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FC Barcelone 3-1 Sporting - September 16, 2008 / Ligue des Champions 2008/2009

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Ligue des Champions 2008/2009 - Groupe C

Camp Nou - Barcelone - Spain

September 16, 2008

FC Barcelone

Spain

3 - 1

Sporting

Portugal

Assist by Xavi (header) Rafa Márquez

21'

(penalty) Samuel Eto'o

60'

Assist by Andrés Iniesta (right foot) Xavi

87'

72'

Tonel (right foot)

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21' - Goal Rafa Márquez21

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60' - Goal Samuel Eto'o60

62' - Substitution Yannick Djalóis substituted by Hélder Postiga

66' - Substitution Samuel Eto'ois substituted by Yaya Touré66

66' - Substitution Leandro Romagnoliis substituted by Miguel Veloso

72' - Goal Tonel

75' - Substitution Thierry Henryis substituted by Pedro75

79' - Substitution Marco Caneirais substituted by Bruno Pereirinha

87' - Goal Xavi87

89' - Substitution Carles Puyolis substituted by Sylvinho89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelone

3 - 1

Sporting

FC Barcelone Sporting

Team line-ups

FC Barcelone

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Eto'o6066

Samuel Eto'o

Cameroon

B.date10/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m80

positionStriker

14Henry75

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m88

positionStriker

10Messi

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age21 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

8Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

6Xavi87

Xavi

Spain

B.date25/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

15Keita

Seydou Keita

Mali

B.date16/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

5Puyol89

Carles Puyol

Spain

B.date13/04/1978

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

4Márquez21

Rafa Márquez

Mexico

B.date13/02/1979

Age29 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

3Piqué

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

20Alves

Dani Alves

Brazil

B.date06/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Víctor Valdés		26	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Carles Puyol	89	30	400	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gerard Piqué		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Rafa Márquez	21	29	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Dani Alves		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Xavi	87	28	425	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Seydou Keita		28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Andrés Iniesta		24	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Samuel Eto'o	6066	27	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Thierry Henry	75	31	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Lionel Messi		21	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

167

Sporting

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Djaló62

Yannick Djaló

Portugal

B.date05/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m71

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

11Derlei

Derlei

Brazil

B.date14/07/1975

Age33 years

H1m75

positionStriker

30Romagnoli66

Leandro Romagnoli

Argentina

B.date17/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m72

positionOffensive Midfielder

7Izmaylov

Marat Izmaylov

Russia

B.date21/09/1982

Age25 years

H1m72

positionRight Midfielder

26Rochemback

Fábio Rochemback

Brazil

B.date10/12/1981

Age26 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

28Moutinho

João Moutinho

Portugal

B.date08/09/1986

Age22 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

12Caneira79

Marco Caneira

Portugal

B.date09/02/1979

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

13Tonel72

Tonel

Portugal

B.date13/04/1980

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

4Polga

Anderson Polga

Brazil

B.date09/02/1979

Age29 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

78Abel

Abel

Portugal

B.date22/12/1978

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

1Patricio

Rui Patricio

Portugal

B.date15/02/1988

Age20 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Rui Patricio		20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Marco Caneira	79	29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Anderson Polga		29	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Tonel	72	28	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
78	D	Abel		29	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Fábio Rochemback		26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	João Moutinho		22	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Marat Izmaylov		25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Leandro Romagnoli	66	27	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Yannick Djaló	62	22	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Derlei		33	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	D	Sylvinho	89	34	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Yaya Touré	66	25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Pedro	75	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
24	M	Miguel Veloso	66	22	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Bruno Pereirinha	79	20	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Hélder Postiga	62	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Thierry Henry

Alexander Hleb

OUT

Lionel Messi

Pedro

OUT

Rafa Márquez

Éric Abidal

OUT

Andrés Iniesta

Sergio Busquets

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Anderson Polga

Hélder Postiga

OUT

Yannick Djaló

Leandro Grimi

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Josep Guardiola

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Guardiola vs Sporting

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 16, 2008

Guardiola vs Paulo Bento

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 16, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Paulo Bento

134

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

62 %

Paulo Bento vs FC Barcelone

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 16, 2008

Paulo Bento vs Guardiola

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 16, 2008

Referee

Laurent Duhamel

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	FC Barcelone2 matches	General total	Sporting2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelone1 match	Season total	Sporting1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 20, 2009					Latest figure on September 16, 2008

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Sporting after 7 consecutive wins (since 27/04/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 28/01/2006-19/03/2006 (10 matches).

Abel played his game number 100 in his professional career with Sporting Lisbonne

FC Barcelone keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Sporting running (since 22/10/1986). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DFC Barcelone 0-0 Espanyol19/04/2008

DFC Barcelone 0-0 Manchester United23/04/2008

VFC Barcelone 6-0 Valencia CF04/05/2008

LFC Barcelone 2-3 Mallorca11/05/2008

VFC Barcelone 4-0 Wisla Krakow13/08/2008

DFC Barcelone 1-1 Racing Santander13/09/2008

Overall

LFC Barcelone 2-3 Mallorca11/05/2008

VMurcia 3-5 FC Barcelone17/05/2008

VFC Barcelone 4-0 Wisla Krakow13/08/2008

LWisla Krakow 1-0 FC Barcelone26/08/2008

LNumancia 1-0 FC Barcelone31/08/2008

DFC Barcelone 1-1 Racing Santander13/09/2008

Current form

Away

LVitória Guimarães 2-0 Sporting Lisbonne09/03/2008

VNaval 1 de Maio 1-4 Sporting Lisbonne30/03/2008

DGlasgow Rangers 0-0 Sporting Lisbonne03/04/2008

LLeiria 4-1 Sporting Lisbonne20/04/2008

VPaços de Ferreira 0-1 Sporting Lisbonne04/05/2008

VBraga 0-1 Sporting Lisbonne01/09/2008

Overall

VPaços de Ferreira 0-1 Sporting Lisbonne04/05/2008

VSporting Lisbonne 2-1 Boavista11/05/2008

VFC Porto 0-2 Sporting Lisbonne18/05/2008

VFC Porto 0-2 Sporting Lisbonne16/08/2008

VSporting Lisbonne 3-1 Trofense23/08/2008

VBraga 0-1 Sporting Lisbonne01/09/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	7
Unbeaten streak	2	7
Drawless streak	3	12
Scoring streak	3	10
Invincibility streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	29
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	0
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
4-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Samuel Eto'o	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Samuel Eto'o	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Thierry Henry	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	-
Thierry Henry	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	-
Samuel Eto'o	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	October 22, 1986
Home	1 - 0	October 22, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	November 05, 1986
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

November 05, 1986 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 1986/1987

Sporting

2 - 1

FC Barcelone logo FC Barcelone

October 22, 1986 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 1986/1987

FC Barcelone

1 - 0

Sporting

Best historical scorers against Sporting

	Julio Alberto	1 goal	1986 - 1986
	Roberto	1 goal	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1986. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelone

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/10/1986. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sporting

Gary Lineker	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Angel Pedraza	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Andoni Zubizarreta	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Julio Alberto	2 matches	1986 - 1986
Esteban Vigo	2 matches	1986 - 1986
José Moratalla	2 matches	1986 - 1986