Two teams hoping to maintain their perfect starts to the league phase of the UEFA Champions League meet at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Tuesday, when RC Lens host Sporting Clube de Portugal.
Lens recorded a 3-2 win at SK Slavia Praha on matchday one, while Sporting CP also scored three times in a 3-1 victory against Galatasaray A.S.
RC Lens v Sporting Clube de Portugal Tips Summary
Best Bet - Over 3.5 goals @ 11/8
Alternative Bet - Florian Thauvin to register an assist @ 7/2
Bet Builder - Both teams to score, Luis Suarez anytime goalscorer & Geny Catamo 1+ shots on target @ 5/1
RC Lens v Sporting Clube de Portugal Prediction
Best Bet: Over 3.5 goals @ 11/8
Having failed to win any of their last four Ligue 1 matches, Lens returned to winning ways on Friday night with a 2-1 home victory over Lyon and that result should have provided a timely confidence boost heading into this European assignments.
The French outfit have won three of their four home matches, which included a Super Cup triumph over Paris Saint-Germain, and they will need to lean heavily on their form at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis if they want to grab a positive result against Sporting CP.
Sporting CP have enjoyed an unbeaten start to the campaign, winning six and drawing three of their nine fixtures, while they have not lost an away match since a 3-0 loss at FK Bodø/Glimt in March.
These look like two evenly matched teams and picking a winner is a difficult task, so perhaps the better play is to back there to be over 3.5 goals in the contest.
There were five goals in Lens' opening UEFA Champions League game and four in Sporting CP's, and there has been plenty more entertainment for these two clubs away from Europe.
Three of Lens' games this term have seen four or more goals, including a 5-2 home win over Auxerre, while seven of Sporting CP's nine outings have also gone over the 3.5-goals mark.
Attack seems to be the best form of defence for both teams and a lively encounter is anticipated in Lens.
Alternative Bet: Florian Thauvin to register an assist @ 7/2
Former Newcastle United midfielder Florian Thauvin leads Lens' assists charts with four, and it's notable that three of those have come in his last two outings.
The France international set up Matthieu Udol in the 2-1 loss to Monaco before registering two assists in the 2-1 win over Lyon on Friday evening.
Thauvin can showcase his creativity once again against a Sporting CP side who have gone four matches without a clean sheet.
RC Lens v Sporting Clube de Portugal Bet Builder Tip
Both teams to score
Luis Suarez anytime goalscorer
Geny Catamo 1+ shots on target
Pays 5/1
Both teams to score has been a winning bet in six of Lens' last seven matches and in Sporting CP's last four games.
Sporting CP forward Luis Suarez scored for the seventh game in a row in the 3-1 win over Braga on Friday.
Geny Catamo has registered at least one shot on target in four of his last six matches for Sporting CP.
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Key Match Stats
RC Lens beat SK Slavia Praha 3-2 on matchday one of the league phase
Sporting CP defeated Galatasaray 3-1 in their first game of the league phase
Lens have won two of their last four matches
Sporting CP are unbeaten this season (W6 D3)
Over 3.5 goals has landed in three of Sporting CP's last four fixtures
This will be the first meeting between Lens and Sporting CP
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