UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS José Alvalade - Lisbon Wednesday 22 November 2017 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Sporting Clube de Olympiacos FC Portugal Group D - Matchday 5 Last updated 19/12/2017 21:45CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Competition facts 16 Team facts 18 Legend 20 1 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Olympiacos FC Wednesday 22 November 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pardo 89, 90+3; Olympiacos FC - Sporting Clube Doumbia 2, Gelson 12/09/2017 GS 2-3 Piraeus de Portugal Martins 13, Bruno Fernandes 43 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Sporting Clube de Portugal 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 Olympiacos FC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Custódio 5, Douala Sporting Clube de Portugal - 04/11/2004 GS 4-1 Lisbon 38, Liedson 79, Hugo Panionios GSS Viana 81; Marcora 35 Olympiacos FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Domínguez 94 ET, 2-1 25/08/2016 PO Olympiacos FC - FC Arouca Piraeus Ideye 113 ET; Gegé agg 3-1 (aet) 80 18/08/2016 PO FC Arouca - Olympiacos FC 0-1 Arouca Sebá 27 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/2013 GS Olympiacos FC - SL Benfica 1-0 Piraeus Manolas 13 Cardozo 83; 23/10/2013 GS SL Benfica - Olympiacos FC 1-1 Lisbon Domínguez 29 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Galletti 1, Patsatzoglou 17, 27/11/2008 GS Olympiacos FC - SL Benfica 5-1 Piraeus Diogo 24, 53, Belluschi 44; David Luiz 33 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/11/1999 GS1 Olympiacos FC - FC Porto 1-0 Athens Giannakopoulos 56 Esquerdinha 6, Jardel 21/09/1999 GS1 FC Porto - Olympiacos FC 2-0 Porto 47 2 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Olympiacos FC Wednesday 22 November 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Gogić 18, P. 25/11/1998 GS Olympiacos FC - FC Porto 2-1 Athens Djordjević 55; Zahovič 76 Zahovič 65, Jardel 82; 16/09/1998 GS FC Porto - Olympiacos FC 2-2 Porto Giannakopoulos 86, Gogić 89 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Jardel 29, 52; 27/11/1997 GS FC Porto - Olympiacos FC 2-1 Porto Georgatos 25 17/09/1997 GS Olympiacos FC - FC Porto 1-0 Athens Giannakopoulos 6 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Filipović 17, 3-0 02/11/1983 R2 SL Benfica - Olympiacos FC Lisbon Diamantino 28, agg: 3-1 Manniche 76 19/10/1983 R2 Olympiacos FC - SL Benfica 1-0 Athens Anastopoulos 21 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 03/10/1973 R1 Olympiacos FC - SL Benfica Piraeus Nené 29 agg: 0-2 19/09/1973 R1 SL Benfica - Olympiacos FC 1-0 Lisbon Timula 53 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Sporting Clube de Portugal 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 7 3 Olympiacos FC 9 7 0 2 7 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 16 8 2 6 20 18 3 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Olympiacos FC Wednesday 22 November 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Match background Sporting Clube de Portugal welcome Olympiacos FC to Lisbon knowing that a point will prolong their European season. • The Portuguese side, who won 3-2 in Piraeus on matchday one, have four points to lie third in Group D, with FC Barcelona top on ten points, three ahead of Juventus. Sporting will remain in contention if they win but will be unable to be finish in the top two if they lose, or if they draw and Juve do not lose at home to Barça. A draw clinches at least third place for Sporting. • Olympiacos have picked up just one point from their four games so far and must win and hope Juventus lose to stay in contention for a top-two finish. If Olympiacos do not win they will finish fourth. Match background Sporting CP • Sporting's only experience of Greek opposition prior to matchday one was a 4-1 home win against Panionios GSS in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup group stage. • The Lisbon club have won only one of their last seven European home games, losing four. In Group D they were beaten 1-0 by Barcelona on matchday two before a 1-1 draw against Juventus in