Manchester City - Sporting CP

Manchester City

UEFA Champions League League Stage 2026 - Round 8

Wednesday 27 January 2027 20:00

Planned

Sporting CP

Match preview

Manchester City take on Sporting CP in UEFA Champions League at Etihad Stadium on 27 January 2027. Manchester City arrive on the back of 5 straight wins.

The most recent match for Manchester City was a 3-0 win over Liverpool (Premier League), preceded by a 5-3 win over Sunderland (Premier League).

The most recent match for Sporting CP was a 3-1 win over SC Braga (Liga Portugal Bwin), preceded by a 2-2 draw with Arouca (Liga Portugal Bwin).

The record over the 3 previous meetings: one win for Manchester City, one win for Sporting CP and one draw. See every meeting between Manchester City and Sporting CP.

48% Manchester City

24% Draw

28% Sporting CP

Our algorithm predicts Manchester City to win, with a probability of 48%.

Team forms

Manchester City

Liverpool 3-0 W

Sunderland 5-3 W

Norwich 5-0 W

Manchester United 1-0 W

FC Porto 2-0

Sporting CP

SC Braga 3-1 D

Arouca 2-2 D

Famalicao 1-1 W

Galatasaray 3-1 W

Nacional 2-0

Previous confrontations (H2H)

1 Manchester City

1 Draw

1 Sporting CP

67% Over 2.5 goals

33% Both teams scored

3.3 Goals per match

2 | 1 Clean sheets

Biggest win: Sporting CP 0-5 Manchester City (2022)

Most goals: Sporting CP 4-1 Manchester City (2024)

Goals scored all matches

2.00

1.33

Goals in home matches

0.00

2.00

Goals in away matches

3.00

0.00

Above is calculated based on the below matches

Full H2H of Manchester City and Sporting CP →

2024-11-05 Tuesday 20:00

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Sporting CP 3 P2

Manchester City 3

2022-03-09 Wednesday 20:00

Draw 🤔

Manchester City

Sporting CP 2

2022-02-15 Tuesday 20:00

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Sporting CP 3

Manchester City

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Possible line-up

This possible line-up is based on both teams' past line-ups, especially the most recent one. The actual line-up may differ and will be shown here as soon as it is announced.

Manchester City — Formation: 4-2-3-1

Gianluigi Donnarumma

Matheus Luiz Nunes

Rúben Santos Gato Alves Dias

Marc Guehi

Nico O'Reilly

Elliott Anderson

Enzo Jeremías Fernández

Iliman Ndiaye

Mathis Rayan Cherki

Antoine Semenyo

Erling Håland