2 Sporting CP vs 0 LOSC Lille
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| Bet | Sporting CP |
| Stake | 1.25 unit |
| Odds | 1.72 |
| Bookmaker | betsson |
Lille to begin UCL campaign in trip to Portugal against Sporting.
Get ready for a thrilling Champions League encounter as Sporting CP, fresh off their Liga Portugal triumph, host LOSC Lille, who seek to break their opening-match hoodoo in Lisbon on Tuesday night.
Sporting CP
After emerging as champions of the 2023-2024 Liga Portugal, Sporting gained automatic entry into this season’s revamped UEFA Champions League, making it a third appearance in four years.
With 36 teams in the competition and eight games in line, the Lions will fancy their chances of finishing the UCL league phase as one of the eight sides to gain automatic qualifications into the round of 16.
With just four games to be played in front of a home crowd, Tuesday’s encounter against Lille on home turf presents the perfect opportunity to begin the competition on a flying note.
A 100 percent record in the last five games [WWWWW], all in the league, provides the right atmosphere ahead of Tuesday’s game. Rúben Amorim’s side convincingly won all five league matches this season, with the latest being a 3-0 victory against Arouca.
Additionally, Sporting have enjoyed success in recent encounters with French teams on home soil, winning five of their last seven such meetings at home [5W, 0D, 2L]. However, they have won only three of their last 12 European home games [3W, 4D, 5L]. Also, in the Champions League, the hosts have lost seven of their last 12 matches in Lisbon [5W, 0D, 7L].
The in-form Viktor Gyökeres, who has contributed to 16 goals for both club and country in his last eight games, is expected to start in attack in a 3-4-2-1 formation against Lille.
LOSC Lille
Meanwhile, Lille are coming into Tuesday’s Champions League encounter after back-to-back league defeats. A 2-1 loss away to Slavia Prague in the UCL playoff knockout stage proved inconsequential, as the Mastiffs advanced to the competition proper with a 3-2 aggregate win, following a 2-0 victory against the Czech side on home turf.
It was more of the same on the domestic front, as Bruno Génésio’s men slipped to eighth place after a 3-1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain and a 1-0 loss to newly promoted Saint-Étienne last time out. Lille will be looking to put an end to their unimpressive run of form when they make the trip to Lisbon on Tuesday.
However, the Mastiffs have lost their only two games against the hosts in European competition, with the Portuguese side winning 1-0 and 2-1 away in the 2010-11 UEFA Europa League group stage. Furthermore, Lille have never won their opening game of a UCL campaign, losing four of such matches.
Jonathan David is expected to start in attack when Génésio deploys the 3-4-2-1 formation.
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