Prediction for the match - 9 March 2022 Manchester City - Sporting Clube de Portugal

At 20:00 (UTC), the Sporting Clube de Portugal comes to visit the Manchester City. Bookmakers consider the hosts to be clear favorites in this game. The coefficient for the victory of Manchester City is 1.17.

Manchester City are all but through to the next round after thrashing Sporting CP 5-0 in the first leg. Pep Guardiola's side will be full of confidence after a straightforward 4-1 win over Manchester United on Sunday. . Sporting CP have experienced their worst run of results under Ruben Amorim with just two wins from their last six matches in all competitions. That is not the sort of form you want when heading to Manchester to face City. They are basically already out but they will at the very least want to give a good account of themselves at the Etihad. .

This is not the first game between these teams. They have already met 4 times recently. At the same time, Manchester City won 2 victories in these matches. The most productive match between the teams took place on 15-го февраля and ended with a score of 0:5 in favor of Manchester City. As for the match in which the teams scored the fewest goals, it ended with a score of 1:0. Then the victory was won by the team Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Manchester City are going quite well, in their last 6 matches they have won 5 times. Also the team plays in an attacking style and scores an average of 3 goals per game, which is a fairly good result. Manchester City have missed too many in their last games, an average of 0.67 times per game.

Sporting Clube de Portugal are not in its best shape right now, they were able to win only 2 out of 6 matches. But they score an average of no more than 1.5 goals per game. The team shows itself well in defense, conceding an average of 1.67 goals.

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Manchester City – pre-match summary

• Manchester City are all but through to the next round after winning the first leg 5-0 away from home, so Pep Guardiola has the freedom to rotate heavily on Wednesday.
• Joao Cancelo may still be required for the home side as Kyle Walker is still suspended and John Stones will likely be needed at centre-back with Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake injured.
• The problem is, however, Cancelo is one booking away from missing the next round. Kevin De Bruyne, who picked up a small knock on Sunday, is also walking the tightrope in that regard and will likely not feature here.
• Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling didn't make it off the bench in their 4-1 derby win over Manchester United on Sunday and should rotate into the side here.

Sporting Clube de Portugal – pre-match summary

• Matheus Nunes misses the return leg due to an accumulation of bookings in the competition.
• The tie is really over for Sporting CP so Ruben Amorim has to decide whether it's worth fielding his best available XI in Manchester.
• Zouhair Feddal recovered from injury to make the bench at the weekend but Pote, Joao Palinha and Daniel Braganca all missed out and remain doubts here.
• 16-year-old Dario Essugo made his full league debut for Sporting at the weekend and Sporting are actually short of options in central midfield heading to the Etihad.
• Former Leicester striker Islam Slimani will hope to keep his place in attack after scoring a match-winning brace at the weekend. Paulinho is the alternative up front.
• Matheus Reis will either play as a third centre-back or at left wing-back for the away side.