Sporting vs Manchester City Prediction, Lineups & Odds

By Daniel Hughes, Football Analyst | Published: 7 months ago | Last Updated: Nov 6, 02:00 | 4 min read

Sporting CP

Football UEFA Champions League Estadio Jose Alvalade Wed 6 Nov 03:00

Manchester City FC

  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

Sporting to Put Up a Fight Against City

The 1.70 about Sporting and the draw on the Double Chance market could be worth a wager and we’re happy to oppose Man City. Bet on our prediction with confidence.

Match Preview & H2H

Sporting CP defeated Estrela Amadora 5-1 at home in their previous match. The Lions boasted 64% possession and had eight shots on target, with Viktor Gyoekeres scoring four of the five Sporting goals in the Portuguese Primeira Liga clash at Estadio Jose Alvalade.

Manchester City had 65% possession and four shots on target in their last game, losing 2-1 away to Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium. This was a Premier League match, with Josko Gvardiol on the scoresheet for the Citizens.

In their most recent Champions League encounters, Sporting defeated Sturm Graz 2-0 away, while City beat Sparta Prague 5-0 at home.

When Sporting last played City, it ended in a goalless draw at Etihad Stadium. This was a Champions League last 16 game in March 2022.

Sporting – Last 10 League Games

Sporting have won all of their previous 10 games, averaging 3.5 goals from 22.5 attempts and 7.8 shots on goal. The Lisbon side have averaged 65.5% possession, 583.4 passes and 7.2 corners per game, conceding 0.3 goals and 2.2 corners from 6.1 attempts and 2.1 shots on goal.

Viktor Gyoekeres is the top scorer with 16 goals, Pedro Goncalves has 4, with Daniel Braganca and Trincao on 3. Trincao is the top assists maker on 7, with goalkeepers Franco Israel and Vladan Kovacevic managing 7 clean sheets between them.

Manchester City – Last 10 League Games

City have won 7, lost 1 and drawn 2, with an average of 2.1 goals from 19.7 attempts and 6.8 shots on goal. Pep Guardiola's team average 64.9% possession, 630.2 passes, 9.8 corners in their favour and 2.6 corners against, while conceding 1.1 goals from 7.6 attempts and 3.2 shots on goal.

The leading scorer has been Erling Haaland with 11, while Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic have 3. Bernardo Silva has managed 3 assists in the last 10 games, while Ederson Moraes has 2 clean sheets to his name.

Confirmed Lineups

Sporting confirmed lineup (3-4-3): Franco Israel (GK), Zeno Debast, Ousmane Diomande, Matheus, Geovany Quenda, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Maximiliano Araujo, Trincao, Viktor Gyoekeres, Pedro Goncalves.

Manchester City confirmed lineup (4-1-4-1): Ederson Moraes (GK), Rico Lewis, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Manuel Akanji, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic, Savinho, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Matheus Nunes, Erling Haaland.

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Expert Champions League Analysis

We study the form as a first port of call and also make sure we’re across any injuries before making any football picks. Then it’s a case of understanding the sort of narrative that the stats provide.

Key Sporting vs Manchester City stats:

  • Sporting have not lost any of their last 20 Primeira Liga matches
  • Sporting have won all of their 10 Primeira Liga matches this season
  • Sporting have scored 2 or more goals in all of their 10 Primeira Liga matches this season
  • Sporting have kept 8 clean sheets in their past 10 Primeira Liga home matches

Sporting vs Manchester City Prediction

We fancy Sporting to go close in this Champions League encounter but we’ll back the 1.70 on the Double Chance market where we get the draw onside. Our prediction is that Man City won’t win.

A cracking alternative at bigger odds would be backing Sporting on the Draw No Bet market where you get money back if the game ends all square.

Our Pick

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Sporting vs Manchester City Odds

Manchester City are the shortest price to win this Champions League game according to the bookies, with the gambling operators giving them a 48% probability due to their 2.10 betting odds. At 3.30, Sporting are regarded as having a lower probability of winning this match.

You can find the shortest odds for Over 2.5 Goals, which means three goals or more being scored. If you are expecting both teams to score, there’s the chance to back Yes at 1.53 on the BTTS market.

Should you want to back Sporting CP to win this Champions League match, then there is 2.38 available on the Draw No Bet market, with Manchester City chalked at 1.53.

