Preview Man City - Sporting
Manchester City haven’t had the greatest of weeks as first of all they lost the first leg of their Europa League last 16 tie at Sporting Lisbon and then they lost top spot in the Premier League when they went down at Swansea at the weekend. On Thursday night they will bid to recover their 1-0 deficit in the Europa League before setting about regaining Premier League top spot at the weekend. In the Premier League they have won every match they have played at the Etihad Stadium so a 1-0 lead may well not be enough for Lisbon. City will be without Vincent Kompany and Pablo Zabaleta for this match while Carlos Tevez wasn’t registered to play in this competition so he misses out as well.
Sporting Lisbon are another side who could be caught in limbo as to whether to hold on to what they have or push for another goal and leave themselves open. I think they will need a goal if they are to go through but it remains to be seen if they can get it. Sporting couldn’t be arriving in Manchester with much more confidence after they walloped Guimaraes 5-0 in the Portuguese league at the weekend.
I think by hook or by crook we will see goals in this match. If City score early they could go bonkers whereas with Stefan Savic at the back they could well be vulnerable to a speedy counter attack too. Swansea found it easy to get through a defence without Kompany in its ranks at the weekend and so a technically proficient Sporting Lisbon side should fancy their chances too. I’ll go with over 3.5 goals as a bit of value.
Man City - Sporting
Tip : 3+ (over 2.5)
Odd : 1.70
FT : 3:2 WIN!!!
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