Sporting Lisbon vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction: Both home and away are happy

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Sporting's draw with Bologna in the final round of the Champions League group stage saw Morten Hjulmand receive his third yellow card. Under UEFA regulations, suspensions are only lifted once the quarter-finals have begun, so the Danish midfielder will miss this week's game.

Hjulmand joins a list of absentees that already includes Pedro Goncalves (muscle), Joao Simoes (unknown) and Nuno Santos (ACL). However, Matheus Reis and Ousmane Diomande will not be suspended as domestic suspensions do not apply in the Champions League.

Teenager Harder also started up front on Friday night, with Viktor Gyokeres suffering a thigh problem. However, the Swedish sensation is expected to return to the starting line-up on Tuesday as he looks to continue his impressive scoring run of 34 goals this season.

Meanwhile, new signing Carney Chukwuemeka (signed on transfer deadline day) was unable to make his Dortmund debut against Stuttgart after picking up a knee injury in training and his availability on Tuesday is also in doubt.

Carney is just one of two fitness concerns for the visitors, though. Dortmund are also without Felix Nmecha (knee injury). Otherwise, there are no other absentees.

With 9 goals scored, Guirassy is currently leading the list of top scorers in the Champions League with Robert Lewandowski. The Guinean player can equal the achievements of two football legends from Poland and Norway to become the 3rd player in Dortmund history to reach the milestone of 10 goals in a Champions League season. No BVB player has ever scored 11 goals in a single campaign.

Sporting Lisbon vs Borussia Dortmund latest expected lineup

Sporting Lisbon:

Israel; Fresneda, Diomande, Inacio, Araujo; Braganca, Debast, Morita; Trincao, Gyokeres, Quenda

Borussia Dortmund:

Kobel; Ryerson, Can, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Sabitzer, Gross; Adeyemi, Brandt, Gittens; Guirassy

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Under coach Amorim, who is on his way to join Manchester United, Sporting Lisbon have also shown a decline since the 40-year-old left. Fans believe that Amorim is like the "glue" that holds everything together at Estadio Jose Alvalade.

Sporting were on the verge of finishing in the top eight after picking up 10 points from their first four Champions League games. However, they have since failed to win any of their last four group games. Remarkably, none of the 24 teams that have qualified for the play-offs have had a longer winless streak than Sporting.

Arsenal, Club Brugge and RB Leipzig all suffered defeats for Sporting. However, a 1-1 draw with Bologna in the final matchday – where 19-year-old striker Conrad Harder scored the equaliser – was enough to see Sporting through on goal difference.

However, new coach Rui Borges has worked hard to steady the ship. Sporting were just one goal away from victory against Primeira Liga rivals Porto in Friday's heated clash. But the Dragons equalised in the fourth minute of the second half of extra time.

Angry about that draw (Sporting also finished the game with nine men), Sporting will now return to their "holy ground" Alvalade. They are unbeaten in their last seven games in all competitions there, having only been held to a draw by Bologna.

Also getting used to life with a new coach, Borussia Dortmund under Mike Tullberg (who took over from Nuri Sahin) won 3-1 against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.

After 5 wins and 3 losses in the group stage, Dortmund ranked 10th. For comparison, the opponents in the 2023-24 final (Real Madrid) are below BVB in the rankings.

Dortmund have welcomed former Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac ahead of the play-offs, but his reign has started in the worst possible way. Dortmund suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Stuttgart in the Bundesliga (their fifth defeat in eight games in all competitions).

BVB are languishing in the bottom half of the table, largely due to defensive problems. Defeat at Stuttgart, in particular, extended their run without a clean sheet to 13 games in all competitions (since a comfortable 3-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb in November).

On the offensive front, 22 goals scored in the group stage is the second best achievement, only behind Barcelona (28 goals). For Dortmund at the moment, possessing an explosive attack will bring a glimmer of hope in the search for the championship title. It should be remembered that they lost to Sporting with a score of 1-3 in the most recent meeting (November 2021).

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