Sporting Lisbon vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction: Both home and away teams will be happy.

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Sporting's draw against Bologna in the final group stage match of the Champions League saw Morten Hjulmand receive his third yellow card. According to UEFA regulations, the suspension is only lifted once the quarter-finals begin. Therefore, the Danish midfielder will miss this week's match.

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

Teenager Harder also started in attack in Friday night's match, as Viktor Gyokeres was dealing with a thigh problem. However, the Swedish sensation is expected to return to the starting lineup on Tuesday to continue his impressive goalscoring run with 34 goals since the start of the season.

Meanwhile, new signing Carney Chukwuemeka (signed on the last day of the transfer window) was unable to make his Dortmund debut against Stuttgart due to a knee injury sustained in training. His availability for Tuesday's match remains uncertain.

However, Carney is only one of two fitness concerns for the visiting team. Dortmund are also without Felix Nmecha (knee injury). Otherwise, there are no other absences.

With 9 goals scored, Guirassy is tied with Robert Lewandowski at the top of the Champions League top scorer list. The Guinean player could match the achievements of two football legends from Poland and Norway, becoming only the third player in Dortmund's history to reach 10 goals in a single Champions League season. No BVB player has ever scored 11 goals in a single campaign.

Latest predicted lineups for Sporting Lisbon vs Borussia Dortmund

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

Latest football match prediction: Sporting Lisbon vs Borussia Dortmund

Under the reign of coach Amorim, who is on his way to joining Manchester United, Sporting Lisbon has also shown a decline since the 40-year-old strategist left. Fans believe that Amorim was the "glue" that held everything together at Estadio Jose Alvalade.

After securing 10 points from their first four Champions League matches, Sporting moved closer to the top eight. However, they then failed to win any of their final four group stage matches. Notably, no other team among the 24 play-off contenders had a longer winless streak than Sporting.

Arsenal, Club Brugge, and RB Leipzig all inflicted defeats on Sporting. However, a 1-1 draw with Bologna in the final match – where Conrad Harder (19-year-old striker) scored the equalizer – was still enough to help Sporting advance from the group stage thanks to a better goal difference.

Nevertheless, new coach Rui Borges has managed to stabilize the team. Sporting were just one goal away from victory against Primeira Liga rivals Porto in a heated match on Friday. However, "The Dragons" equalized in the fourth minute of the second extra time period.

Angry about that draw (Sporting also finished the match with only nine players on the field), Sporting will now return to their "sacred ground" Alvalade. They have been unbeaten in their last seven matches in all competitions there, only being held to a draw by Bologna.

Also adjusting to life with a new coach, Borussia Dortmund, under the leadership of Mike Tullberg (who temporarily replaced Nuri Sahin), won 3-1 against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.

After 5 wins and 3 losses in the group stage, Dortmund finished 10th. For comparison, their opponents in the 2023-24 final (Real Madrid) were ranked even lower than BVB.

Ahead of the play-offs, Dortmund welcomed Niko Kovac, the former Bayern Munich coach. However, his reign has started in the worst possible way. Dortmund just suffered a 1-2 defeat against Stuttgart at home in the Bundesliga (their fifth defeat in eight matches across all competitions).

BVB are languishing in the bottom half of the table, largely due to defensive problems. Specifically, the defeat against Stuttgart extended their run of matches without a clean sheet to 13 across all competitions (since their comfortable 3-0 win against Dinamo Zagreb in November).

On the attacking front, the 22 goals scored in the group stage is the second-best record, only behind Barcelona (28 goals). For Dortmund at the moment, possessing a prolific attack would offer a glimmer of hope in their quest for the championship title. It's worth remembering that they lost to Sporting 1-3 in their last encounter (November 2021).

Latest Sporting Lisbon vs Borussia Dortmund score prediction

Based on the above football analysis, we and leading football websites worldwide have provided our predictions for the match.Sporting Lisbon vs Borussia Dortmundas follows:

• Sportsmole:Sporting Lisbon 1-1 Borussia Dortmund

• WhoScore:Sporting Lisbon 1-2 Borussia Dortmund
• Our newspaper predicts:Sporting Lisbon 1-1 Borussia Dortmund

When and where can I watch Sporting Lisbon vs Borussia Dortmund live?

To watch the Sporting Lisbon vs Borussia Dortmund match live in the Champions League at 3:00 AM on February 12th, viewers can tune in to the following channels:K+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. We hope you enjoy watching football.

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