Sporting Lisbon vs Mancester City Match Analysis and Prediction

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Manchester City will be heading to Portugal on Tuesday night to face Sporting Lisbon in the last-16 stage of the Champions League.

The visitors topped Group A with 12 points to advance to this stage of the competition, while Sporting finished second in Group C behind Ajax, defeating Borrusia Dortmund to a spot in the round of 16.

Sporting Lisbon are in the last-16 stage of the Champions League for the first time since the 2008-09 campaign, when they lost 12-1 on aggregate to Bayern Munich.

The Lions finished second behind Ajax in Group C to advance to the Knockout round of the competition, picking up nine points from their six matches, managing to secure their spot in the last-16 stage of the tournament despite suffering three defeats in the group.

Ruben Amorim’s side have actually won seven of their last nine home European matches, while they defeated Manchester City when the two sides met in the last-16 stage of the Europa League back in 2012, winning on away goals after a 3-3 draw.

Manchester City, as viewed by many, are the favourites for this season’s Champions League, but Pep Guardiola’s side were far from perfect in the group stage of the competition, losing two of their six matches.

The Citizens will enter this contest off the back of a 4-0 victory over Norwich City in the Premier League on Saturday, which left them 12 points clear of second-placed Liverpool at the summit.

Pep Guardiola’s side are also chasing success in the FA Cup, and it will be fascinating to see what the reigning English champions can achieve during the 2021-22 campaign.

Manchester City have impressively won 13 of their last 20 away European matches, and they have been present in the last-16 of this competition in each of the last nine seasons.

Sporting Lisbon vs Manchester City head to head

The two clubs have previously met on just three occasions, in a club friendly game before having two encounters in the Europa League. Sporting Lisbon have won in two meeting while Machester City have won once. Sporting Lisbon have scored 5 goals and conceded 3 in the process.

Sporting Lisbon 2-0 Manchester City 24/07/10

Sporting Lisbon 1-0 Manchester City 08/03/12

Manchester City 3-2 Sporting Lisbon 15/03/12

Sporting Lisbon latest home form

Despite recently losing 2-1 to Sporting Braga in the league, Sporting Lisbon have been on a good run of form at home, with that being the only loss in ten most recent matches. In their last five matches, they have won four and lost one, scoring 10 goals and conceding 5.

Sporting Lisbon 2-0 Boavista 11/12/21

Sporting Lisbon 3-2 Portimonense 30/12/21

Sporting Lisbon 1-2 Sporting Braga 22/01/22

Sporting Lisbon 2-1 Santa Clara 26/01/22

Sporting Lisbon 2-0 Famalicao 06/02/22

Sporting Lisbon latest away form

The Lions have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their five most recent matches. Their last away defeat came on January 7 when they lost 3-2 to Santa Clara. In their last five away matches, they have scored 14 goals and conceded 4.

Leca 0-4 Sporting Lisbon 11/01/22

Vizela 0-2 Sporting Lisbon 16/01/22

Benfica 1-2 Sporting Lisbon 29/01/22

Belenenses 1-4 Sporting Lisbon 02/02/22

Porto 2-2 Sporting Lisbon 11/02/22

Manchester City latest home form

Manchester City have been on a good run of form at home, and they have been unbeaten in their last ten matches. They recently managed to defeat Fulham 4-1 in the FA Cup on February 5. In their five most recent matches, they have scored 20 goals and conceded 4.

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Manchester City 6-3 Leicester City 26/12/21

Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea 15/01/22

Manchester City 4-1 Fulham 15/02/22

Manchester City 2-0 Brentford 09/02/22

Manchester City latest away form

The Citizens have recently been on a good run of form on the road, being unbeaten in their last six away matches. They recently managed to defeat Swindon Town 4-1 in the FA Cup on January 7. In their last five matches, they have scored 12 goals and conceded just 3.

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Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City 01/01/22

Swindon Town 1-4 Manchester City 07/01/22

Southampton 1-1 Manchester City 22/01/22

Norwich City 0-4 Manchester City 12/02/22

Sporting Lisbon news

Sporting Lisbon are hoping that Pedro Goncalves will overcome a muscular problem to start Tuesday’s contest, while Joao Palhinha should return in the middle of the park.

They are expected to set up in a 3-4-3, with Paulinho operating at the tip of the attack despite competition from Islam Slimani.

Manchester City news

Kyle Walker will be missing out through suspension, which may allow John Stones to feature at right-back, with Oleksandr Zinchenko keeping his spot at left-back.

The Citizens did not pick up any fresh issues against Norwich on Saturday, but Gabriel Jesus and Jack Grealish remain injury doubts for Guardiola’s side.

Prediction and Odds

Sporting Lisbon enter the contest with a lot of capability of getting their name on the scoresheet playing at home.

However, with Manchester City likely being the favourites in this fixture, they will fancy their chances of securing a first-leg advantage, and we back the Citizens to take an away victory.

Odds: 1 2.45 X 2.05 2 2.20