Juventus-Sporting CP 2-1 as it happened
- This will be the first competitive encounter between Juventus and Sporting CP.
- Juventus have won five of their seven home games against Portuguese opposition (D1 L1), in all competitions. The only defeat in that time came against Benfica in the semi-final of the 1967/68 European Cup, courtesy of a goal by Eusébio (0-1).
- Meanwhile, Sporting have never won an away game against Italian opposition in all competitions (D4 L10), keeping only one clean sheet in those 14 games.
- Juventus are unbeaten in their last 20 Champions League home games (W13 D7), their longest ever run without a defeat in the competition on home soil. Bayern Munich are the last team to beat them, back in April 2013 (2-0).
- Juventus have won 10 of their last 14 games in the competition (D2 L2).
- Juventus have made the knockout stages in four of the last five seasons, including the final in two of the last three campaigns.
- Meanwhile, Sporting have made it to the knockout stages of the Champions League only once in their previous seven campaigns. It was in 2008/09.
- Sporting have already won more away games this season (1) than they did over their previous two Champions League campaigns (0).
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