Sporting CP have won their opening two matches in this season's UEFA Champions League and they will expect to pick up another victory when LASK visit the Estádio José Alvalade on Wednesday.
The Portuguese giants made it all the way to the quarter-finals last season and they look well set for another deep run after beating Galatasaray (3-1) and RC Lens (2-0) in the league phase this term.
A home clash with LASK represents a great opportunity for Rui Borges's side to make it three wins from three, with the Austrian champions, who are competing in the UEFA Champions League for the first time, having lost their opening two games to AEK Athens (1-0) and Liverpool (6-3).
Sporting CP v LASK Tips Summary
Best Bet - Sporting CP to win & over 3.5 goals @ 20/21
Alternative Bet - Luis Suarez to score 2+ goals @ 4/1
Bet Builder - Under 3 cards, Both teams to score & Yvan Dibango to assist @ 30/1
Sporting CP v LASK Prediction
Best Bet: Sporting CP to win & over 3.5 goals @ 20/21
Sporting CP are becoming a team to fear in the UEFA Champions League, particularly on home soil where they have won six of their last seven matches in the competition.
The Lions have made an unbeaten start to the 2026/27 season, winning seven of their 10 games and scoring at least two goals in all but one of them.
Clean sheets have been harder to come by - their shutout against Lens in Europe last week was just their third of the season and only one of those has come at home.
Borges's team have not played since that 2-0 victory in France so should be well rested for this clash with a LASK side that were involved in a nine-goal thriller with Liverpool last midweek.
The step up to the league phase has proved a tough one so far for LASK, losing their opening two games, but the confidence they will have gained from scoring three against Liverpool means they can play their part in Lisbon.
Four of Sporting CP's five home games this season have featured a minimum of four goals, while the same is true of LASK's last four matches, including Saturday's win at Austria Lustenau in the Austrian Bundesliga.
There were also five goals scored when these teams last met at the Estádio José Alvalade in qualifying for the UEFA Europa League in 2020. LASK scored four of those goals that day in a famous 4-1 win, but the roles are likely to be reversed this midweek.
Alternative Bet: Luis Suarez to score 2+ goals @ 4/1
Sporting CP have a knack for unearthing top-class centre forwards, Viktor Gyokeres being the obvious one in recent seasons, and the man signed to replace the Swede in the summer of 2025, Luis Suarez, has certainly picked up the baton.
Colombia international Suarez scored 38 goals in his first season with the club and has netted in each of his last eight appearances this term - nine goals in total - including finding the back of the net in both of his UEFA Champions League outings.
Suarez scored a brace in last season's league-phase victory over eventual champions Paris Saint-Germain and another double could be on the cards for Sporting CP's leading marksman.
Sporting CP v LASK Bet Builder Tip
Under 3 cards
Both teams to score
Yvan Dibango to assist
Pays 30/1
These two sides have only picked up a combined five yellow cards across the opening two matchdays in this season's UEFA Champions League and Sporting CP did not receive any in their win over Lens.
Substitute Daniel Elfadli picked up the only booking late in LASK's defeat to Liverpool and cards could well be at a premium once again.
LASK have scored in 12 of their 15 matches this season and flexed their attacking muscles against Liverpool. With Sporting CP conceding in four of their five home games, Dietmar Kuhbauer will feel his side can get on the scoresheet.
If LASK do find the back of the net, Cameroonian midfielder Yvan Dibango could play a major role after assisting all three of his team's goals against Liverpool.
Dibango was making his first UEFA Champions League start in that game, and after also playing his part in the weekend win over Austria Lustenau, the summer recruit appears to be firmly settling into his new surroundings.
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Key Match Stats
Sporting CP are yet to taste defeat in any competition this season, winning seven of their 10 games
The Lions have won six of their last seven home matches in the UEFA Champions League
Luis Suarez has scored in each of his last eight appearances for Sporting CP
LASK are competing in the UEFA Champions League for the first time this season
Yvan Dibango provided three assists on his first UEFA Champions League start for LASK against Liverpool
LASK were 4-1 winners on their last visit to the Estádio José Alvalade in qualifying for the UEFA Europa League in October 2020
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