Sporting CP vs Manchester City: UCL Match Preview, Lineups, And Dream11 Team Prediction

Sporting CP vs Manchester City is the upcoming Round of 16 clash as the Leões hosts the Cityzens at Estádio José Alvalade on 16th February. Read the full match preview, lineups, and Dream11 team prediction. 

Match Preview:

Manchester City will be looking to capitalize early in the first leg to keep the upper hand. However, Sporting CP has to be careful because of the quality that Man City has. In the group stage, Manchester City cruised into the next stage, finishing as the group A leaders with 12 points. Sporting CP on the other hand, dramatically won 3-1 over Borussia Dortmund to advance to the next stage on goal difference.

Sporting CP vs Manchester City: Round of 16 - UCL Match Details

Date- 16/02/2021
Time- 1:30 AM
Venue- Estádio José Alvalade
Where to watch in India- Sony Network and Jio TV
Referee- Srdjan Jovanović (Serbia)
Assistant Referees- Uroš Stojković (Serbia), Milan Mihajlović (Serbia)

Team News: Sporting CP vs Manchester City

Sporting CP:

For the Portuguese team, this is their first appearance in the round of 16 since 2008-09. A memorable night as Sporting CP lost 12-1 on aggregate to Bayern Munich. So this year they are one of the underdogs to qualify from a pretty tough group stage. Their UCL run has been quite decent, inducing an exciting 3-1 win over Borussia Dortmund. Ruben Amorim's team's recent match ended in a 2-2 draw with Porto in the league on Friday, with five red cards being shown in the chaotic match.

Sporting CP is entering into the clash with the hope of taking down the super-strong Manchester City lineup.

Suspensions:

No one is suspended for the upcoming fixture.

Injuries/doubtful: 

Pedro Goncalves was suffering from muscular issues for quite some time but the team hopes that he will be available for the fixture.

Comebacks:

João Palhinha is expected to come back in the line-up.

Sporting CP recent form in all competitions:

2-2 draw against FC Porto
2-1 win over FC Famalicao 
1-4 win over Belenenses SAD
2-1 win over SL Benfica
2-1 win over CD Santa Clara

Manchester City: 

Pep Guardiola's side is coming into the fixture as the favorites to win the match. However, they ended up losing their final UCL match against RB Leipzig by a 2-1 scoreline. But Manchester City is unbeaten in their last 12 matches after that defeat. Manchester City's recent match was a 4-0 win over Norwich City in the Premier League. Which moved them 12 points clear of second-placed Liverpool at the summit.

Manchester City is in full form to get hold of this match and emerge victoriously.

Suspensions:

Kyle Walker will miss the game through suspension as he picked up a red card against RB Leipzig.

Injuries/Doubtful:

Gabriel Jesus and Jack Grealish are still out of contention as there was no news or sight of them against Norwich City.

Comebacks:

Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne, Aymeric Laporte, and Joao Cancelo were all given a rest for the weekend so all of them will be available for selection.

Manchester City recent form in all competitions-

4-0 win over Norwich City
2-0 win over Brentford
4-0 win over Fulham
1-1 draw against Southampton
1-0 win over Chelsea

Sporting CP vs Manchester City: Head-to-Head

Matches: 2*
Sporting CP: 1*
Manchester City: 1*
Draw: 0

(* - they both met during the 2011-12 UEL Clash)

Possible Line-ups:

Sporting CP: Adan; Inácio, Coates, Feddal; Porro, Nunes, Palhinha, Reis; Sarabia, Paulinho, Gonçalves

Manchester City: Ederson; Stones, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo; B Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Foden, Sterling

Sporting CP vs Manchester City: Dream11 Prediction: