Sporting vs Manchester City prediction, betting tips and odds: Red-hot Gyokeres can trouble crocked Citizens

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Where to watch Sporting vs Manchester City

You can watch Sporting vs Manchester City in the Champions League at 8pm on Tuesday November 5, live on TNT Sports 1

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Sporting vs Manchester City odds

Sporting 16-5
Away team 17-20
Draw 3-1

Odds correct at time of publishing

Sporting vs Manchester City predictions

Football often works in strange ways and newly appointed Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim will get a chance to win over his new fans before even stepping through the door at Old Trafford. 

The Portuguese does not take over the reins at United until November 11 but he has a chance to increase the excitement surrounding his appointment on Tuesday when his Sporting side take on the Red Devils' bitter rivals Manchester City. 

Amorim will be keen to grasp that opportunity and there are reasons to believe he will – none more so than the form of his star striker. 

Viktor Gyokeres was on the radar of plenty of clubs following a prolific spell at Coventry, for whom he scored 38 goals in two seasons in the Championship, and it was Sporting who won the race to snap up the powerful Swede. 

That has already proved to be a masterstroke. Gyokeres's 29 goals in 33 league games led the Portuguese giants to a first Primeira Liga title since 2021 last term and it is now a question of how long they will be able to hang on to their ever-improving talisman.

The Swede has bagged 20 goals in his 15 appearances for Sporting this season, as well as five in five for Sweden, and his blend of pace, strength and ruthless finishing ability is proving problematic for every defence he faces. 

He has netted six goals in his last two games, making injuries to first-choice centre-backs John Stones and Ruben Dias all the more untimely for Premier League champions City.

The Citizens must also produce a response following their 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth on Saturday and their exit from the League Cup at Tottenham just three days earlier. 

Pep Guardiola will be counting down the days until January with City in desperate need of reinforcements due to their injury woes, but in their current state, they look the most vulnerable they have been since the Spaniard's first season at the Etihad. 

City's only clean sheet in six away games came at Champions League basement boys Slovan Bratislava and Gyokeres will fancy his chances against an injury-hit and out-of-form defence. 

Another Scandinavian striker, City's Erling Haaland, understandably leads the first-scorer market but he is out of form by his standards, having scored three goals in his last six appearances, so it could instead be worth siding with Sporting's star man to get the ball rolling in Lisbon. 

Key stat

Viktor Gyokeres has scored 20 goals in 15 appearances for Sporting this season. 

Sporting vs Manchester City team news

Sporting
Centre-back Eduardo Quaresma and versatile winger Nuno Santos are out for the hosts.

Manchester City
Ruben Dias and John Stones have joined Rodri, Oscar Bobb and Jack Grealish on the sidelines. Kevin De Bruyne and Savinho returned to City's squad against Bournemouth but did not feature, leaving question marks over their fitness for Tuesday's trip to Lisbon.

Probable teams

Sporting (3-4-3): Israel; Debast, Diomande, Inacio; Catamo, Braganca, Hjulmand, Araujo; Trincao, Gyokeres, Goncalves
Subs: Reis, St Juste, Quenda, Esgaio, Morita, Edwards, Harder

Manchester City (4-1-4-1): Ederson; Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol; Kovacic; Silva, Gundogan, Foden, Doku; Haaland
Subs: Walker, Simpson-Pusey, Nunes, O'Reilly, McAtee, De Bruyne, Savinho

Inside info

Sporting

Star man Viktor Gyokeres
Top scorer Viktor Gyokeres
Penalty taker Viktor Gyokeres
Card magnet Daniel Braganca
Assist ace Trincao
Set-piece aerial threat Goncalo Inacio

Manchester City

Star man Erling Haaland
Top scorer Erling Haaland
Penalty taker Erling Haaland
Card magnet Mateo Kovacic
Assist ace Phil Foden
Set-piece aerial threat Josko Gvardiol

Sporting vs Manchester City bet builder predictions

Both teams to score
Both teams have scored in three of Sporting's last five games and four of Manchester City's last six matches.

Phil Foden to score or assist
City's enigmatic midfielder has scored in each of his last two Champions League appearances and is a creative outlet too.

Zeno Debast over 1.5 fouls
Booked ten times for Anderlecht last term, the Sporting centre-back can be known to mistime challenges and could have his work cut out against Erling Haaland and co.

Pays out at 15-2 with bet365

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