Manchester City - Sporting Lisbon meeting-1/8-final revenge of the UEFA Europa League stadium "Etihad" 22:05 CET.
Hosted by Manchester will have to win today's game with more goals as the team lost the first meeting of Portuguese land 0-1 and will have to catch this liability.
Definitely "Citizens" are favorites to continue the next phase of the tournament and they made a very difficult mistake.
Group for Manchester City's match: Hart, Pantilimon, Richards, Lescott, Savic, Toure, Clichy, Kolarov, Milner, Pizarro, Johnson, Nasri, Silva, De Jong, Yaya Toure, Jack, Aguero, Balotelli
Injured: Zabaleta, Kompany
Banned: No
Doubtful: None
Forecast Gol.bg:
The sign in this meeting will surely be "1", but it remains to be seen whether "citizens" will fail to reach the coveted expressive victory.
Guests received a serious blow after it became clear that their top scorer Ricky Van Volfsvinkel will probably miss the meeting because of injury.
This in turn is likely to allow Sa Pinto to chance in the forefront of the Uruguayan Sebastian Ribas.
Elias could not play the "Lions" in the League and Andre Karyo is also an option to replace the Dutchman in attacking plan.
The hosts in turn have staffing problems as the only absentees are Zabaleta and Kompany who have injuries.
Overall, both teams have only one official match each other in history and this was the first meeting of the Portuguese land, which ended in victory for Sporting 1-0.
Over the weekend, Roberto Mancini's team lost to Swansea and gave leadership in the standings.
It remains to be seen whether the "Citizens" will earn him the Portuguese Sporting unpleasant for success.
"Sky blue" are the team that he has marked the most goals in the Premier League - 69 and has allowed at least - only 19.
Our prediction for the outcome of this match was a success with three clear goals "Citizens".
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