Even though they shared Group D in the Europa League earlier this season, Sporting and Atalanta were drawn to face each other again. But this time it will be in the knockout stages of the tournament. The previous meetings were quite interesting so the expectation here is for more of the same.
Sporting CP Team News
When it comes to facing Italian opposition Sporting doesn’t have a stellar track record – only 5 wins in 33 such fixtures. This might be a cause for concern to the Portuguese, but at least their current form seems to be good. Unbeaten in any of their last 9 competitive games, Sporting will be looking to enter this game on the wings of momentum. From those 9 games 7 have been victories, 2 ended in draws and the team actually, managed to keep 4 clean sheets. What is even more impressive is that on average Sporting has scored 3.33 goals for that duration. In the group stage of the Europa League Sporting suffered just 1 defeat – at the hands of Atalanta.
Atalanta Team News
Atalanta will come to Portugal on the back of 2 consecutive Serie A losses against Bologna and Inter. Before that, the team also failed to win against Milan, so that would make it a 3 game-winless streak for Atalanta. The silver lining might be that at least La Dea finds the goal regularly. In their last 10 competitive games Atalanta has failed to score just once – during their recent 4-0 loss to league leaders Inter. However, in the group stage phase, the Italians remained undefeated and managed to topple their group. And one of those victories came in Portugal against Sporting.
Head-to-Head-Games
Looking back at the group stage of this year’s Europa League we will see that both teams shared a group. Sporting failed to win either of those games, while Atalanta managed to secure 1 win. Both games were marked by goals from both sides.
Sporting CP – Atalanta Betting Prediction
I think that here we will see both teams scoring. Previous games between the teams can be an indicator, but recent form shows that Atalanta scores regularly. Sporting is also a team that has been consistently finding the net in recent times. Hence why my pick here would be for both of these teams to score a goal in this game.
Betting Tip: Both Teams To Score: Yes
Bookmaker: BC.Game
Odds: 1.62
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