Sporting Lisbon vs Man City: Champions League prediction, kick-off time, team news, TV, live stream, odds | OneFootball

Pep Guardiola’s side looking to take huge step towards knockout rounds

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.

The Portuguese champions are unbeaten too, having overcome Lille and Sturm Graz while drawing with PSV.

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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

Kevin De Bruyne returned to the bench for the defeat on the south coast and Kyle Walker played after his recent absence but Guardiola has confirmed both Ruben Dias and John Stones are expected to miss out until after this month’s international break.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb remain long-term absentees, but Jeremy Doku and Savinho are back in contention. Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake are expected to play despite Guardiola revealing the pair are not fully fit.

Erling Haaland is available, despite a training video showing him going down holding his right leg.

Goncalo Inacio has been ruled out for Sporting, having come off early against Estrela da Amadora last time out, but Eduardo Quaresma is set to play some part.

Manchester City’s injury woes are easing

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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.