Sporting Lisbon

Napoli vs Sporting Lisbon 2-1 Player Ratings Champions League- Hojlund, KDB, Hjulmand

Here is a look at the SSC Napoli vs SCP player ratings from their UCL game on 1 October 2025 from the Portuguese and Italian newspapers. Napoli beat Sporting CP 2-1, with Rasmus Hojlund, the Danish striker on loan at the Serie A outfit from Manchester United, playing a starring role for Antonio Conte’s men.

Napoli 2 (Hojlund*2)
Sporting CP 1 (Suarez pen)

Napoli vs Sporting Lisbon 2025 player ratings from O Jogo Newspaper

Portuguese sports paper O Jogo had Hojlund as the pick of the players in this Napoli SCP clash, giving him a 8/10. Not too far behind was Kevin de Bruyne, with the ex Man City star getting a 7/10.

SSC Napoli SCP Player Ratings 2025 UCL

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L’Equipe O Jogo Player Ratings Sporting Lisbon vs Arsenal 1-5- Gyokeres, Havertz, Gabriel & others

Here is a look at the player ratings for Sporting Lisbon vs Arsenal from the big continental newspapers following AFC’s 5-1 win in the Portuguese capital.

Sporting 1 (Inacio) Arsenal 5 (Martinelli, Havertz, Magalhaes, Saka pen, Trossard)

L’Equipe player ratings Sporting CP v Arsenal 1-5

The French newspaper is notoriously harsh with its player ratings, and Sporting managed a team rating of just 3.7/10. No SCP player got more than 5 in their player ratings, with Viktor Gyokeres, recently linked with Manchester United, given just a 3 by them.

Sporting vs Arsenal Player Ratings L'Equipe

On the Arsenal side, they had winger Saka and central defender Gabriel Magalhaes as the best outfield players against Sporting (8/10 rating). Manager Mikel Arteta also got a 8/10 from L’Equipe. Former Chelsea star Kai Havertz scored a goal, but was given a 6/10, with Arsenal’s starters getting a team rating of 6.7/10.

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Champions League Table After Week 4 (UCL 2024-25 League Phase Standings)

Here is a look at the UCL League Phase table for 24/25 after Round 4. Liverpool are now the only team with a 100% record- the Reds beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 at Anfield.

The top 4 teams after Match Day 4 has some interesting names after Liverpool in the form of Sporting Lisbon, AS Monaco and Brest. Sporting beat Manchester City 4-1 in a massive upset in Lisbon. Inter are the highest ranked Serie A team (5th) after beating Arsenal while Barca are sixth (they beat Red Star 5-2).

Aston Villa’s loss in Belgium to Brugge has seen them drop to 8th.

UCL League Phase table after MD4

(see UCL table after MD3 2024-25 for comparison)

Inter Milan vs Arsenal Standings Champions League

Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are perhaps the most shocking ones if you look at the table. If the league phase were to end today, both these two European giants wouldn’t qualify automatically- they’d have to go through a playoff and they’d be unseeded in it. The likes of Man City, Arsenal and Celtic would potentially be seeded as it stood today.

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