9th March 2023 – 21:00, Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Sporting will take on Arsenal in the Europa League eighth-final first leg. The hosts want to be competitive in this tie, while the away side looks forward to challenging the continental trophy.
Sporting Preview & Team News
Based on their previous result, Sporting Lisbon will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-0 Primeira Liga triumph vs Portimonense. It was the Lions’ fourth straight win and third game to keep the clean sheet. Sporting Lisbon has been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, finding the back of the net in every one of their last six games. They have hit an aggregate of 12 during that time and have conceded a total of 5. There aren’t many personnel worries, with just one fitness concern for the Sporting Lisbon coach Rúben Amorim to contend with from a near full-strength set of players. Daniel Bragança (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) is sidelined.
Arsenal Preview & Team News
Arsenal will go into the clash following on from a 3-2 Premier League win with the downing of Bournemouth in their last fixture. The Gunners managed to turn around the result and keep their advantage at the top of the English elite division. In their previous six outings, Arsenal has bagged the sum of 14 goals. Arsenal has additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. In that time, their defenders have seen eight goals scored by their opponents. Having said that, we must now wait to see whether the trend will continue here in this match. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has multiple availability issues to deal with. Mohamed Elneny (Knee Injury) and Gabriel Jesus (Knee Injury) are those who can’t be considered.
Full-Time Winner Odds & Prediction
Both teams enjoy their winning runs and will try to pick up where they left off. Arsenal might be focused more on the Premier League title battle, and Sporting could take advantage of that to remain undefeated on the home ground.
Goals Market Prediction
Sporting’s defense has been pretty disciplined lately, not allowing a single goal in the previous three games. That’s why we think this match might stay under a 2.5 margin.
Sporting vs Arsenal
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