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Commentary
1¹STRAKOSHA parried a neatly crafted strike from HIGUAÍN.
4¹PIZZI beat GOLDSON and whacked the ball to RAFA who fumbled his shot wide.
6¹GOAL!! HIGUAÍN hit a swerving twenty-five yard shot past the stunned STRAKOSHA. (1-0 Sporting)
9¹HIGUAÍN was put clear by PIZZI and he pulled away from the 'keeper but drilled his shot just wide.
11¹A weak strike from MAREGA rolled agonisingly wide.
13¹A fine ball from ALBIOL on the right found GELSON MARTINS who mishit his effort over the bar.
17¹MAREGA's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Rangers woodwork.
19¹A free-kick from LUCAS floated over.
37¹RAFA steamed through the Rangers defence but shot straight at STRAKOSHA.
44¹GOAL!! A cross from REBIC was touched away by DANIEL BRAGANÇA only for KALAJDZIC to drill the ball back into the box for GELSON MARTINS to force over the line. (1-1)
45¹RAFA fired a deadly shot over the bar from close range.
2²GELSON MARTINS rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
3²A mix up in the Sporting defence enabled KEÏTA to volley an effort just wide.
7²GOAL!! A deep cross from BELLERÍN on the left was headed home by GELSON MARTINS at the near post. (2-1 Rangers)
16²The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from VITINHA fell just over.
17²LUCAS flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
18²GOAL!! A Rangers counter-attack allowed KALAJDZIC to setup ADLI with an easy goal. (3-1 Rangers)
20²DOUMBIA beat two Rangers players and slammed an effort just beyond the far post.
23²An exceptional strike from GELSON MARTINS was dealt with by a good parry from the 'keeper.
29²GOAL!! HIGUAÍN rifled a penalty past the Rangers 'keeper after COLAK had handled just inside the area. (3-2 Rangers)
33²REBIC rushed a simple chance.
35²RAFA headed over.

 
Sporting
 
League position: 5
Home league form: XLXW
Overall league form: LXXLXWXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
RUI Tiago SILVA6 15½Thomas STRAKOSHA
(c)DANI ALVES7½27½LUCAS Vázquez
NUNO Alexandre MENDES8 36½Héctor BELLERÍN
VITINHA7½47 Yacine ADLI
Sebastián COATES6 57 Raúl ALBIOL(c)
TOMÁS Lemos ARAÚJO6 66 Connor GOLDSON
PIZZI6½76 Naby KEÏTA
RAFA7 87 GELSON Dany MARTINS
(p)Gonzalo HIGUAÍN6½96½Sasa KALAJDZIC(p)
(f)DANIEL Santos BRAGANÇA8 106 Antonio COLAK(f)
Moussa MAREGA7½116 Ante REBIC
Manager
TONI  12  James TAVERNIER
LUIS Manuel MAXIMIANO  13  Robby McCRORIE
JOSÉ Martínez MARSÀ  14  Kevin STROOTMAN
Jonathan SILVA  15  Francis AMUZU
Idrissa DOUMBIA7 16  André CASTRO
 
Rangers
 
League position: 20
Away league form: XLLX
Overall league form: XXLLLXLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Sporting 2 Rangers 3
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 36,352, Stadium: José Alvalade XXI, Referee: Massimo de Martis 9½)

Higuaín 6¹, Higuaín 29² (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Gelson Martins 44¹, Gelson Martins 7², Adli 18²
CoatesóDoumbia 4² 
  
  
42
69
41
68
87
1415
45
53%47%
Man of the match: Nuno Alexandre Mendes