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Group A leaders Manchester City head over to Lisbon Portugal to face off against runner up in Group C Sporting Lisbon. As heavy favorites for this matchup will the Citizens continue their dominance in the calendar year or will Sporting be able to hold on and take home advantage.
Home Team Form (Sporting CP)
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The Portuguese side have had a bit of luck on their side in their Champions League run this year. Though they were tied in points with Borussia Dortmund they advanced courtesy of goal differential.
Splitting between 3 wins and 3 losses (2 of which were to Ajax) every game barring a 1-0 win against Dortmund has been a goal-fest so far.
Domestically they are doing quite well only having 2 defeats all season, unfortunately, both of the defeats came in January of this year.
Champions League Form: LWWWL
Overall Form: WWWWD
Away Team Form (Manchester City)
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Manchester City has been undefeated in the calendar year so far, their last loss dating back to December 7 2021 a 2-1 to RB Leipzig.
Domestically they are on route to winning this year's premier league title not having lost a fixture since October of last year.
Given the level of competition being superior to the Primeira Liga, this should be a high-scoring victory for the Citizens.
Champions League Form: LWWWL
Overall Form: WDWWW
Head to Head:
The last time these 2 teams have played each other was in the Europa League dating back to 2012 with the series split t at 1 win each team City winning 3-2 and Sporting winning 1-0.
Prediction
Manchester City 2 - Sporting CP 0
Reasoning
Sporting Lisbon is coming into the match on the back of an intense 2-2 tie against league-leading FC Porto while Manchester City rested a few of the star players in an empathetic 4-0 win against Norwich.
Look for the English side to dominate Lisbon and win by at least 2 goals.