Sporting Lisbon enter their clash with Sturm Graz in the Europa League on Thursday safe in the knowledge of their progression from the group, but only in second place below Atalanta BC.
It is Sturm who still have it all to play for, as they are battling with Rakow Czestochowa for a spot in the Europa Conference League.
A draw in Bergamo on matchday five means Sporting cannot leapfrog La Dea, as their defeat in Lisbon against the same opponents means they trail on head-to-head.
However, Sturm's defeat at home to Rakow on the same evening sealed their place in the knockouts of the Europa League, but they will have to go through the preliminary round.
It could have been so much different though as Sporting had opportunities in the second half after equalising through Marcus Edwards, most notably with Pedro Goncalves, who was mightily unlucky to hit the inside of both posts with a late effort.
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