |
| 17² | A shot from ZHIRKOV was kicked off the line by BRUNO ALVES. |
| 24² | An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Sporting 'keeper by JOAQUÍN. |
| 38² | GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of JOAQUÍN who lashed the ball past the helpless Sporting 'keeper. (1-0 Newcastle United)| 41² | JOAQUÍN made space on the right and touched the ball to CARRICK who rasped the ball over. | |