The match between Sporting and Arsenal in the first round of 16 of the Europa League is scheduled for Thursday, March 9 at 19:45 at the Estadio José Alvalade in Lisbon and will be broadcast live on the Pro Arena.
Sporting, who are out of contention for the title in Portugal, are hoping to give themselves a big chance in the Europa League, but fate has put them in front of perhaps their toughest opponent in English leaders Arsenal.
Sporting, who are 4th in the Premier League, 15 points adrift of top-placed Benfica, have won four of their last five league games (losing 1-2 at home to FC Porto ), and in the last On the field of “Portimonense” the game ended 1:0.
The team coached by Ruben Amorim reached the Round of 16 of the Europa League with a play-off against Midtjylland 4-0 away and 1-1 at home, which saw them finish 3rd in their Champions League group. , which was won by Tottenham and which also included Eintracht Frankfurt (2nd place) and Olympique Marseille (4th place).
Sporting’s best performance in this tournament is the 2005 final (with Marius Nikulae on the field from the 73rd minute), which was played at the Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon and lost 1-3 to Zenit. Petersburg.
Arsenal, who are in 1st place in the Premier League, have a streak of four consecutive victories in the championship – after losing at home to Manchester City (1-3), second in the ranking, a distance of five points – two of them came in extra time after a spectacular turnaround, 4-2 to 1-2 away to Aston Villa and 3-2 to 0-2 at home to Bournemouth.
In the Europa League, Mikel Arteta’s side reached the round of 16 stage after winning a group that also included PSV Eindhoven, Bodo/Glimt and FC Zürich with five wins and one loss.
Arsenal have lost two Europa League finals (including the UEFA Cup), 0-0 after 90 and 120 minutes respectively, 1-4 on penalties against Galatasaray in 2000 in Copenhagen and 1-4 against Chelsea in 2019 in Baku.
The two teams previously met in the Europa League in the 2018-19 season in the group stage, with Arsenal winning the first leg 1-0 at Sporting and the return leg being tied 0-0. but they both went further, the English in 1st place, the Portuguese in 2nd place.
Superbet offers odds of 1.33 on the prediction X2: a draw or a win for the visitors in the match Sporting – Arsenal.
| Sporting – Arsenal | X2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 1.33 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
Source: Hot News
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