Besiktas is set to host Sporting Lisbon for the third round of the UEFA Champions League Campaign Group C at Vodafone Park in Istanbul. Kickoff to this amazing showdown is scheduled for 19th October 2021 at 19:45 EAT.
Neither the home team Besiktas nor their opponents, the visiting side Sporting Lisbon, managed to pick a point against Ajax and Borussia Dortmund and this will be their only chance to redeem themselves from the wrong end of their group.
Beşiktaş will aiming to make amends here coming off 3-2 Super Lig loss in their previous game against İstanbul Başakşehir while Sporting Lisbon o the other side will be looking for more of the same results as their previous 1-2 Primeira Liga triumph over Arouca.
At least three goals per match have been seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Beşiktaş have played. Their opponents scored 13 of them in these games while Beşiktaş amassed a tally of 11. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward here, of course.
Besiktas have been struggling this season and we predict the visitors will take advantage of that to claim all three points; they have managed only one win from their last five fixtures compared to Sporting Lisbon who have claimed four wins in their last five matches.
Besiktas vs Sporting Lisbon head to head
These two teams have had only two meetings since 2015 and the visitors won in one match while the other one ended in a tie.
- Sporting Lisbon 3-1 Besiktas 10/12/15
- Besiktas 1-1 Sporting Lisbon 01/10/15
Home
- Basaksehir 3-2 Besiktas
- Besiktas 2-1 Sivasspor
- Ajax 2-0 Besiktas
- Altay 2-1 Besiktas
- Besiktas 3-3 Adana
Away
- CF Os Belenenses 0-4 Sporting Lisbon
- Arouca 1-2 Sporting Lisbon
- Dortmund 1-0 Sporting Lisbon
- Sporting Lisbon 1-0 Maritimo Madeira
- Estoril 0-1 Sporting Lisbon
Besiktas team news
The home team has a long list of injured players that will be unavailable for this fixture; Kenan Karaman, Ajdin Hasic, Mehmet Topal, Miralem Pjanic and Georges-Kevin N’Koudou.
Güven Yalcin, Douglas, Adem Ljajic, Atakan Üner and Jeremain Lens will also miss out this match due to suspension.
Sporting Lisbon team news
Manchester City loanee Pedro Porro is the only injury concern for the visiting side at the moment.
Prediction and odds
- Sporting Lisbon Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
