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0¹ A right foot effort from BIERETH was tipped over by the 'keeper. 7¹ MAREGA's shot was well held by TURNER. 13¹ GOAL!! A delightful shot from PIZZI was pushed away by the 'keeper only as far as MITOMA who blasted the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (1-0 Sporting) 17¹ ALEXSANDRO headed over. 20¹ A clever cross from RAFA was flicked goalbound by ANDERSON TALISCA only for the Arsenal 'keeper to palm clear. 23¹ A cross from PIZZI left MITOMA in lots of space but he fluffed his shot. 25¹ GOAL!! An imaginative PABLO played a delightful ball down the right to GREALISH who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (1-1) 33¹ MKHITARYAN touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Sporting 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. 33¹ A corner bobbled toward MKHITARYAN who forced an effort just beyond the far post. 37¹ The bemused Sporting 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from DANIEL BRAGANÇA fell just wide. 39¹ GREALISH fluffed a simple chance. 40¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in GREALISH driving the ball wide. 40¹ A great effort from DE WINTER scraped the upright. 3² RUI SILVA dived to his right to stop an accurate drive from Arsenal's MARCOS ALONSO. 17² GOAL!! A long clearance by the Arsenal 'keeper beat the Sporting defence and GREALISH fired the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (2-1 Arsenal) 19² The Arsenal 'keeper saved a neatly crafted strike from ANDERSON TALISCA. 20² GREALISH ran onto a wonderful ball from FÁBIO VIEIRA but dragged his effort wide of the lefthand post. 23² DANIEL BRAGANÇA was put clear by MAREGA and he pulled away from TURNER but rammed his shot just beyond the near post. 24² JOSÉ MARSÀ stroked a simple chance past the near post. 29² MAYORAL's header was well saved by RUI SILVA. 35² The Sporting 'keeper managed to block a wicked effort. 43² A perfect shot from PABLO was dealt with by a useful parry from the Sporting 'keeper.

Sporting   League position: 8 Home league form: XWWW Overall league form: XXLLWWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups RUI Tiago SILVA 7  1 6½ Matt TURNER GENY Cipriano CATAMO 7  2 8  Neco WILLIAMS JOSÉ Martínez MARSÀ 6  3 8  MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza DANIEL Santos BRAGANÇA 7  4 8½ Granit XHAKA ALEXSANDRO Victor 6½ 5 7  PABLO Mari TOMÁS Lemos ARAÚJO 6½ 6 6½ Koni DE WINTER PIZZI 6  7 7  FÁBIO Daniel VIEIRA Kaoru MITOMA 7  8 7  Jack GREALISH (p)ANDERSON TALISCA 6½ 9 7  Mika BIERETH(p) (c,f)RAFA 5½ 10 7½ Henrikh MKHITARYAN(c,f) Moussa MAREGA 6½ 11 6½ Borja MAYORAL Manager Roman EREMENKO    12    Daniel BALLARD Franco ISRAEL    13    Sam JOHNSTONE MATTHEUS de Andrade    14    Christoph KRAMER TONI    15    ANDRÉ Filipe HORTA Sebastián COATES    16    Folarin BALOGUN

Arsenal   League position: 19 Away league form: XWOL Overall league form: XXXWXOXL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Sporting 1 Arsenal 2 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 51,999, Stadium: José Alvalade XXI, Referee: Aron Huzu 7½) Mitoma 13¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Grealish 25¹, Grealish 17²             0 3 3 6 0 1 5 9 7 8 12 17 4 7 50% 50% ¶ Man of the match: Granit Xhaka ¶