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Champions League · League phase, matchday 3 Match report

Sporting CP 2-3 LASK: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

2-3Full time
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisboa

Our picks against the result

4 of 12 right

  • Result Sporting CP win84% 2-3
  • Double chance Sporting CP or draw (1X)94% 2-3
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.576% 5 goals
  • More corners Sporting CP82% Sporting CP (7-4)
  • Yellow cards Around average 7 yellow cards · league 3.6
  • Yellow cards 7 yellow cards 3.5 Over52% 4.5 Under68% 5.5 Under82%
  • Corners Around average 11 corners · league 9.8
  • Corners 11 corners 8.5 Over60% 9.5 Under51% 10.5 Under61%

Match stats

Sporting CP LASK
  • 2 Goals 3
  • 2 Yellow cards 5
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 7 Corners 4

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Sporting CP vs LASK opens the Champions League league phase matchday 3 at the Estádio José Alvalade on Wednesday 21 October 2026, and our model picks Sporting CP to win, with a Sporting win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model makes Sporting CP the pick, above all because of the distance between the two sides in our strength ratings: Sporting sit comfortably higher, while LASK rank clearly below the Champions League average at both ends of the pitch. The obvious caution is the head-to-head, which LASK have won twice in three meetings since 2010, 4‑1 in 2020 among them. That was a different LASK. Over their last five games they have conceded clearly more shots and big chances than the norm while creating little, and Sporting defend with order. Home advantage at the Alvalade confirms it, and the call is a clear one.

Form guide

Sporting CP

  • W 2-0 at Lens (A) Champions League · 13 Oct
  • W 3-1 at Braga (A) Liga Portugal · 9 Oct
  • D 2-2 vs Arouca (H) Liga Portugal · 19 Sep
  • D 1-1 at Famalicão (A) Liga Portugal · 13 Sep
  • W 3-1 vs Galatasaray (H) Champions League · 9 Sep

LASK

  • W 4-0 at Austria Lustenau (A) Bundesliga · 17 Oct
  • L 3-6 vs Liverpool (H) Champions League · 14 Oct
  • L 0-2 vs Rapid Wien (H) Bundesliga · 11 Oct
  • D 3-3 at Hartberg (A) Bundesliga · 20 Sep
  • L 1-2 at Sturm Graz (A) Bundesliga · 13 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Sporting CPLASK
Attack 71 6 2.5 goals per match this season1.5 goals per match this season
Defence 74 3 0.5 conceded per match this season3.5 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Champions League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

1Sporting CP wins
0draws
2LASK wins

3 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.

  • 1 Oct 2020 · Europa League Qualification Sporting CP 1-4 LASK
  • 12 Dec 2019 · Europa League LASK 3-0 Sporting CP
  • 3 Oct 2019 · Europa League Sporting CP 2-1 LASK

Champions League so far

Champions League records before the match
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6 Sporting CP 2 200 5:1 +4 6
33 LASK 2 002 3:7 -4 0

Positions in our table of 36 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Champions League, League phase, matchday 3
Kick-off
Venue
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisboa

Questions and answers

What was the score of Sporting CP vs LASK?

Sporting CP 2-3 LASK in the Champions League (League phase, matchday 3) on Wednesday 21 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Sporting CP vs LASK right?

No: our result pick was Sporting CP win, and the score after 90 minutes was 2-3. 4 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in Sporting CP vs LASK?

7 yellow cards (Sporting CP 2, LASK 5), no red cards and 11 corners (Sporting CP 7, LASK 4).

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