On the 16th of March, Arsenal and Sporting CP will play a match in London in a meeting of these two Europa League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Arsenal recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Fulham. Gabriel struck first for Arsenal in the 21st minute on a feed from Leandro Trossard, then Martinelli added another in the 26th minute on a feed from Leandro Trossard At the end of 90 a dissapointed Fulham couldn’t manage to score, and Arsenal took the shutout win. Arsenal is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while in Sporting CP’s last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Boavista. Nuno Santos scored the first goal for Sporting CP in the 17th minute, then Salvador Agra added another on an own goal in the 43rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Boavista couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting CP took the shutout win. Sporting CP is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
Sporting CP and Arsenal last played eachother at the Estádio José Alvalade on Mar 9th. Sporting CP and Arsenal battled to a 2-2 draw in front of just over 36000. William Saliba struck first for Arsenal in the 22nd minute, but Inacio got the equalizer for Sporting CP in the 34th minute .
Sporting CP’s most prolific scorer has been Paulinho. The Portugeese attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Martinelli has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Arsenal.