Arsenal vs Sporting

Arsenal take a step away from their fierce Premier League title chase to contest a key Europa League home match against Portuguese side Sporting CP at the ...

– They are hovering around 1/3 to win the match in most places, while Sporting sit as huge 7/1 underdogs. Sporting will, however, get Manuel Ugarte back from his first-leg suspension. Aside from a knock to Eddie Nketiah and the long-term absence of Mohamed Elneny, there are no injury concerns for Arsenal heading into this match. 120 mins to kick: The debate about tonight's team selection by Mikel Arteta is a fascinating one. Adan (GK) — 3. Thomas Partey, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, and Ben White are all rested, with a host of players coming into the side as they did in Portugal. Matheus — 10. Diomande — 47. Ramsdale (GK) — 18. Vieira — 9. Zinchenko — 24.

Minute-by-minute report: Who will win through to the quarter-finals after last week's draw in Portugal? Find out with Daniel Gallan.

[Sporting](https://www.theguardian.com/football/sporting-lisbon) have it back. [Arsenal](https://www.theguardian.com/football/arsenal) giving the ball away. Arsenal give the ball back twice in two minutes. Edwards is on side and is one on one with the Arsenal keeper. The set piece is fizzed in to the near post and it’s headed out for another. Still, they find a chance to shoot but it’s never troubling the Arsenal goal as Goncalves is leaning back throughout the strike. 77 min: Edwards has a cross blocked on the right but gets another chance to whip it in. As the captain is leaning back he can’t control his header and it’s out for a goal kick. St Juste finds Trincao and then carries on his run and almost gets the ball back in the Arsenal box. The Belgian drives to the byline and is tackled but The Arsenal keeper made up for it a while later as he got his face in the way of a firm shot from Edwards and Arsenal held on as their guests exerted themselves. [Sporting](https://www.theguardian.com/football/sporting-lisbon) roared back in the second period and bagged the equaliser with a simply stunning strike 46 metres out as Goncalves beat Ramsdale from over the horizon.

Get a report of the Arsenal vs. Sporting CP 2022-23 UEFA Europa League, Round of 16 football match.

Premier League leaders Arsenal, who are five points ahead of Man City in the table, are back in action on Sunday against Crystal Palace. But now we have to come back stronger and make sure we finish well in the league." [Manuel Ugarte](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/241468/Manuel-Ugarte) was sent off with a second yellow for his tackle on [Bukayo Saka](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/280555/Bukayo-Saka) as the match went to the penalty spot to be decided. "I think we did enough in some periods of the game, but for most of the game we were not at the level that we should be," Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard, who converted the first spot kick of the shootout, said after the match. [Marcus Edwards](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/225552/Marcus-Edwards) shot to the face, but the [England](/soccer/team?id=448) international was able to carry on after spending a few moments on his back. [Ben White](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/241077/Ben-White) coming on for [Takehiro Tomiyasu](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/238004/Takehiro-Tomiyasu) on nine minutes and [Rob Holding](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/218188/Rob-Holding) replacing [William Saliba](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/277385/William-Saliba) shortly after.