their most recent fixture. • The Portuguese team were 5-1 aggregate winners against Romania's FCSB in the play-offs, following up a 0-0 home draw with a 5-1 success in Bucharest. That victory in Romania ended Sporting's four-game losing streak in European away matches. • Sporting are in the group stage for a third time in four seasons. In 2016/17, they came fourth in their section behind Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid CF and Legia Warszawa. • Sporting qualified by finishing third in the Portuguese Liga in 2016/17. Olympiacos • The Greek outfit won on their last visit to Portugal, recording a 1-0 victory at FC Arouca in last season's UEFA Europa League play-offs – their first success in the country. They are unbeaten in their last two trips (W1 D1); overall, their record away to Portuguese clubs is W1 D2 L4. • Olympiacos succumbed 2-0 at Juventus on matchday two and went down 3-1 at Barcelona in their third fixture but have won three of their last six European away games, including the first two this season. In their last UEFA Champions League group campaign, in 2015/16, they won two of their three away fixtures. • Olympiacos opened this season with a 5-3 aggregate success over FK Partizan in the third qualifying round (3-1 away, 2-2 home). They then got the better of HNK Rijeka in the play-offs, coming through 2-1 at home and 1-0 away. • Olympiacos are in the group stage for an 18th time. They lost to Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC in last season's third qualifying round, the first time they had missed out on the UEFA Champions League group stage since 2010/11. • In 2016/17, the Greek side went on to make the UEFA Europa League round of 16, falling 5-2 on aggregate to Beşiktaş JK. • The Piraeus club earned a place in this season's qualifying rounds by lifting their 44th Greek championship in 2016/17 – their seventh in a row. Coach and player links • Has played in Greece: André Pinto (Panathinaikos FC, 2012/13) • Have played in Portugal: Diogo Figueiras (CD Pinhalnovense 2010/11, Paços Ferreira, 2011–13, Moreirense FC 2012) Sebá (FC Porto 2012/13, GD Estoril Praia 2013–15) Felipe Pardo (SC Braga 2013–15) Mehdi Carcela-González (SL Benfica, 2015/16) • Pardo faced Sporting five times while at Braga, losing four and also tasting defeat in the last as Braga lost the 2015 Portugual Cup final on penalties after a 2-2 draw. • Have played together: Bruno César & Sebá (Estoril, 2015) André Pinto & Felipe Pardo (Braga, 2014–15) André Pinto & Rodrigo Battaglia (Braga, 2013/14) André Pinto & Stefano Kapino (Panathinaikos, 2012/13) 4 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Olympiacos FC Wednesday 22 November 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Radosav Petrović & Jagoš Vuković (Serbia) Match facts Sporting CP • Sebastián Coates serves a suspension on matchday five. Marcos Acuña and Bruno Fernandes are both a booking away from a ban. • A penalty by Bruno Fernandes – his seventh goal of the season – in injury time saved the Lions from a first league defeat as they drew 2-2 at home to SC Braga on 5 November. • Sporting have won only two of their last seven games at home in all competitions (D4, L1). • Sporting have won only four of their last 11 games in all competitions (D5, L2), having started the season with eight wins in nine matches. • Sporting have scored 15 goals in 11 home games in all competitions this season; away from home they have 25 goals in nine matches. • Bas Dost has scored five goals in his last three league games and was also on target in Thursday's 2-0 Portuguese Cup round of 32 win against second-tier FC Famalicão. • Dost and Acuña were both substituted due to injury in the match against Braga. Dost started and scored on Thursday verus Famalicão but Acuña has been ruled out for the rest of the month with a thigh injury. • Jérémy Mathieu, William Carvalho and Cristiano Piccini have not played since the match against Rio Ave FC on 27 October due to injury through Fábio Coentrão made his first appearance since then against Famalicão. • Alan Ruiz returned from injury while Stefan Ristovski made his league debut against Braga.