Champions League round of 16 first leg: Bodø/Glimt vs Sporting CP facts

Having got the better of last season's runners-up, Bodø/Glimt's spectacular UEFA Champions League debut continues with a round of 16 tie against Sporting CP.

The Norwegian side have won their last four games in the competition – having managed no victories in the first six – to claim 23rd place in the league phase, the penultimate qualifying berth, before ousting Inter in the knockout phase play-offs (3-1 h, 2-1 a).

Sporting were seventh in the league phase to progress to the round of 16 for the third time.

Last match

This is the teams' first meeting and also the first-ever European Cup tie between Norwegian and Portuguese clubs.

Bodø/Glimt have won both of their games against Portuguese sides, beating Porto 3-2 at home and Braga 2-1 away in the league phase of last season's UEFA Europa League.

Sporting have won five of their six previous matches against Norwegian teams (L1) including the last three, most recently beating Rosenborg home (1-0) and away (2-0) in the 2019/20 Europa League group stage.

The Lions' record in two-legged knockout ties against teams from Norway is W1 L1. They beat Lyn 7-0 on aggregate in the 1971/72 European Cup Winners' Cup first round (4-0 h, 3-0 a) but lost 1-3 to Viking at the same stage of the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup (0-3 a, 1-0 h).

Sporting have therefore kept five clean sheets in their six games against Norwegian clubs.

Bodø/Glimt

This is Bodø/Glimt's fourth Champions League campaign – all since 2021. They have reached the competition proper for the first time, the third Norwegian team to do so after Rosenborg (11 times) and Molde (once) and the first since Rosenborg in 2007/08.

Bodø/Glimt entered this season's Champions League in the play-offs, beating Sturm Graz 6-2 on aggregate (5-0 h, 1-2 a).

Sporting CP 

The Lions are making their 12th appearance in the Champions League proper, and a fourth in five seasons.

Sporting were 23rd in last season's league phase (W3 D2 L3), bowing out against Borussia Dortmund in the knockout phase play-offs (0-3 h, 0-0 a).

Key stats

Bodø/Glimt's win against Inter in the previous round made them the first Norwegian club to win a Champions League knockout phase tie. Rosenborg reached the quarter finals in 1996/97, when they advanced directly from the group stage.

The Norwegian side have won their last four Champions League matches, beating Manchester City (3-1 h), Atlético de Madrid (2-1 a) and Inter twice. They are the first Norwegian team to record four victories in a row in the Champions League proper.

Bodø/Glimt have scored two or more goals in eight of their ten games in the Champions League proper.

Glimt have won 12 of their last 17 home European matches (D1 L4).

Victory against Inter was Bodø/Glimt's seventh in their last nine two-legged European ties.

Bodø/Glimt have lost the first leg in only two of their last 16 European ties (W11 D3).

Jens Petter Hauge has six goals in ten Champions League appearances from Matchday 1 onwards.

Sporting have lost both their previous round of 16 ties – 1-12 on aggregate against Bayern in 2008/09 (0-5 h, 1-7 a), still the biggest margin of defeat in a Champions League tie, and 0-5 to Manchester City in 2021/22 (0-5 h, 0-0 a).

The Lisbon club have reached the European Cup quarter-finals only once, in 1982/83.

A 3-2 win at Athletic Club on Matchday 8 means Sporting have lost only two of their last nine Champions League matches (W5 D2).

Sporting have only failed to score in one of their last 14 away European games.