Head-to-Head: Sporting CP vs Lask Linz

Sporting CP and Lask Linz have already produced a European exchange that changed direction quickly. Sporting CP won 2-1 in Lisbon on 3 October 2019, but Lask Linz answered with a 3-0 home victory in December and a 4-1 away win in October 2020. Lask therefore hold the stronger balance, while Sporting’s opening success keeps the pairing from looking entirely one-sided.

Upcoming matches, Sporting CP vs Lask Linz

21 October 2026 - 19:00 Group Stage

Sporting CP

VS

Lask Linz

Past matches, Sporting CP vs Lask Linz

1 October 2020 Play-offs

Sporting CP

1 - 4

Lask Linz

Estádio da Luz
12 December 2019 Group Stage - 6

Lask Linz

3 - 0

Sporting CP

Linzer Stadion
3 October 2019 Group Stage - 2

Sporting CP

2 - 1

Lask Linz

Estádio da Luz

Match center

Sporting CP

1 - 4

1 October 2020

Lask Linz

Starting eleven

Substitutes Sporting CP

28
M
9
F
55
D
68
M
52
D
81
G
72
D

Lask Linz Substitutes

20
D
30
M
31
G
36
D
15
M
33
M
11

Match events

45'

90'

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14'
⚽

G. Trauner Normal Goal (Asst: A. Gruber)
25'

Luís Neto Yellow Card
36'

Pedro Porro Yellow Card
42'
⚽

Tiago Tomás Normal Goal (Asst: Nuno Santos)
58'
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M. Raguž Normal Goal (Asst: R. Ranftl)
63'

Sebastián Coates Red Card
65'
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P. Michorl Normal Goal
67'

Pote L. Vietto
68'
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A. Gruber Normal Goal (Asst: P. Filipović)
71'

A. Šporar Matheus Nunes
74'

P. Plojer A. Gruber
78'

Antunes Nuno Santos
78'

A. Andrade P. Filipović
87'

L. Grgic P. Michorl
90'

Pedro Gonçalves Yellow Card

Matchup Sporting CP VS Lask Linz

A sharp change in direction

The opening chapter favoured Sporting CP, who defeated Lask Linz 2-1 in the UEFA Europa League group stage on 3 October 2019. The margin was narrow and left the Austrian side within reach of an answer. Lask supplied that response at Linzer Stadion on 12 December, winning 3-0 and turning the balance towards their side before the teams met again.

Lask’s stronger reply

The next meeting, a Europa League play-off at the Estádio da Luz on 1 October 2020, reinforced Lask’s position. Their 4-1 victory showed that the earlier home win was not the only occasion on which they could separate themselves from Sporting CP. The sequence therefore contains both a Sporting success and two Lask wins, with no need to claim a permanent hierarchy beyond those scorelines. The lasting question is whether Sporting can restore the tighter margin of 2019, or whether Lask can carry their more forceful response into another setting.