Man City vs Sporting: Manchester City aim to complete the formalities when they face Sporting CP in their UCL knockouts 2nd leg match on Wednesday.
Match Details:
Teams: Man City vs Sporting
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Date: Thursday 10th March, 2022
Time: 01:30 AM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Manchester City completed an emphatic drubbing of Manchester United 4-1 in their previous Premier League clash on Sunday.
Kevin de Bruyne and Mahrez scored 2 each as City continued their domination in the league and seem to be widening the gap between the two sides further in recent times.
This win helped City stretch their lead at the top to 6 points and have earned 69 points from 28 matches.
On the other hand, Sporting beat Arouca 2-0 on Sunday in their Liga Portugal match to stay 2nd in the table.
Slimani scored twice for the Portuguese side as they returned to winning ways.
Sporting has a tall order as they aim to overturn a 5-0 deficit and will need plenty to go right if they are to achieve the impossible.
In the first leg; Silva led the way with two goals alongside strikes from Mahrez, Foden and Sterling to ensure a colossal win.
Form Guide
Man City: WWWLW
Sporting: WLDWL
✌️ Good win, team #SportingCP pic.twitter.com/7KwVEJChDI
— Sporting CP English 🏆 (@SportingCP_en) March 6, 2022
Last Matches of both teams:
Manchester City 4-1 Manchester United
Sporting CP 2-0 Arouca
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Manchester City vs Sporting in India?
The match can be live streamed on the Sony LIV App, Jio TV; while the broadcast is on Sony TEN 1.
Team News
Mendy, Palmer, Aké, Dias and Steffan are ruled out of this one for the hosts. Walker is suspended after he received a red card in the 1st leg.
Luiz is the sole absentee for Sporting CP due to suspension.
1 – Bernardo Silva covered more ground than any other player in both Manchester derbies this season; 12.5km in November and 12.8km today. He accounts for 11 of the 16 highest single game figures for distance covered by a Manchester City player in the PL this campaign. Boundless. pic.twitter.com/ZOW8MqiJVN
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 6, 2022
Manchester City possible 11:
Ederson, Stones, Mbete-Tabu, Laporte, Zinchenko, Silva, Fernandinho, Gündogan, Sterling, Jesus and Grealish
Sporting possible 11:
Adan, Feddal, Coates, Inacio, Matheus, Essugo, Ugarte, Porro, Santos, Slimani and Sarabia
Prediction: Man City 3-0 Sporting CP
Manchester City would be buoyed by the emphatic win on mid-week and look to continue with the performance.
With a 5-0 lead, Guardiola is expected to keep some key players on the side-lines and give other players a go.
We still expect City to win this one convincingly.
Players to watch out for: Grealish, Jesus, Sarabia and Slimani.
