Sporting CP host Lask Linz in matchday three of the Champions League

Austrian side Lask Linz visit Portugal's Sporting CP on 21 October 2026 at 22:00 Saudi time, in matchday three of the league phase of the Champions League for the 2026/27 season, with the match broadcast on beIN SPORTS.

Sporting CP top the standings in 6th place with 6 points from two wins in two matches, with a positive goal difference having scored 5 goals and conceded just one. In contrast, Lask Linz sit in 33rd place with no points after losing both their matches, having scored 3 goals and conceded 7.

Sporting CP go into the match after winning away to Lens 2-0 on 13 October 2026, and before that beating Galatasaray 3-1 on 9 September 2026. Lask Linz, meanwhile, lost 3-6 at home to Liverpool on 14 October 2026, and also lost 0-1 to AEK Athens on 8 September 2026.

The two sides have met on three previous occasions, with Lask Linz beating Sporting CP 4-1 on 1 October 2020, and also winning at home 3-0 on 12 December 2019, while Sporting CP won a previous meeting between them 2-1 on 3 October 2019.

Sporting CP will be without Nuno Santos, Rodrigo Salazar Martinez and Zeno Debast Coin due to injury.

Lask Linz are missing a larger number of players, with R. Haraçi, George Olusoji Bello, Moussa Osore and Sascha Horvath absent due to injury, in addition to the absence of K. Shikne and Art Smakaj for other reasons.