Sporting's hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout stage suffer a blow as they are beaten by already-eliminated RB Leipzig in Germany.

RB Leipzig battled past visitors Sporting 2-1 on Wednesday to earn their first victory in seven Champions League matches and dent their opponents' hopes of a top eight finish.

RB Leipzig is still winless in the competition and sits at 0-0-6 with no chance of advancing. Sporting CP has lost two straight in Champions League play and dropped to the unseeded section of those who will advance to the knockout phase. When: Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 12:45 p.m. EST

No team have ever lost four times in the same Champions League season after scoring first, though, and Leipzig ensured that remained the case despite seeing Sesko's opener cancelled out

It may be too late, but RB Leipzig bagged their first points of their Champions League campaign with victory over Sporting Lisbon this evening. The 8th-minute brought about the first significant

Leipzig will be looking to end their Champions League nightmare on a high note and welcome a Sporting side finding their feet in a post-Ruben Amorim era

A first win in seven attempts gave RB Leipzig belated joy against Sporting CP, who now themselves potentially face European elimination.

With just over an hour to go until kick-off, RB Leipzig head coach Marco Rose has announced his starting eleven to take on a talented Sporting Lisbon side. The team from the Portuguese capital are

Leipzig looked to double their lead on the half-hour when Raum rattled the net but a VAR check spotted Openda interfering with Fresneda in an offside position. Aside from a small period of domination for the Portuguese visitors, Leipzig controlled swathes of the action with Christoph Baumgartner and Xavi Simons impressive.