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Champions league: Sporting-Barcelona 0-1|As it happened...

Champions league: Sporting-Barcelona 0-1|As it happened...

Barcelona will be taking on Sporting tonight as they beat Juve by a 3-0 score line in matchday 1. Follow the game live with us here. 

MATCH PREVIEW:

- Sporting and Barcelona’s only previous Champions League encounter was in the 2008/09 group stages. The Catalans won both games, including a 5-2 victory in Lisbon.
- Sporting have won none of their six games against Spanish opposition in the Champions League (D1 L5), conceding 18 goals in those six outings. Meanwhile, Barcelona are unbeaten in their nine Champions League games against Portuguese opposition (W7 D2).
- Sporting have kept only one clean sheet in their last 15 Champions League games, that came against Legia Warsaw in September 2016 (2-0).
- Sporting have made it to the knockout stages of the Champions League only once in their previous seven campaigns. It was in 2008/09.
- Barcelona have won 14 of their last 17 Champions League group games (D2 L1). They have also scored in 44 of their last 45 group games, the only exception coming against Benfica in December 2012 (0-0) when Barça were already guaranteed of topping their group.
- However, Barcelona have lost four of their last six away games in the Champions League (W2), as many defeats as in their previous 15 games on the road.
- Lionel Messi has netted 96 goals in the Champions League, the second highest tally in the competition behind Cristiano Ronaldo (107). 12 of his last 13 goals in the competition have been scored in the group stages.

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