Champions League line-ups: Sporting CP vs. Bologna | OneFootball

Bologna already know this is their last Champions League game of the season for the visit to Sporting CP without Viktor Gyokeres.

It kicks off at the Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon at 20.00 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.

The Rossoblu were celebrating their first ever Champions League victory, beating Borussia Dortmund 2-1, despite knowing it would not be enough to keep them in the competition.

Riccardo Orsolini sustained a thigh injury in that game, joining Michel Aebischer and Niccolò Cambiaghi on the treatment table, while Jhon Lucumi has flu symptoms and Remo Freuler is suspended.

There is some squad rotation, as Samuel Iling Junior, Tommaso Pobega and Giovanni Fabbian step into the starting XI.

LISBON, PORTUGAL – OCTOBER 5: Viktor Gyokeres of Sporting CP with Giorgio Scalvini of Atalanta BC in action during the Group D – UEFA Europa League 2023/24 match between Sporting CP and Atalanta BC at Estadio Jose Alvalade on October 5, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Gualter Fatia/Getty Images)

Sporting still have a chance of making it into the play-offs.

The hosts are missing Pedro Goncalves, Eduardo Quaresma, Nuno Santos and Marcus Edwards, while Hidemasa Morita and star striker Viktor Gyokeres were expected to be not fully fit, but aren’t even on the bench.

Ex-Lecce midfielder Morten Hjulmand pulls the strings.

Sporting: Israel; Fresneda, Diomande, Goncalo Inacio, Araujo; Hjulmand, Debast; Catamo, Trincao, Daniel Braganca; Harder

Bologna: Ravaglia; Holm, Beukema, Casale, Miranda; Pobega, Ferguson; Iling-Junior, Fabbian, Ndoye; Castro

Ref: Bastien (FRA)