20th April 2023 – 21:00, Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Sporting will take on Juventus in the Europa League quarter-finals second-leg match. The hosts want to turn around the result, while the away side looks forward to keeping its advantage from the first match.
Sporting Preview & Team News
Sporting heads into this fixture after a 1-1 Primeira Liga stalemate against Arouca. This hiccup could likely cost them a place in the Champions League next season, but they still have a chance if they win this competition. However, it won’t be easy since the Lions are 1-0 down after the game at Allianz Stadium. In their prior six fixtures, Rúben Amorim’s Sporting have found the net a total of 9 times, with that being an average number of goals scored per match of 1.5. Jovane (Unknown Injury), Paulinho (Unknown Injury), Daniel Bragança (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), and Jerry St. Juste (Muscle Injury) won’t be able to feature for Sporting manager Rúben Amorim.
Juventus Preview & Team News
After tasting defeat last time out to Sassuolo in Serie A action, Juventus and their traveling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one. Bianconeri’s hopes for the top-four finish have vanished now, but they want to challenge for the Europa League trophy. For 5 of the previous six clashes involving Juventus, a comparatively low number of goals have gone in between them and opposing teams. The overall average goals scored per game in that period is a mere 1.5, with the average goals for Juve equalling 0.83. That trend might not follow through into this match, of course. Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Mattia De Sciglio (Muscle Fatigue), Kaio Jorge (Fitness), and Moise Kean (Muscular problems) won’t be making appearances.
Full-Time Winner Odds & Prediction
It is not easy to play at Estádio José Alvalade, but Sporting hasn’t been too confident lately. We think Juventus is capable enough of staying undefeated in this outing and progressing to the semi-finals.
Goals Market Prediction
Sporting has enough quality to score at least once in this encounter, but we doubt they will keep the clean sheet. Therefore, the crowd should see both teams scoring in this match on Thursday evening.
Sporting vs Juventus
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