Sporting beat Shakhtar 1-0 as Silva keeps clean sheet

Sporting edged Shakhtar 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in the Champions League. Issa Doumbia scored the only goal in the 59th minute, and Rui Silva made sure it held.

The first half passed without a goal. Neither side scored before the break. Then Doumbia broke through. He took a shot with his right foot from the centre of the box and sent it into the bottom right corner. Sporting led 1-0 and never gave it back.

Silva earned player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.0. He made 3 saves and kept the clean sheet. Kauã Elias led Shakhtar with 5 shots, but none beat Silva. Luis Suárez had 4 shots for Sporting, and Sergi Altimira completed 42 accurate passes and made 12 defensive interventions. Sporting moved to 3-0-1. Shakhtar fell to 1-1-2.

Chirp's Sim gave Shakhtar a 40% chance before the game.