Sporting Lisbon vs Tottenham Hotspur Match Analysis and Prediction

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Sporting Lisbon and Tottenham Hotspur will both be looking to continue their winning starts to the 2022-23 Champions League when they meet at the Estadio Jose Alvalade in Tuesday’s Group D fixture.

The Portuguese outfit eased past Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 last week, while the North London giants defeated a 10-man Marseille side 2-0.

Former Tottenham youngstar Marcus Edwards stole the spotlight when Sporting travelled to Frankfurt and is now out to show his former club exactly what they are missing.

After a goalless 65 minutes at the Deutsche Bank Park, Edwards scored the opener before assisting Francisco Trincao to double Sporting’s lead just two minutes later, and the Portuguese giants would wrap up a comprehensive win through a late Nuno Santos goal.

Having now put together a three-game winning run across all competitions, with three clean sheets and nine goals scored, Sporting are now out to end a barren record against Premier League opposition.

Marseille held out for a good amount of time after Chancel Mbemba received a red card for a last-man foul, but Richarlison marked his Champions League debut with a brace of headers to propel Tottenham to all three points on the opening matchday.

Marking their return to top tier of European football with a bang, Tottenham would have hoped to keep their momentum going against Premier League champions Manchester City at the weekend, but the game was one of the many postponed in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II’s death.

That said, Antonio Conte’s side therefore still have their unbeaten run for the season intact as they will be looking to record an eight game without defeat across all competitions, but just one of their three away matches so far this season has ended in victory, and they were far from convincing for long periods against Marseille.

Sporting Lisbon vs Tottenham Hotspur head to head

These two teams have previously met on just one occasion in a friendly game back in 2010, where they played out a 2-2 draw. They now meet for the first time in a competitive match in the Champions League group stages.

Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Sporting Lisbon 25/07/10

Sporting Lisbon latest home form

Sporting Lisbon have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just two of their six most recent matches. They managed to defeat Portimonense 4-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded four.

Sporting Lisbon 1-1(P) Sevilla 24/07/22

Sporting Lisbon 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20/07/22

Sporting Lisbon 3-0 Rio Ave 13/08/22

Sporting Lisbon 0-2 Chaves 27/08/22

Sporting Lisbon 4-0 Portimonense 10/09/22

Sporting Lisbon latest away form

Sporting Lisbon have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having lost just one of their six most recent matches. They defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 in their last away game in the Champions League. In their last five matches, they have scored 11 goals and conceded eight.

Portimonense 2-3 Sporting Lisbon 07/05/22

Sporting Braga 3-3 Sporting Lisbon 07/08/22

Porto 3-0 Sporting Lisbon 20/08/22

Estoril 0-2 Sporting Lisbon 02/09/22

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Sporting Lisbon 07/09/22

Tottenham Hotspur latest home form

Tottenham Hotspur have recently been on a good run of form at home, having won each of their four most recent matches. They managed to defeat Marseille 2-0 in their last home game in the Champions League. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded three.

Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Roma 30/07/22

Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Southampton 06/08/22

Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20/08/22

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Fulham 03/09/22

Tottanham Hotspur 2-0 Marseille 07/09/22

Tottenham Hotspur latest away form

Tottenham Hotspur have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their nine most recent matches. They drew 1-1 with West Ham United in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 12 goals and conceded four.

Norwich City 0-5 Tottenham Hotspur 22/05/22

Rangers 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur 23/07/22

Chelsea 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur 14/08/22

Nottingham Forest 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur 28/08/22

West Ham United 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur 31/08/22

Sporting Lisbon news

Sporting Lisbon defender Jeremiah St Juste had to be taken off with a muscular problem during the game against Frankfurt, and will be forced to sit out of this contest.

Luis Neto and Goncalo Inacio will both be absent after they were forced off early in the win over Portimonense at the weekend.

Tottenham Hotspur news

Only Lucas Moura should be absent for Tottenham when they make the trip to Lisbon, as he nurses his tendon injury, with Bryan Gil able to make the squad against Marseille.

Clement Lenglet and Richarlison are once again likely to restrict Ben Davies and Dejan Kulusevski to the substitutes’ bench.

Prediction and Odds

Sporting Lisbon have recovered from their slow start to the season, but the host of fresh defensive concerns will threaten their hopes of a fourth straight victory and shut-out.

Tottenham Hotspur will be certain of breaching a depleted Sporting backline and find the net to record a second straight European victory.

Odds: 1 2.31 X 2.04 2 2.20