Sporting v Arsenal

Having already slayed the Champions of England during the last European gameweek, Sporting turn their attentions to last seasons runners up in Arsenal.

It will be the first Champions League game in charge for Joao Pereira, who takes over from Ruben Amorim, having worked his way up from the Under 23’s coach to the reserve team manager, and now the senior side.

Arsenal will be looking to bounce back from a 1-0 defeat to Inter. They’re currently the lowest ranked English side in the Champions League standings, with seven points from four games.

⭐ Sporting v Arsenal Best Bets

Having put four past Man City three weeks ago, a bet featuring under 2.5 goals may seem a strange one, but that result was an outlier in terms of Sporting’s Champions League results so far. All of their other three games have gone under 2.5 goals, and all four of Arsenal’s games so far have seen two goals or fewer.

In terms of the match result, three of Arsenal’s game have been decided by the odd goal. They have generally looked to keep things tight. Sporting will fancy their chances, but we’d be very surprised if they had the same joy in an attacking sense against a solid Arsenal side. We can’t call a winner, so will take a chance on the draw at nice odds.

👕 Sporting v Arsenal Predicted XI

🔍 Sporting v Arsenal Players to Watch

🟢 Viktor Gyokeres

Gyokeres is in phenomenal form for Sporting, having scored 18 goals in all competitions before the end of November. He has also scored nine goals in six games for Sweden in the Nations League.

The angle we like here though is for him to commit 2 or more fouls, which has landed in three of his four Champions league games so far, with at least one in every game. He’ll be up against Gabriel, who can be a niggly opponent, and Saliba, who has been fouled at least once in three of four games.

🔴 Kai Havertz

Havertz should come back into the side for this one, having been left on the bench alongside Declan Rice, Thomas Partey and Gabriel Martinelli for Saturday’s 3-0 win over Arsenal. They were probably rested with this game in mind.

The German forward is not prolific, but he is almost always Arteta’s choice to lead the line, for his all round abilities and ability to link the play.

Havertz has been fouled once in every Champions League game, and twice or more in three of four. He should be taken to draw 2+ fouls here at an attractive price.

📂 Sporting v Arsenal Cheat Sheet

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💻 Sporting v Arsenal Form and Tactics

Sporting will line up in their familiar 3-4-3 formation. They usually play with an aggressively high line, but it will be interesting if there are any tactical tweaks from the new man in charge.

The Portuguese Champions have won all their games this season bar their away trip to Eindhoven in their second Champions League game.

Arsenal will line up in their 4-3-3, with the return to fitness of Martin Odegaard a big positive to their ability to create chances, which they have struggled to do in Europe this season. They have not scored on the road yet this campaign.

They are very rarely exposed defensively, they’ve not conceded more than two goals in a game since the 5^th December 2023.

🏁 Sporting v Arsenal Ref Watch

• Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
• Marciniak took charge of the 2022 World Cup Final and 2023 Champions League Final.
• He refereed PSG v Atheltico Madrid during the last game week, only showing one yellow card in the game.

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* I recommend waiting for confirmed team line-ups before placing any bets.

* All odds displayed correct at the time of publishing.