Europa League: the economic face-to-face of Atlético de Madrid - Sporting CP (1/4 final, 05/04/2018)

With more than 22.3 million fans on social networks (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), Club Atlético de Madrid (LaLiga Santander) has 5.8 times more than Sporting Clube of Portugal (Liga NOS), which totals over 3.7 million, as the two teams prepare to face each other in the quarter-final first leg of the 2017-18 Europa League, at the Wanda Metropolitano (68,000 capacity) in Madrid (ESP), on Thursday 05/04/2018 at 21:05 CET.

The Madrid club has an average attendance of 52,037 spectators (fill rate of 76%) after 30 matchdays of the 2017-18 LaLiga Santander season, while Sporting Clube de Portugal has an average attendance of 43,077 spectators (fill rate of 86%) at the Estádio José Alvalade XXI after 28 matchdays of the Liga NOS.

The squad value of Club Atlético de Madrid's, according to an assessment from the website transfermarkt.de on 05/04/2018, was €636m, compared to €197m for the Portuguese club.

UEFA ranking, attendance, social networks: Club Atlético de Madrid dominates in all areas