Sporting CP have never beaten Arsenal in seven attempts (D4 L3), including a 5-1 home loss in last season’s UEFA Champions League. However, they did eliminate Arsenal from the 2022-23 UEFA Europa League via penalty shootout.
Arsenal have never won away against Portuguese opposition in the knockout stages of a major European competition before (D4 L2), most recently a 1-0 loss at FC Porto in the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League last 16.
This is just Sporting CP’s second appearance in the UEFA European Cup/Champions League quarter-final stage, previously being eliminated by Real Sociedad in 1982-83.
Arsenal have been eliminated from five of their eight UEFA Champions League quarter-final ties. However, they beat Real Madrid at this stage last season and are looking to reach the semi-finals in consecutive campaigns for the first time.
Sporting CP have won all five of their home games in the UEFA Champions League this season, with this the longest home winning streak by a Portuguese side in the competition since FC Porto in December 1999 (6).
Arsenal have the lowest per game averages in the UEFA Champions League this season for goals conceded (0.5), xG against (0.75) and shots on target faced (2.7), while they have also trailed for the fewest minutes of any team in this edition (42:48, all in their round of 16 first leg v Bayer Leverkusen).
Luis Suárez has scored five goals for Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League this season, and could equal the club record for most goals in a single European Cup/Champions League campaign, set by Viktor Gyökeres in 2024-25 (6).
Arsenal striker Viktor Gyökeres scored six goals in eight appearances for Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League last season. He could become the first player to score both for and against the Portuguese side in the competition.
Sporting CP’s Gonçalo Inácio made 41 line-breaking passes across both games against Bodø/Glimt in the previous round (last 16); the most by any player in a knockout stage tie in the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League so far.
Based on the xG of shots on target faced (excl. own goals), Arsenal’s David Raya has prevented more goals than any other goalkeeper in the UEFA Champions League since the start of last season (+7.4 – 12 conceded from 19.4 xG on target).