What time do Sporting CP play?

• Friday 21:15WET/WEST (same as UK)
• Saturday 18:00WET/WEST (same as UK)
• Saturday 20:30WET/WEST (same as UK)
• Sunday 17:30WET/WEST (same as UK)
• Sunday 20:00WET/WEST (same as UK)

Sporting CP play at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, a 50,000-seat ground rebuilt for Euro 2004. As one of Portugal's 'Big Three' alongside Benfica and Porto, Sporting's televised matches tend to land in Primeira Liga's prime-time Sunday evening slot.

Renowned above all for a youth academy that produced Cristiano Ronaldo and Luís Figo, Sporting blend a proud developmental tradition with recent domestic success, and their lion crest gives the club its 'Leões' nickname. The Lisbon derby against Benfica is the fixture that most electrifies the capital and is always given a headline broadcast slot. Sharing the UK clock, Sporting's Sunday-evening kick-offs mirror the pattern of their city rivals: comfortable for European and North American viewers in the earlier windows, but a late-night or early-morning proposition for those following the Leões from India, Southeast Asia or Australia. Either way, the wall of green and white inside the José Alvalade makes a Sporting home match one of Lisbon's great occasions.