This will be the fifth meeting between Athletic Club and Sporting CP, with the most recent coming in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League semi-finals; Marcelo Bielsa’s Athletic won 4-3 on aggregate to reach the final, which remains one of only two European finals they’ve reached in their history (also the 1977 UEFA Cup).

The home team has won in all four meetings between Athletic Club and Sporting CP (two wins each), with Athletic’s two victories on home soil coming in November 1985 (2-1 in the UEFA Cup) and April 2012 (3-1 in the UEFA Europa League).