This will be the first ever knockout stage tie between teams from Norway (Bodø/Glimt) and Portugal (Sporting CP) in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, and the first in any major European competition since the last 32 of the 2003-04 UEFA Cup (Rosenborg eliminated by Benfica).

Bodø/Glimt have won both of their previous two games against Portuguese sides in European competition, with both of those coming in last season’s UEFA Europa League (3-2 v FC Porto and 2-1 v Braga).