Article by Alexandru Tomutiu, Mihai Șovei – Published Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 9:02 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
Arsenal and Sporting Lisbon will face each other from 22:00, in the second leg of the Champions League. The match will be on TV on Prima Sport 2 and Digi Sport 2.
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In the round match, Arsenal prevailed in Lisbon with a score of 1-0.
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The team that will qualify will play in the semi-finals against Atletico Madrid, who eliminated Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate.
The match will be played at Arsenal's home Emirates Stadium and will be officiated by French referee François Letexier.
LIVE 22:00 » Arsenal – Sporting
Arsenal – Sporting, starting teams:
Arsenal: Raya – Mosquera, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie – Zubimendi, Rice – Madueke, Eze, Martinelli – Gyokeres
Reserves: Arrizabalaga, Setford, White, Jesus, Norgaard, Trossard, Havertz, Dudziak, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman, Salmon
Coach: Mikel Arteta
Sporting: Silva – Eduardo Quaresma, Diomande, Inacio, Araujo – Morita, Hjulmand – Catamo, Trincao, Goncalves – Suarez
Reserves: Joao Virginia, Debast, Geovany Quenda, Vagiannidis, Kochorashvili, Faye, Daniel Braganca, Joao Simoes, Flavio Goncalves, Salvador Blopa, Rafael Nel, Ricardo Mangas
Coach: Rui Borges
Arsenal have managed an impressive performance in the Champions League so far, with 10 wins and just one draw against Bayer Leverkusen.
History is also on their side in this competition as the Gunners have advanced in 17 of their 18 European matches after winning the first leg away from home.
However, Mikel Arteta's side have shown weakness recently, losing at home to Bournemouth in the Premier League at the weekend and making it three defeats in their last four games in all competitions.
Sporting, on the other hand, are in good form with four wins in their last five games. In Portugal, the team is five points behind leaders Porto.
Mikel Arteta faces numerous problems as Declan Rice, Jurrien Timber, Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Ricardo Calafiori did not train yesterday, and of course Mikel Merino, who underwent surgery in February and is almost certain to miss the rest of the season.
