Bodo/Glimt continued their remarkable UEFA Champions League campaign with a commanding 3–0 victory over Sporting CP in the first leg of their last-16 tie.
Goals from Sondre Fet, Ole Didrik Blomberg and Kasper Hogh at Aspmyra Stadion handed the Norwegian side a comfortable advantage heading into the second leg.
The hosts began strongly and nearly opened the scoring in the eighth minute, but Jens Petter Hauge volleyed narrowly wide from a cross by Hakon Evjen.
Evjen soon threatened again but was denied by visiting goalkeeper Rui Silva. Sporting responded quickly with a counterattack led by Trincao, though Luis Guilherme failed to beat Bodo goalkeeper Nikita Haikin when through on goal.
Bodo eventually broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute after Fet was fouled inside the penalty area by Georgios Vagiannidis. Fet stepped up and calmly converted the resulting penalty.
The home side doubled their lead in first-half stoppage time when Hauge’s deflected pass fell perfectly for Blomberg, who fired a precise finish into the bottom-right corner.
Sporting improved after the interval and nearly pulled one back when Luis Suarez forced Haikin into a save at his near post. However, Bodo sealed the victory in the 71st minute.
Hauge produced a dazzling run down the left before delivering a dangerous cross that Hogh met inside the box, slipping between Nuno Santos and Goncalo Inacio to score.
The win means Bodo have now become only the fifth club from outside Europe’s top five leagues to record five consecutive Champions League victories.
Blomberg’s goal also made him the fourth Bodo player to register at least five goal contributions in the competition this season, joining Hogh, Hauge and Fet. Only Bayern Munich have more players with higher goal contributions in the tournament during the 2025–26 campaign.
Hogh’s strike took his Champions League tally this season to five, equalling the record for a Danish player in a single campaign previously set by Nicklas Bendtner in 2009–10 and matched by Rasmus Hojlund in 2023–24.
Bodo fully deserved the win, finishing with an expected goals total of 2.46 from 10 shots, while Sporting managed just 0.51 xG from their nine attempts.