Sporting Lisbon vs Manchester City predictions as the Champions League swings back into action. Manchester City are the first side up as their bid to make up for last season’s heartbreak in Porto resumes in Lisbon.
Manchester City will be aiming to secure a first-leg advantage when they head to Portugal on Tuesday night to face Sporting Lisbon in the last-16 stage of the Champions League.
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Sporting Lisbon: Adan; Inacio, Coates, Feddal; Porro, Nunes, Palhinha, Reis; Sarabia, Paulinho, Goncalves
Manchester City: Ederson; Stones, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo; B Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Foden, Sterling
Sporting CP vs Manchester City
UEFA Champions League
Date: 15 February 2022, Tuesday
Kick-off at 20:00 UK/ 21:00 CET
Venue: Estadio Jose Alvalade (Lisbon).
Manchester City are huge favourites to beat Sporting CP on Tuesday as Pep Guardiola target maiden Champions League title with the Sky Blues.
Sporting qualified from an easy group, but lost three games, twice to Ajax and once to Dortmund while bagging three wins in between to finish second in the pool.
Sporting CP vs Manchester City Head-to-head
- City have won 11 of their last 12 games
- The Citizens have won 11 of their previous 14 Champions League matches
- Sporting have scored in 27 consecutive games
Sporting CP have a decent home record against English Premier League sides having won in 7 of the overall 11 games so far along with a draw and 3 losses.This will be Manchester City’s fifth visit to Portugal. They won 1, drew 2 and lost 1 of the previous four.
Sporting vs Manchester City Prediction
Both teams are in excellent run of form, but the Citizens are class apart and they must win this tie with minimal fuss. We will take Manchester City win in combination with both teams to score with Sporting last failed to score at their home patch in August 2020. That is a massive streak of 39 games.
In May last year Manchester City’s Champions League bid failed in Portugal. The Citizens went down 1-0 to Chelsea in Porto, so its fitting that they return to Portugal in an attempt to exercise those demons this week.