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Team Stats

Latest Champions League and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

Sporting logo Sporting Betting Stats

Manchester City logo Manchester City Betting Stats

Full time Result

  • 18 wins, 0 defeats and 2 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 9 wins, 0 defeats and 1 draws in previous 10 home matches

Full time Results

  • 15 wins, 2 defeats and 3 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 6 wins, 1 defeats and 3 draws in previous 10 away matches

Goals

Goals

Sporting

Manchester City

Goals / match
2.6 2
Conceded / match
0.4 1
Total / match
3 3

Corners

Corners

Sporting

Manchester City

For / match
6.6 10.2
Against / match
3.2 2
Total / match
9.8 12.2

Possession

Possession

Top Scorers & Assists

Top Scorers & Assists

Team News

Our Sporting vs Manchester City team news will highlight the injuries for both squads, with the lineups giving you a helping hand with your bets.

The Champions League squad information is a great asset when it comes to making your bets.

Sporting vs Manchester City Lineups

Sporting Confirmed Lineup 3-4-3

Manchester City Confirmed Lineup 4-1-4-1

Sporting Confirmed Lineup 3-4-3

1 Franco Israel
6 Zeno Debast 26 Ousmane Diomande 2 Matheus
57 Geovany Quenda 42 Morten Hjulmand 5 Hidemasa Morita 20 Maximiliano Araujo
17 Trincao 9 Viktor Gyoekeres 8 Pedro Goncalves
31 Ederson Moraes
82 Rico Lewis 66 Jahmai Simpson-Pusey 25 Manuel Akanji 24 Josko Gvardiol
8 Mateo Kovacic
26 Savinho 47 Phil Foden 20 Bernardo Silva 27 Matheus Nunes
9 Erling Haaland

Manchester City Confirmed Lineup 4-1-4-1

Sporting Substitutes

  • 3Jerry St. Juste
  • 10Marcus Edwards
  • 13Vladan Kovacevic
  • 19Conrad Harder
  • 21Geny Catamo
  • 22Ivan Fresneda
  • 23Daniel Braganca
  • 47Ricardo Esgaio
  • 51Diogo Pinto
  • 52Joao Simoes
  • 72Eduardo Quaresma

Manchester City Substitutes

  • 2Kyle Walker
  • 6Nathan Ake
  • 11Jeremy Doku
  • 17Kevin De Bruyne
  • 18Stefan Ortega
  • 19Ilkay Gundogan
  • 33Scott Carson
  • 56Jacob Wright
  • 75Nico O'Reilly
  • 87James McAtee
  • 97Josh Wilson-Esbrand

Previous Sporting Lineups

02 Nov Primeira Liga
Sporting 5-1 Estrela
27 Oct Primeira Liga
Famalicão 0-3 Sporting
23 Oct Champions League
Sturm Graz 0-2 Sporting

Previous Manchester City Lineups

02 Nov Premier League
Bournemouth 2-1 Man City
31 Oct EFL Cup
Tottenham 2-1 Man City
26 Oct Premier League
Man City 1-0 Southampton

The Sporting vs Manchester City lineups are available before kick-off, with the predicted lineups showing first and they are followed by confirmed starting 11s.

Injuries & Suspensions

Sporting Injury Table

Type Name Info
No players are currently reported injured or suspended.
Eduardo Quaresma Muscle injury

Manchester City Injury Table

Type Name Info
No players are currently reported injured or suspended.
John Stones Knock injury
Ruben Dias Knock injury
Jack Grealish Knock injury
Rodri ACL injury

Team Squads

Sporting Squad

Manchester City Squad

Get the lowdown on player injuries and suspensions thanks to our injury news section. We have a list of players currently unavailable for their teams.

Every squad is covered in-depth so that you can get all the player info you need.

