Sporting CP v Arsenal: Prediction and Tips

Arsenal returned to winning ways in the Premier League on Saturday after beating Nottingham Forest 3-0, but they will face a stern test of their credentials when they head to Lisbon to take on high-flying Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.

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Sporting CP v Arsenal Prediction

Key Prediction Stats & Insights

Supercomputer Prediction

Sporting CP v Arsenal Betting Tips

Predicted Starting Line-ups

Sporting v Arsenal Prediction

Prediction	BetSie Supercomputer %	Odds	Odds %
Arsenal win	47.5%	6/5	45.5%

Key Prediction Stats & Insights

• Sporting CP are unbeaten in 18 matches across all competitions, winning 17 of those.

• Viktor Gyokeres has scored 33 goals for Sporting CP and Sweden this season.

• Arsenal have only won one of their last seven away matches across all competitions.

Supercomputer Predictions

Sporting	27.4%
Draw	25.1%
Arsenal	47.5%

The odds suggest that Arsenal have a 45.5% chance of winning their upcoming UEFA Champions League fixture away at Sporting.

With a 47.5% chance probability, the BetSie Supercomputer believes Arsenal have a slightly higher chance of winning.

However, the betting tips below suggest that the underdogs Sporting are worth backing to defeat Arsenal.

Sporting CP v Arsenal Betting Tips

Tip	Current Odds
Sporting CP to win	23/10
Over 2.5 goals and both teams to score	1/1
Viktor Gyokeres to score first	5/1

Sporting CP to win - 23/10

Arsenal got their Premier League title challenge back on track with Saturday's convincing 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest, with goals from Bukayo Saka, Thomas Partey and teenager Ethan Nwaneri sealing just their third win in eight matches across all competitions.

That will have boosted confidence ahead of this trip to Lisbon and they will be facing a Sporting CP side that are still dealing with the departure of former head coach Ruben Amorim to Manchester United.

Amorim certainly had Sporting flying, leading them to 11 wins from 11 in the Portuguese Primeira Liga and a near-perfect start in this season's UEFA Champions League, which included their sensational 4-1 victory over Manchester City on Matchday Four.

Sporting won 16 and drew one of their final 17 matches with Amorim in charge, but they showed no signs of missing their former coach during Friday's 6-0 victory over Amarante in the Taca de Portugal, which was new boss Joao Pereira's first game at the helm.

That victory may have been against lower league opposition and Arsenal will certainly provide a much sterner challenge for post-Amorim Sporting, but the Lions are near impossible to beat on home turf.

They are unbeaten in their last 30 matches at the Estadio Jose Alvalade, emerging victorious in 28 of those, while their ongoing 14-match winning streak on home soil  includes successes against the likes of Porto, Lille and City.

That is the magnitude of the task awaiting Arsenal on Tuesday night, and with Mikel Arteta's side having only won one of their last seven away matches in all competitions - an EFL Cup victory at Preston - they may come unstuck in the Portuguese capital.

Over 2.5 goals and both teams to score - 1/1

This is a game that should deliver goals, with Sporting having scored two or more in 18 of their 19 matches this season, while they haven't gone below three in any of their last six games, a run that includes putting four on City, five past Estrela and six in against Amarante last time out.

The reigning Portuguese champions have also been pretty solid at the back, conceding just five goals in the Primeira Liga this season, but their defence has looked slightly more vulnerable over recent weeks, keeping just one clean-sheet in five games.

Arsenal certainly have the attacking tools to hurt Sporting, with Saka and club captain Martin Odegaard both back to full fitness to boost their options in the final third.

UEFA Champions League matches involving Arsenal this season may have lacked goals, but that has not been the case for Sporting and they can drag the Gunners into an open contest featuring strikes at both ends.

Viktor Gyokeres to score first - 5/1

The main reason why Sporting have been scoring so freely this season is because they boast one of the most in-form strikers in Europe in Sweden international Viktor Gyokeres, who has scored a staggering 33 goals in just 25 games for club and country this term.

Gyokeres is the top scorer in the Primeira Liga, joint-leading scorer in the UEFA Champions League and also the leading marksmen in this season's UEFA Nations League, having fired home five goals for Sweden over the most recent international break.

The 26-year-old may have featured for just 24 minutes against Amarante at the weekend but he was still able to get on the scoresheet, meaning he has now netted in eight of his last nine matches.

That sequence includes a hat-trick in his most recent UEFA Champions League appearance against City, as well as notching four goals on two occasions.

Gyokeres will take some stopping on Tuesday, so do not be surprised if the former Coventry City star opens the scoring.

Predicted Starting Line-ups

Sporting CP

Formation: 3-4-3
Team: Israel; Debast, Diomande, Matheus Reis; Quenda, Morita, Hjulmand, Araujo; Trincao, Harder, Gyokeres.

Arsenal

Formation: 4-3-3
Team: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Saka, Havertz, Martinelli.

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