Sporting vs Manchester City 15.02.2022

Sporting Lisbon, appearing in their second UCL knock-out phase, will host Premier League leaders Man City in Tuesday’s last 16 first-leg tie. Having finished off as Group A winners, the Citizens will be aiming to secure a first-leg advantage to keep alive hopes of landing their first Champions League title.

Given that they have won each of their last four knock-out ties while playing as the away side in this competition, we expect Pep’s to have the advantage here. In addition, City’s confidence will be further bolstered by their current run of 4 wins in the last 5 across all competitions, including an unbeaten premier league run stretching back to October 2021.

Although Sporting are also enjoying a fine form at the moment, we expect a dominant display from the English title holders. Therefore, we are backing Man City to score in both halves here.

Main tip: City To Score Both Halves (go to tip details)

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Head-to-Head stats Sporting Lisbon vs Manchester City

Both teams have met twice

• Sporting won 1 while the other ended in City’s favor.
• These games have an average of 3.00 goals per match
• In their last meeting, City won 3-2

Latest results Sporting Lisbon

• 4 wins and 1 draw in their last 5 games
• 12 goals scored in the last 5 matches. Average of 2.40 goals per match
• They drew Porto 2-2 in their last league game

Latest results Manchester City

• 4 wins and 1 draw in their last 5 matches
• 12 goals scored in their last 5 matches. Average of 2.40 goals per game
• In their last match, they beat Norwich 4-0

Champions League Final Group Standings and Latest Results

Sporting Lisbon (Grp C): rank 2nd – 6 matches – 3 wins – 0 draw – 3 losses – 9 points
Form Guide (most recent first): D-W-W-W-W

Manchester City (Grp A): rank 1st – 6 matches – 4 wins – 0 draw – 2 losses – 12 points
Form Guide (most recent first): W-W-W-D-W

Possible squad Sporting Lisbon

Sporting Lisbon: Adán; Neto, Coates, Feddal; Porro, Palhinha, Nunes, Vinagre; Sarabia, Santos; Paulinho

Out: None

Coach: Ruben Amorim

Possible squad Manchester City

Manchester City: Ederson; Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Stones; De Bryune, Rodri, Gundogan; Sterling, Foden, Mahrez

Out: Walker (Suspension) Grealish (Shin injury), Jesus (muscle)

Coach: Pep Guardiola

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Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on City To Score Both Halves

Betway offers very competitive odds for the bet “City To Score Both Halves”

The odd of 1.92 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 52% chance that City will score in both halves of this match

Odds comparison for City To Score Both Halves

Betway – odd 1.92
Helabet – odd 1.90

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2) Bet on Over 2.5 Goals

• Their last meeting produced 5 goals
• Both sides are on a good run

Odds for this bet

22bet offers competitive odds for “Over 2.5 Goals”

The odd of 1.57 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 64% chance that there will be at least three goals in this fixture

Odds comparisons for Over 2.5 Goals

22bet – odd 1.57
Betwinner – odd 1.56

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