Sporting vs. Arsenal Live

#SCPARS LIVE | Updated overview of the day

First match ends in a draw

Martinelli’s action

Gunners fans enjoyed the game

First half ends 1-1

Warm up and it’s on!

The home side are on the spot

Arsenal’s starting line-up

Sporting starting line-up

Beautiful weather in Lisbon today

The Sporting fans can also get their feet under the boiler at home!

Arteta is certainly not going to miss a single contest!

A look into the past

Gunners fans travelled to Lisbon in the autumn of 1969. Arsenal drew the opening game in Portugal, but in the return leg they beat Sporting 3-0.

Forebet’s prediction

Arsenal’s possible starting line-up

How important is the versatility of Mikel Arteta’s charges?

“We have to go in that direction because we have some players who we don’t know if they will last 60, 70 or 90 minutes. We have to be really good at maintaining quality and balance in the team, as well as being as competitive as possible throughout the game,” Arteta is clear.

Wednesday’s Gunners training session in Lisbon

Sporting players are in a very good mood before the game

Jesus is already training hard

Arsenal already seemed to have run out of breath at the end of January when they lost to Manchester City, then to Everton, followed by a draw with Brentford and another loss to the Citizens.

But the London team managed to shake it off and win the next 4 games, scoring 12 goals. On the other hand, they scored 2 goals in 2 of those 4 games and had to turn the games against Aston Villa and Bournemouth. But a bit of luck belongs to football and so the Gunners are riding a wave of euphoria.

Sporting are slowly returning to form after a wild start to this season, but they are still only 4th in the domestic league. They are 7 points behind second placed Porto, who they have lost to three times this season, while they are 3rd. Braga by 5 points.

Two teams that definitely like to keep the ball on their feet will clash. Both teams have traditionally kept their stats around 60%, only in Sporting’s case in the Champions League has that figure dropped to 45%. The Frankfurt, Tottenham and Marseille teams have not allowed them more.

The word from the Arsenal camp is that they want to win the Europa League, but the English media generally expects at least a partial rotation of players.

Gabriel Jesus has already joined the squad and should be available for at least a few minutes. However, the trio of Kieran Tierney, Leandro Trossard and Eddie Nketiah have not travelled to Lisbon with the team. It is coach Rúben Amorim who will probably put the strongest he has on the pitch.

The two teams faced each other in the Champions League in the autumn of 2018, with Arsenal winning 1-0 in Portugal and the rematch at Emirates Stadium ending in a goalless draw. But back then these teams were more evenly matched than they are today.

However, it will be very difficult to choose a suitable pick for this duel until the presentation of the starting eleven, which can look really anything. Considering the results of the last matches, goals can then be expected and the Over 2.5 at odds of 2.07 offers interesting value.