Champions League Matchday 3: Sporting CP vs LASK facts

High-flying Sporting CP face point-less LASK in Lisbon on UEFA Champions League Matchday 3, although past fixtures between the clubs give the visitors grounds for optimism.

Previous meetings

LASK have won two of the teams' three fixtures. Each side was victorious at home in the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League group stage, Sporting triumphing 2-1 in Portugal and LASK prevailing 3-0 in Austria.

LASK then won 4-1 in Lisbon in a one-off 2020/21 Europa League qualifying play-off tie.

Those three games are LASK's only fixtures against a Portuguese club.

Sporting have won their last three games against teams from Austria, all against Sturm Graz – most recently 2-0 in Austria on Matchday 3 of the 2024/25 Champions League.

Sporting have won six of their seven home matches against Austrian clubs, the sole defeat that 2020 loss to LASK.

Form guide

Sporting CP

The Lions are making their 13th appearance in the Champions League proper, and a fifth in six seasons.

Sporting were seventh in last season's league phase (W5 D1 L2) and beat Bodø/Glimt in a remarkable round of 16 tie (0-3 a, 5-0 h aet) before bowing out against eventual runners-up Arsenal in the quarter-finals (0-1 aggregate), equalling their longest European Cup run.

LASK

This is only LASK's third European Cup campaign. They lost 2-5 on aggregate against Górnik Zabrze in the 1965/66 preliminary round and beat Basel 5-2 on aggregate in the 2019/20 third qualifying round before going down 1-3 to Club Brugge in the play-off round (0-1 h, 1-2 a).

LASK are the fifth Austrian club to feature in the Champions League proper, after Salzburg, Sturm Graz, Rapid Wien and Austria Wien.

Links and trivia

Sporting have won their last four league phase matches, beating Galatasaray (3-1 h) and Lens (2-0 a) this season.

The win against Galatasaray was Sporting's fifth in succession at home in the league phase.

Sporting have scored in their last 20 group stage/league phase matches.

None of Sporting's last 62 Champions League group stage/league phase matches has finished goalless, going back to a 0-0 draw at Bayern München in October 2006.

There have been goals in Sporting's last 43 home European games, since a 0-0 home draw with FCSB in the 2017/18 Champions League qualifying play-offs.

Luis Suárez has scored in both of Sporting's league phase matches this season.

LASK have won only one of their last 14 European matches (D4 L9), going down 3-6 at home to Liverpool on Matchday 2.

The Austrian club lost 0-1 at AEK Athens in their first fixture, their ninth successive away European defeat; they are without a win in 11 away matches (D1 L10).

LASK reached this stage for the first time with a remarkable comeback victory against Celtic in the play-off round (0-3 a, 5-1 h aet).

That second-leg success is LASK's only win in 14 European games (D4 L9).

LASK are also without a win in their last ten group stage/league phase fixtures in UEFA competition.