Sporting Lisbon vs Juventus Match Analysis & Prediction
20/04/2023 10:00 pm
Facing a one-goal deficit from last week’s first leg, Sporting Lisbon host Juventus at Estadio Jose Alvalade in Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final decider.
Beaten by Federico Gatti’s second-half goal in Turin, Sporting are without a victory from their last four home matches in Europe.
Meanwhile, Juventus may have suffered successive Serie A defeats but have won each of their last four in continental competition without conceding a single goal.
Following their unsuccessful trip to Italy last week, Sporting have now failed to win on any of their last 16 visits to Serie A sides, losing on 12 occasions.
Sitting fourth in the Primeira Liga standings does not match the Portuguese champions’ ambition, and they remain outsiders to achieve Champions League qualification through the league after a disappointing home draw with Arouca on Sunday.
Winless in three previous meetings with Juventus in UEFA competition, Sporting have also been eliminated from each of their last five European knockout ties when they lost the first leg, so history is certainly not on their side ahead of this week’s second leg.
Juventus may have lost their last two away matches against Portuguese opponents – against Porto in the 2020-21 campaign and Benfica earlier this season – but avoiding defeat this week would see them through to yet another major semi-final.
Also into the last four of the Coppa Italia, it has however been a far from plain sailing in Serie A this season – hampered by a 15-point penalty for financial misdemeanours – as Juventus sit as low as seventh in the table, nine points adrift of Milan who occupy the final Champions League spot.
Since starting April with a 1-0 victory over Hellas Verona, Juve have followed a controversial cup draw against old rivals Inter with successive defeats to in-form Lazio and mid-table Sassuolo.
Sporting Lisbon vs. Juventus Head to head
In the four previous meetings between these two teams, Sporting have claimed one victory while Juventus have won two, and they have drawn in one.
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24/07/2011Juventus1Sporting Lisbon2Club Friendlies
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18/10/2017Juventus2Sporting Lisbon1Champions League
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31/10/2017Sporting Lisbon1Juventus1Champions League
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13/04/2023Juventus1Sporting Lisbon0Europa League
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20/04/2023Sporting LisbonN/AJuventusN/AEuropa League
Sporting Lisbon Team News
After Ruben Amorim made several changes at the weekend, when Goncalo Inacio and Hidemasa Morita were among those dropped to the bench, a more familiar XI will start in midweek.
While winger Marcus Edwards missed out with an illness and Jeremiah St Juste was unavailable due to injury, bot will aim to be involved in the second leg.
Sporting Lisbon's Last 5 Matches
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01/04/2023Sporting Lisbon3Santa Clara0Primeira Liga
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05/04/2023Gil Vicente0Sporting Lisbon0Primeira Liga
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09/04/2023Casa Pia3Sporting Lisbon4Primeira Liga
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13/04/2023Juventus1Sporting Lisbon0Europa League
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16/04/2023Sporting Lisbon1Arouca1Primeira Liga
Juventus Team News
Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was withdrawn due to feeling chest pain during the first leg and regular cup keeper Mattia Perin stepped into the breach both then and in the subsequent defeat to Sassuolo.
At the back, former Porto defender Alex Sandro returns after serving a Serie A suspension, but Federico Gatti is set to keep the faith of Max Allegri.
Juventus's Last 5 Matches
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01/04/2023Juventus1Verona0Serie A
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04/04/2023Juventus1Inter Milan1Coppa Italia
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08/04/2023Lazio2Juventus1Serie A
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13/04/2023Juventus1Sporting Lisbon0Europa League
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16/04/2023Sassuolo1Juventus0Serie A
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