Sporting Lisbon Man City Odds : City looking a cracking bet for Europa League lead
Manchester City will be looking for a positive display in the first-leg of their last 16 Europa League tie at Sporting Lisbon on Thursday evening as Paddy Power make Roberto Mancini’s men 4/5 to win, a price which is seldom to be found on the Premiership leaders at the present time.
In the last round, Roberto Mancini’s men managed a 2-1 victory at Porto in the first-leg and they would love to come away from this away fixture with a similar result. They will then be massive favourites to complete the job on home soil.
The form of the Premier League leaders is extremely good going into this fixture too. Since they slipped up at Everton back in January, they have won six games in succession across all competitions.
As mentioned, this included progression past Porto in the Europa League, with a 6-1 aggregate victory over the reigning Champions really putting a marker down for City’s intentions in this competition.
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Their form is gaining momentum at the right time too. They are of course fighting for the title domestically and the Europa League is reaching the latter stages. Nine goals in their last three games without conceding is a very encouraging pattern for them.
As for Sporting Lisbon, they are in decent enough form themselves, particularly on home soil. In the league, they have won seven of their last eight home games with Porto the only team to get anything from them in this sequence.
In the Europa League, they have a 100% home record this season too, so they will be aiming for victory on Thursday evening, no doubt about that. In fact, if they are to progress from this tie, you feel they need to take the advantage to Manchester.
An interesting factor to this game is that this is Sporting coach Sa Pinto’s first home game in charge since he surprisingly took over from Domingos Paciencia. The new boss will demand a performance from his team.
Overall, this is a fascinating contest between two very good teams. City may well be slight favourites, but Sporting’s home record means they will be more than competitive in this first-leg.
