In a highly uneventful showing at the Camp Nou, Barcelona emerged victorious against Sporting in their last Champions League before the winter break. While neither team showed much, Barcelona did enough to earn three points, with Paco Alcacer scoring the winning goal. The insurance goal came late in the contest through an own goal from Jeremy Mathieu.
As expected, Ernesto Valverde rotated heavily in this formality game for the Catalan side, offering numerous squad players a chance to stake their claim. Slightly surprisingly though, not a single Barcelona B player even made the bench, even with all the personnel problems in the heart of the defense.