UEFA FlagTables & Standings

Champions League

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Aston Villa 3 3 0 0 6:0 9
2 Liverpool 3 3 0 0 6:1 9
3 Man City 3 2 1 0 9:0 7
4 Monaco 3 2 1 0 9:4 7
5 Brest 3 2 1 0 7:2 7
6 Leverkusen 3 2 1 0 6:1 7
7 Inter Milan 3 2 1 0 5:0 7
8 Sporting 3 2 1 0 5:1 7
9 Arsenal 3 2 1 0 3:0 7
10 Barcelona 3 2 0 1 10:3 6
11 Dortmund 3 2 0 1 12:6 6
12 Real Madrid 3 2 0 1 8:4 6
13 Benfica 3 2 0 1 7:4 6
14 Juventus 3 2 0 1 6:4 6
15 Lille 3 2 0 1 4:3 6
16 Feyenoord 3 2 0 1 6:7 6
17 Atalanta 3 1 2 0 3:0 5
18 Stuttgart 3 1 1 1 3:4 4
19 PSG 3 1 1 1 2:3 4
20 Celtic 3 1 1 1 6:8 4
21 Sparta Prague 3 1 1 1 4:6 4
22 Dinamo Zagreb 3 1 1 1 6:11 4
23 Bayern Munich 3 1 0 2 10:7 3
24 Girona 3 1 0 2 4:4 3
25 AC Milan 3 1 0 2 4:5 3
26 Club Brugge 3 1 0 2 2:6 3
27 Atlético Madrid 3 1 0 2 3:8 3
28 PSV 3 0 2 1 3:5 2
29 Bologna 3 0 1 2 0:4 1
30 Sh. Donetsk 3 0 1 2 0:4 1
31 RB Leipzig 3 0 0 3 3:6 0
32 Sturm Graz 3 0 0 3 1:5 0
33 Crvena Zvezda 3 0 0 3 2:11 0
34 RB Salzburg 3 0 0 3 0:9 0
35 Young Boys 3 0 0 3 0:9 0
36 Slovan Bratislava 3 0 0 3 1:11 0
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Barcelona 2 2 0 0 9:1 6
2 Real Madrid 2 2 0 0 8:3 6
3 Monaco 2 2 0 0 7:2 6
4 Aston Villa 2 2 0 0 3:0 6
5 Arsenal 2 2 0 0 3:0 6
6 Man City 2 1 1 0 5:0 4
7 Brest 2 1 1 0 3:2 4
8 PSG 2 1 1 0 2:1 4
9 Bayern Munich 1 1 0 0 9:2 3
10 Dortmund 1 1 0 0 7:1 3
11 Celtic 1 1 0 0 5:1 3
12 Inter Milan 1 1 0 0 4:0 3
13 Sparta Prague 1 1 0 0 3:0 3
14 Benfica 2 1 0 1 5:3 3
15 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 2:0 3
16 Sporting 1 1 0 0 2:0 3
17 Girona 2 1 0 1 4:3 3
18 Juventus 2 1 0 1 3:2 3
19 Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 1:0 3
20 Lille 1 1 0 0 1:0 3
21 AC Milan 2 1 0 1 4:4 3
22 Atlético Madrid 2 1 0 1 3:4 3
23 Atalanta 2 0 2 0 0:0 2
24 Dinamo Zagreb 1 0 1 0 2:2 1
25 Stuttgart 1 0 1 0 1:1 1
26 PSV 1 0 1 0 1:1 1
27 Bologna 1 0 1 0 0:0 1
28 Crvena Zvezda 1 0 0 1 1:2 0
29 RB Leipzig 2 0 0 2 2:4 0
30 Club Brugge 1 0 0 1 0:3 0
31 Sh. Donetsk 1 0 0 1 0:3 0
32 Sturm Graz 2 0 0 2 0:3 0
33 Feyenoord 1 0 0 1 0:4 0
34 Young Boys 2 0 0 2 0:4 0
35 Slovan Bratislava 1 0 0 1 0:4 0
36 RB Salzburg 2 0 0 2 0:6 0

Portugal FlagPrimeira Liga 2024/2025

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Sporting 34 25 7 2 88:27 82
2 Benfica 34 25 5 4 84:28 80
3 Porto 34 22 5 7 65:30 71
4 Braga 34 19 9 6 55:30 66
5 Santa Clara 34 17 6 11 36:32 57
6 Vitória 34 14 12 8 47:37 54
7 Famalicão 34 12 11 11 44:39 47
8 Estoril 34 12 10 12 48:53 46
9 Casa Pia 34 12 9 13 39:44 45
10 Moreirense 34 10 10 14 42:50 40
11 Rio Ave 34 9 11 14 39:55 38
12 Arouca 34 9 11 14 35:49 38
13 Gil Vicente 34 8 10 16 34:47 34
14 Nacional 34 9 7 18 32:50 34
15 Estrela 34 7 8 19 24:50 29
16 AVS 34 5 12 17 25:60 27
17 Farense 34 6 9 19 25:46 27
18 Boavista 34 6 6 22 24:59 24

England FlagPremier League 2025/2026

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Bournemouth 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
2 Arsenal 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
3 Aston Villa 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
4 Brentford 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
5 Brighton 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
6 Burnley 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
7 Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
8 Crystal Palace 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
9 Everton 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
10 Fulham 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
11 Leeds 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
12 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
13 Man City 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
14 Man United 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
15 Newcastle 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
16 Nott’m Forest 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
17 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
18 Tottenham 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
19 West Ham 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
20 Wolverhampton 0 0 0 0 0:0 0

We’re on hand to provide you with the updated Champions League standings. Find out where each team is placed in the table after the latest results.

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