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Sporting vs Arsenal Prediction & Betting tips
A very interesting duel from the eighth round of the Europa League is played on Thursday evening from 17:45 and it is the confrontation between Sporting Lisbon and Arsenal. The two teams have met only twice so far, both confrontations also taking place in Europe in groups, in the 2018-2019 season, when they qualified together from group E, Arsenal in first place and Sporting in on the 2nd place. In the two matches, only one goal was scored, in the round match when Arsenal won 1-0 away, the return leg ending in a draw, score 0-0. Both teams have something in common, they played one final in this competition and lost, Sporting in 2005 and Arsenal in 2019.
Sporting:
Sporting reached the Europa League after finishing 3rd in Group D of the UEFA Champions League, after Tottenham and Eintracht Frankfurt. In the round of 16, Sporting played against Midtjylland from Denmark, recording a draw in the round, score 1-1 and a 4-0 victory in the return leg away from home. Before the confrontation with Arsenal, Sporting achieved a 1-0 away victory at Portimonense, in the championship, where it was only in 4th place with 47 points, being far from the fight for winning the title, where rivals Benfica and FC Porto.
Arsenal:
Arsenal directly qualified for the round of 16 of the Europa League, after decisively winning group A, with five wins and a defeat in duels with Zurich, PSV and Bodo/Glimt. As we said above, Arsenal recently contested a final in this competition, four years ago, in 2019, losing to rival Chelsea with a score of 4-1. This season, Arsenal seems more interested in winning the Premier League title after a rather long break, currently occupying first place with a five-point lead over Manchester City.
Sporting vs Arsenal head to head matches
08.11.18 EL Arsenal vs Sporting CP 0:0
25.10.18 EL Sporting CP vs Arsenal 0:1
* Our advice is: 1X
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.65
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