Sporting vs Besiktas: Sporting CP looks to keep their qualification hopes alive when they face Besiktas in Group C of the UEFA Champions League on Thursday.
Match Details:
Teams: Sporting vs Besiktas
Venue: Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisboa, Portugal
Date: Thursday 4th November, 2021
Time: 01:30 AM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Sporting CP comes into this after a 1-0 win over Vitoria de Guimaraes in their previous Liga Portugal match on Saturday.
Coates scored the only goal of the match in the first half which pushed Sporting to 2nd in the table with 26 points. This was their 6th consecutive win across competitions.
On the other hand, Besiktas were beaten 1-0 away by Hatayspor in the Super Lig on Saturday.
Lobzhanidze’s first half effort was enough to inflict a third loss of the season on the Turkish counterparts.
Besiktas remain 4th with that loss with 20 points from 11 matches.
In the Champions League, Sporting CP faced Besiktas on MD 3 and won 4-1 away with Coates scoring a brace alongside goals from Sarabia and Paulinho as well.
Larin scored the only goal for the Turkish side in the first half which proved to be a mere consolation effort by the end of 90 minutes.
Form Guide
Sporting: WWWWW
Besiktas: WLLWL
Last Matches of both teams:
Sporting 1-0 Vitoria de Guimaraes
Hatayspor 1-0 Besiktas
Besiktas 1-4 Sporting CP FT:
âš½ Sebastien Coates
âš½ Kyle Larin
âš½ Sebastien Coates
âš½ Pablo Sarabia
âš½ PaulinhoThe Lions’ first #UCL win this season. pic.twitter.com/MbVUldaRmF
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) October 19, 2021
Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of Sporting vs Besiktas in India?
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Team News
Sporting has no injury concerns ahead of this clash whereas Hasic, N’Koudou and Pjanic are out for Besiktas due to injuries.
Sporting possible 11:
Adan, Inacio, Coates, Feddal, Porro, Luiz, Palhinha, Matheus, Sarabia, Paulinho and Goncalves
Besiktas possible 11:
Destanoglu, Meras, Montero, Welinton, Uysal, Souza, Hutchinson, Larin, Teixeira, Ghezzal and Karaman
Prediction: Sporting 3-1 Besiktas
The win for Sporting on MD 3 gives them confidence to build on it and keep the campaign alive.
Besiktas’ poor performances have kept them rooted to the bottom of the table.
Sporting has won 6 on the bounce and look the favourites to continue their good work. We expect them to pick up a convincing win here as well.
Players to watch out for: Sarabia, Paulinho, Karaman and Ghezzal.
