Sporting Lisbon vs Borussia Dortmund Match Analysis and Prediction

Sporting Lisbon welcome Borussia Dortmund to the Estadio Jose Alvalade for their penultimate Champions League group-stage clash, as the two sides will be battling for the second place in Group C on Wednesday night.

They are both level on points after four matches, though Borussia Dortmund currently occupy second position as they have a better head-to-head record through their 1-0 win in the reverse match in September.

Sporting Lisbon took thier ninth successive victory across all competitions when they narrowly defeated Varzim 2-1 in the fourth round of the  Taca de Portugal last week.

This impressive winning streak from Sporting Lisbon also includes two victories in the Chamions League.

A 5-1 loss to Ajax in their opening Group C game was followed by a narrow loss Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, however since then comfortable victories home and away against Besiktas has pulled them back into contention heading into their final two games against the two clubs currently above them in the group.

The Lions have lost all three previous matches against Borussia Dortmund and they have also lost more games and conceded more goals Germany teams in the Champions League than clubs from any other country, winning only one of their last 13 in the process.

Borussia Dortmund escaped a third successive loss across all competitions when they picked a narrow 2-1 victory over Stuttgart at home in the Bundesliga last week.

Dortmund fans will be delighted to see Marco Reus firing on all cylinders once again in the famous yellow and black jersey. Reus has scored in each of his last four matches across all competitions for the club and country and will most probably play an important part on Wednesday.

With BVB currently ahead of Sporting Lisbon in Group C, they head to Portugal with the knowledge that a victory on Wednesday would confirm their spot in the Champions League knockouts for the fourth successive campaign, which will equal their best run in the competition between 2012-13 and 2016-17.

Sporting Lisbon vs Borussia Dortmund head to head

Sporting Lisbon have had only three encounters with Borussia Dortmund and lost all the three home and away all in the UEFA Champions League. Dortmund have scored four goals and conceded only one, collecting all the nine points in the process.

Sporting Lisbon 1-2 Borussia Dortmund 18/10/16

Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Sporting Lisbon 02/11/16

Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Sporting Lisbon 28/09/21

Sporting Lisbon latest home form

The Lions are currently running on their best form at home as in their back-to-back wins, having gone six games unbeaten in their most recent matches at home across all competitions. In the six they have scored 11 goals and conceded only three, collecting all the 18 points in the process.

Sporting Lisbon 1-0 Moreirense 23/10/21

Sporting Lisbon 2-1 Famalicao 26/10/21

Sporting Lisbon 1-0 Vitoria Guimaraes 30/10/21

Sporting Lisbon 4-0 Besiktas 03/11/21

Sporting Lisbon 2-1 Varzim 18/11/21

Sporting Lisbon latest away form

On the road Sporting Lisbon have a good form as well despite losing narrowly 1-0 to Borussia Dortmund in September in the Champions League campaign. They later came to win all the four latest matches away, scoring 12 goals and conceding only 2 across all competitions.

Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Sporting Lisbon 28/09/21

Arouca 1-2 Sporting Lisbon 02/10/21

CF Os Belenenses 0-4 Sporting Lisbon 15/10/21

Besiktas 1-4 Sporting Lisbon 19/10/21

Pacos Ferreira 0-2 Sporting Lisbon 07/11/21

Borussia Dortmund latest home form

Dortmund are in a good form at home despite being shaken early November by Ajax by a 3-1 loss in the Champions League campaign. They had however gone for more than five matches unbeaten across all competitions before that. They won their last game at home in the weekend though.

Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Mainz 16/10/21

Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Ingolstadt 26/10/21

Borussia Dortmund 2-0 FC Cologne 30/10/21

Borussia Dortmund 1-3 Ajax 03/11/21

Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Stuttgart 20/11/21

Borussia Dortmund latest away form

In their latest five matches, Dortmund have lost three times to M’gladbach and RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga and to Ajax in the Champions League. They however won the remaining two. They scored 6 goals and conceded 9 in the process across all competitions.

Besiktas 1-2 Borussia Dortmund 15/09/21

Borussia M’gladbach 1-0 Borussia Dortmund 25/09/21

Ajax 4-0 Borussia Dortmund 19/10/21

Arminia Bielefeld 1-3 Borussia Dortmund 23/10/21

RB Leipzig 2-1 Borussia Dortmund 06/11/21

Sporting Lisbon news

Centre-back Sebastian Coates and forward Tiago Tomas will miss due to injury. Ruben Vinagre and Jovane Cabral are both doubtful with knocks. Paulinho is expected to start as the central striker with Pablo Sarabia and Pedro Goncalves to play in advanced midfield roles just behind.

Borussia Dortmund news

Dortmund will be without several first-team players on Wednesday. Marcel Schmelzer(knee), Erling Haaland(hip), Mateu Morey(knee), Nico Schulz(muscle) and Dan-Axel Zagadou(muscle) are all ruled out with injuries. Giovanni Reyna, Marius Wolf and Youssoufa Moukoko are doubtful.

Prediction and Odds

Sporting need to win by at least two goals to advance to knockouts, and we expect they will attack throughout the 90 minutes.

Meanwhile the visitors may be more cautious in the clash as a draw would still keep their last-16 hopes with them. With a tight game of posibilities, a draw could be a more relevant prediction.

Odds: 2.45 X 3.05 2.40

Probable outcomes

Sporting Lisbon 0-0 Borussia Dortmund

Sporting Lisbon 1-1 Borussia Dortmund

Sporting Lisbon 2-2 Borussia Dortmund

Sporting Lisbon 2-1 Borussia Dortmund

Sporting Lisbon 1-2 Borussia Dortmund

 

 

 

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