Result Sporting 1 – 1 Bologna, UEFA Champions League, Wednesday 29January 2025, Matchday 8
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57% Ball Possession SPORTING and 43% Ball Possession BOLOGNA
Sporting 1 – 1 Bologna 
77′ Conrad Harder 21′ Tommaso Pobega
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🔴🔵 Bologna, having already been eliminated, salute the UEFA Champions League Matchday 8 against Sporting Lisbon with a draw on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, Portugal. Following their 2-1 triumph over Borussia Dortmund on the last day of the group stage, Bologna has the chance to achieve back-to-back wins in UEFA competitions for the first time since the 1998-99 UEFA Cup, where they had a five-match winning streak. However, Bologna has yet to claim an away victory in the UEFA Champions League, with one draw and two losses. Will they manage to turn the tide in this match?
Bologna opened the scoring in the 21st minute when Tommaso Pobega found the net with a close-range header, directing the ball into the bottom left corner. The assist came from Sam Beukema after a corner was given away by Maximiliano Araújo.
Stats before the game
Sporting Lisbon and Bologna are set to clash in European competition for the first time since the 1998-99 UEFA Cup’s opening round, where Bologna triumphed over Sporting with a 4-1 aggregate score, winning both matches (0-2 away and 2-1 at home). Bologna has not lost in their last three encounters with Portuguese teams in European tournaments, boasting two wins and one draw, the latest being a 0-0 stalemate against Benfica during this season’s UEFA Champions League matchday six. In their last 24 home games in the UEFA Champions League, Sporting Lisbon has only drawn once (1-1 against Juventus in October 2017), achieving 12 victories and 11 defeats in that span.
Sporting Lisbon has faced a tough streak, losing their last game in each of their previous five UEFA Champions League campaigns, with four of those matches seeing them concede at least two goals. Their last victory in this competition dates back to the 2008-09 season, when they managed a 1-0 win against Basel.
On the other hand, Bologna has been quite active in the card department, racking up the highest number of yellow cards (23) in this UEFA Champions League, with 14 different players receiving bookings. In terms of goals, only Inter has had fewer total goals in their matches (nine) compared to Bologna’s 11, which includes three goals scored and eight conceded. Additionally, Bologna holds the record for the lowest conversion rate in the tournament at just 3.6%.
Player Stats
Viktor Gyökeres has become the Sporting Lisbon player to have scored the most goals (six) considering a single season of the European Cup/Champions League. On the other hand, no player from the Portuguese club has scored more goals in the current competition (six also Liedson).
Stefan Posch is the player with the highest figure combining tackles made and balls intercepted (36 resulting from 28 tackles and eight interceptions respectively) in this UEFA Champions League. In general, only Barcelona’s Marc Casadó (30) has made more tackles than Bologna’s Austrian (28) in the current tournament.
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2024 – 2025 UEFA Champions League
League Phase
Matchday 8
Result Sporting 1 – 1 Bologna 🔴🔵
Wednesday 29 January 2025
Estádio José Alvalade
Lisbon, Portugal
21:00
Referee: Benoît Bastien FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Hicham Zakrani FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Aurélien Berthomieu FRA
Fourth Official: Thomas Leonard FRA
VAR: Benoît Millot FRA
AVAR: Andrew Dallas SCO
Referee Observer: Levan Paniashvili GEO
⚽️ Goals: 21′ Tommaso Pobega (B), 77′ Conrad Harder (S)
🟨 Booked: 22′ Emil Holm (B), 41′ Sam Beukema (B), 43′ Zeno Debast (S), 44′ Samuel Iling-Junior (B), 56′ Charalampos Lykogiannis (B), 66′ João Simões (S), 72′ Martin Erlic (B), 87′ Morten Hjulmand (S), 93′ Geovany Quenda (S)
✅ Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
Lineup Sporting Lisbona (4-4-2): Israel; Fresneda, Diomande, Harder, Araújo; Catamo, Debast (49′ Simoes), Hjulmand, Bragança (62′ Quenda); Trincão (87′ Reis), Goncalo Inacio.
Coach: Borges
👉🔴🔵 Lineup BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Ravaglia; Holm (46′ Lykogiannis), Casale, Beukema (46′ Erlic), Miranda; Pobega, Ferguson (10′ Moro); Iling-Junior (79′ Dallinga), Fabbian (75′ Odgaard), Ndoye; Castro.
Coach: Vincenzo Italiano
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