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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xG Sporting Lisbon vs Manchester City Champions League | Expected Goals SCP 4-1 MCFC Match Stats

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Sporting vs Man City in the Champions League (Attendance 47,453) on 5 November, 2024. A stunning 4-1 win for SCP despite having less than 30% of possession.

xG Sporting 2.39-1.91 Man City shots map (Actual score SCP 4-1 MCI)

0-1 Foden goal vs Sporting xG 0.07
1-0 Gyokeres goal vs Man City xG 0.08
2-1 Araujo goal vs Man City xG 0.31
3-1 Gyokeres penalty goal vs Man City xG 0.80
4-1 Gyokeres penalty goal vs v Man City xG 0.80

xG Sporting Lisbon vs Man City Champions League 2024

Man City also had a missed penalty through Haaland in this game.

Sporting vs Manchester City 4-1 Match Stats UCL

(Sporting stats on left; Man City on right)

Sporting finished with 9 shots in total (only 3 in the first half). Man City had a whopping 73% of possession and had 20 shots to Sporting’s 9. 11 corners for MCFC to SCP’s 1.

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