Sporting CP vs Arsenal: UEFA Europa League Live| Kick off time, Live Streaming, When and where to watch Sporting CP vs Arsenal Live score, Teams, Prediction, Online Channel


Sporting CP vs Arsenal: UEFA Europa League Live| Kick off time, Live Streaming, When and where to watch Sporting CP vs Arsenal Live score, Teams, Prediction, Online Channel

Sporting vs Arsenal: Sporting CP welcome Arsenal in the Europa League for the Round of 16 1st leg clash on Thursday at home, as they eye a 5th win.

Match Details:

Teams: Sporting vs Arsenal

Venue: Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisboa, Portugal

Date: Thursday 9th March, 2023

Time: 11:15 PM IST

Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/

Preview:

Sporting CP head into this after a 1-0 away win over Portimonense in their previous league clash on Saturday.

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This made it 4 wins in succession across competitions with Paulinho’s second half effort ensuring the win.

The victory moved Sporting CP to 4th place in the table with 47 points. The Portuguese side dispatched Midtjylland 5-1 on aggregate to qualify from the Round of 32.

On the other hand, Arsenal survived a late scare in a 3-2 thriller win over Bournemouth at home in the EPL on Saturday.

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Billing and Senesi scored in either half to send Bournemouth 2-0 ahead but strikes from Partey, White and a late effort from Nelson ensured a turnaround win.

This win kept Arsenal top of the table and in control of their destiny.

The Gunners qualified for the UEL Round of 16 after having topped their group with 15 points from 6 matches.

Both teams last met in November 2018 during the UEL group stage, where it ended goalless.

Form Guide (last 5 matches):

Sporting CP: WWWWD

Arsenal: WWWWL

Last Matches of both teams:

Portimonense 0-1 Sporting CP

Arsenal 3-2 Bournemouth

Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of Sporting vs Arsenal in India?

The match is live streamed on Sony LIV, Jio Cinema App; while broadcast is on Sony Sports TEN 2.

Team News

Braganca is out due to injury for the hosts while Ugarte is suspended. Nketiah is a doubt for Arsenal while Jesus, Trossard and Elneny are ruled out.

Sporting CP possible 11:

Adan, Diomande, Coates, Inacio, Esgaio, Tanlongo, Morita, Matheus, Goncalves, Edwards and Paulinho

Arsenal possible 11:

Turner, Zinchenko, Gabriel, Saliba, White, Jorginho, Xhaka, Rowe, Odegaard, Saka and Martinelli

Prediction: Sporting CP 0-1 Arsenal

Arsenal have the momentum and control despite both teams having similar results. The reason being Arsenal’s consistency during the season.

We can see the Gunners getting an away win here but not without a good fist from Sporting CP.

Players to watch out for: Paulinho, Goncalves, Odegaard and Martinelli.