Sporting CP vs Manchester City

Sporting welcome Manchester City off the back of recently losing their successful manager Ruben Amorim to Manchester United.

Key Stats

• Manchester City lost their first game in the league this season on Saturday away to Bournemouth
• Sporting are unbeaten in their last 15 games in all competitions
• Manchester City are unbeaten in the Champions League so far, alongside their hosts

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players - A chance to bounce back?

Manchester City will be eager to bounce back from their successive losses last week. What better way to do it then in the greatest footballing competitions in the world.

Sporting CP Preview

Sporting CP Predicted Line-up: Franco Israel; Gonçalo Inácio, Ousmane Diomande, Zeno Debast; Maximiliano Araújo, Daniel Bragança, Morten Hjulmand, Geovany Quenda; Pedro Gonçalves, Francisco Trincão; Viktor Gyokeres

Sporting will no doubt be hurting after the departure of Amorim. He turned them into a consistently dominant Portuguese side. Winning two top-flight titles, one Taca da Liga and once Supertaca Candido de Oliveira.

This will be their first game without him in charge.

But they have been strong in Europe so far. They’ve defeated Lille and Sturm Graz alongside a draw with PSV.

When it comes to star players, Viktor Gyokeres looks like a goal scoring machine right now. He scored four on Friday at home to Estrela Amadora in a 5-1 win. So far this season, he already has 20 goals in all competitions.

Manchester City Preview

Manchester City Predicted Line-up: Ederson; Joško Gvardiol, Nathan Aké, Manuel Akanji, Kyle Walker; Mateo Kovačić; Matheus Nunes, İlkay Gündoğan, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden; Erling Haaland

The successive losses will certainly be a shock to Manchester City fans. They haven’t lost two games in a row for a very long time and certainly not to weaker opposition. Bournemouth taught them a lesson on Saturday, one Pep Guardiola will hope they can overcome for this match.

Last time out in Europe, they thrashed Sparta Prague 5-0 at home. Before that they demolished Slovan Bratislava 4-0 after an opening 0-0 draw with Inter Milan.

Manchester City despite their poor week, have the greatest squad of talent in the world. Sporting are strong, but this is still very much a team full of European Champions and Premier League Champions.

Head-to-head Results: Sporting CP vs Manchester City

9th March 2022 - Manchester City 0-0 Sporting CP - UEFA Champions League

15th February 2022 - Sporting CP 0-5 Manchester City - UEFA Champions League

15th March 2012 - Manchester City 3-2 Sporting CP - UEFA Europa League

8th March 2012 - Sporting CP 1-0 Manchester City - UEFA Europa League

24th July 2010 - Manchester City 0-2 Sporting CP - Club Friendly

Sporting CP vs Manchester City Prediction

We’re backing Manchester City to win this match and for there to be over 1.5 goals scored. Through our bookmakers, you can get odds of 51/50, which would see a return of £20.20 from a £10 stake.

Manchester City are still one of the greatest sides in the world. That’s backed up by their strong form this season and position in the Champions League table (3rd). Before their poor week, they were on a five game winning streak. This is a side that has conquered Europe not so long ago and still has the capability to repeat that.

Final Prediction: Sporting CP vs Manchester City

Sporting CP 1-3 Manchester City