Manchester City are tonight looking to take a big step towards qualification for the Champions League knockouts when they head to Sporting Lisbon.
Pep Guardiola’s side are unbeaten in Europe this season and have won both games since drawing their opening fixture 0-0 with Inter Milan, most recently thrashing Sparta Prague 5-0. They were, however, beaten 2-1 at Bournemouth on Saturday - having also exited the Carabao Cup at Tottenham a few days earlier.
Sporting, meanwhile, have Ruben Amorim in the dugout for the penultimate time before the 39-year-old coach joins Manchester United. He would no doubt love to claim an early City scalp.
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The Portuguese champions are unbeaten too, having overcome Lille and Sturm Graz while drawing with PSV.
Date, kick-off time and venue
Sporting Lisbon vs Man City is scheduled for an 8pm GMT kick-off time on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon, Portugal will host.
Where to watch Sporting vs Man City
TV channel: The game will be broadcast on TNT Sports 1.
Live stream: Subscribers will be able to watch on a live stream via the Discovery+ app.
LIVE coverage: Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!
Sporting vs Man City team news
Sporting XI: Israel, Debast, Diomande, Matheus Reis, Quenda, Morita, Hjulmand, Araujo, Trincao, Goncalves, Gyokeres
Subs: Kovacevic, Pinto, St Juste, Edwards, Harder, Catamo, Fresneda, Braganca, Ricardo Esgaio, Simoes, Quaresma
Man City XI: Ederson, Lewis, Simpson-Pusey, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Bernardo, Savinho, Foden, Nunes, Haaland
Subs: Ortega, Carson, Walker, Ake, Doku, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Wright, O'Reilly, McAtee, Wilson-Esbrand
Sporting vs Man City prediction
Until the last few days at least, City had looked rather imperious thus far and won 5-0 on their last visit. Betting against them feels foolish.
Man City to win, 3-1.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
Man City wins: 2
Draws: 1
Sporting wins: 1
Sporting vs Man City latest odds
Sporting to win: 31/10
Draw: 3/1
Man City to win: 4/5
Odds via Betfair and subject to change.
