Sporting CP vs Manchester City prediction
After a torrid few days in domestic competitions, Manchester City will now turn their attention to the UEFA Champions League. Last time out, the Citizens were dominant against Sparta Prague and a win a against Sporting will do their confidence a world of good after recording two consecutive losses in the EFL Cup and Premier League.
However, Sporting Lisbon are a different proposition, and they are a different kettle of fish. The Portuguese have been on a fine run winning their last six matches in all competitions with aplomb. They will also fancy themselves to get a good result against the Struggling Manchester outfit, given their current form and their history against the English champions.
While it is difficult to back one team to emerge victorious on the night in this match, one feature of past meetings between these teams is that there are always goals-and that could reoccur on Tuesday with both scoring and conceding goals in fair measure.
Backing both teams to provide goals in this match seems to be the most viable option and we will take our chances in the goals market. therefore, we predict that there will be at least three total goals recorded as our main Sporting CP vs Manchester City prediction.
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Main tip: Over 2.5 Goals
Our Sporting CP vs Manchester City predictions
According to the statistics and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following tips:
Prediction 1: Over 2.5 Goals
3 reasons why we predict Over 2.5 Goals in this match:
- There have been 3 or more goals scored in City’s last 4 away games
- 5 of the last 5 matches involving Sporting returned no less than 3 total goals
- 4 of City’s last 5 matches produced over 2.5 goals
Odds for this bet
Helabet offers competitive odds for the bet “Over 2.5 Goals”
The odd of 1.65 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 61% chance that there will be no less than three total goals scored in this match.
Odds comparison for Over 2.5 Goals
Helabet – odd 1.65
Paripesa – odd 1.65
Prediction 2: Over 8.5 Corners
3 reasons why we are predicting that there will be at least 9 corners in this match:
- 4 of Sporting’s last 5 matches returned no less than 9 corner kicks
- 3 of City’s last 5 matches returned no less than 9 corner kicks
- Their last H2H meeting produced more than 8 total corner kicks
Odds for this bet
Paripesa offers competitive odds for “ Over 8.5 Corners”
The odd of 1.45 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 69% chance that there will be no less than 9 total corners awarded in this match.
Odds comparisons for Over 8.5 Corners
Paripesa – odd 1.45
1xBet – odd 1.44
Prediction 3: First Team To Score – Sporting CP
3 reasons why we are predicting that Sporting CP will score first in this match:
- Sporting CP have scored the opening goal in their last 6 matches
- Sporting CP scored first in 2 of their last 4 meetings
- Man City conceded the first goal in 3 of their last 5 matches
Statistics for Sporting CP vs Manchester City Prediction
Team news Sporting CP!
- Doubtful participation: Santos Nunes suffered a knock in the knee and he is a doubt for this fixture
- Injuries: Centre-back, Eduardo Quaresma is nursing a long-term injury and will not be available for this match
- Managerial situation: Despite being appointed as Man United coach, Ruben Amorim is expected to take charge of the Portuguese side when the City visits
Team news Manchester City!
- Returning players: Savinho returned to the squad for the game at the weekend after suffering a knock on the knee against Spurs
- Injuries: John Stones and Ruben Dias are suffering from foot and muscular injuries respectively, and they will not be involved against Sporting
- Long-term absentees: Oscar Bobb, and Rodri are long-term injury absentees and they will not be involved
H2H statistics
Considering the last 5 meetings between these teams:
- Sporting has 2 wins, Man City earned 2 wins, and 1 match ended in a draw
- These matches featured an average of 2.60 goals per game
- The last meeting ended in a 0-0 draw
Latest results Sporting CP
- 5 wins in their last 5 matches
- 15 goals were scored in those matches. Average of 3.00 goals per match
- They won their last match against Estrela 5-1
Latest results Manchester City
- 3 wins and 2 losses in their last 5 matches
- 10 goals were scored in those matches. Average of 2.00 goals per match
- They lost their last match 2-1 against Bournemouth
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