📏 Form Guide

Sporting Lisbon

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Sporting Lisbon are hoping to win again following a 4-2 Primeira Liga triumph over Santa Clara.

In that game, Sporting Lisbon had 71% possession and 22 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For Sporting Lisbon, the scorers were Gonçalves (22'), Bragança (39'), Trincão (42') and Nel (90'). Santa Clara had 7 shots at goal with 4 on target. Gustavo Klismahn (3') and Gonçalo Paciência (89') scored for Santa Clara.

Sporting Lisbon have been offensively very strong of late, smashing 18 goals past the opposition during the course of the previous six outings. In those games, Sporting Lisbon have also seen the aggregate sum of goals scored against them total 8.

Arsenal

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Southampton in FA Cup action, Arsenal and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Arsenal had 64% possession and 23 shots at goal with 7 on target. The only player to score for Arsenal was Viktor Gyökeres (68'). On the other side, Southampton got 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Ross Stewart (35') and Shea Charles (85') scored for Southampton.

For 5 of the prior 6 games featuring Arsenal, a relatively low number of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game within that period works out to a paltry 2, with the average goals for The Gunners standing at 1.17. Even so, we’ll just have to find out if the trend might be sustained here in this game.

👥 Head to head

The last league contest between these sides was Champions League match day 5 on 26/11/2024 when it finished Sporting Lisbon 1-5 Arsenal.

On that occasion, Sporting Lisbon had 52% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Inácio (47').

Arsenal got 13 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Gabriel Martinelli (7'), Kai Havertz (22'), Gabriel Magalhães (45'), Bukayo Saka (65') and Leandro Trossard (82') scored.

The referee was Szymon Marciniak.

🗞️ Team News: Sporting Lisbon

Fotis Ioannidis (Ligament injury), Geovany Quenda (Metatarsal fracture) and Luís Guilherme (Ankle sprain) won’t be playing for Sporting Lisbon gaffer Rui Borges. Morten Hjulmand is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

It looks as if Sportinguistas will probably opt for a 4-2-3-1 system with Rui Silva, Ivan Fresneda, Ousmane Diomande, Goncalo Inacio, Maximiliano Araujo, Joao Simoes, Hidemasa Morita, Geny Catamo, Trincao, Pedro Goncalves and Luis Suarez.

📰 Team News: Arsenal

We are inclined to think that The Gunners might elect for a 4-3-3 system, choosing David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Riccardo Calafiori, Martin Oedegaard, Martin Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, Viktor Gyoekeres and Leandro Trossard.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Sporting Lisbon will really need to work well to score goals against this Arsenal outfit who we reckon will score at least once to put them ahead.

Our tip is therefore for a very even match with a 0-1 win for Arsenal at the end of the 90 minutes.

Should be an interesting one.

Lucas Pereira, 18:01 07/04/2026