STATS & FACTS | JUVENTUS - SPORTING CP | EUROPA LEAGUE

Juventus and Sporting meet this evening for just the second time. The only previous match was in the 2017/18 Champions League group stage, with the Bianconeri remaining unbeaten over the two games.

Below are the key statistics before the sides kick off at 21:00 CEST at Allianz Stadium.

• Juventus are unbeaten in 14 of their 21 matches against Portuguese opponents in European competition, winning 11 of them - the last of which dates back to the 2020/21 Champions League round of 16 second leg, against Porto.
• Sporting CP have failed to win any of their 15 away games, losing 11, against Italian sides in European competition.
• Considering only the UEFA Cup/Europa League, Juve are unbeaten in four of their six ties against Portuguese opponents, keeping a clean sheet in half of them, including the most recent (0-0 vs Benfica on 1 May 2014).
• Sporting have lost just one of their last six away games in Europe, keeping three clean sheets in this period. The Portuguese are unbeaten in three away games and have not gone four straight without defeat away from home in European competition since February 2019.
• Since Juventus entered the Europa League in the play-off round, the Bianconeri have attempted 32 shots on target, at least five more than any other team and almost double that of Sporting over the same period (17).
• Ángel Di María has scored four goals in European competition this season for Juventus - equalling his best tally in a single season in major European competition in 2016-17.