Sporting CP vs Lask Linz — Tips & Analysis

Sporting CP -1.75: LASK have nothing to hang on to here, and that is why we are backing Sporting to win this well. LASK sit 33rd of 36 teams in the league stage with no points at all. They were beaten 3-6 at home by Liverpool and lost 0-1 at AEK Athens, where they did not score. Sporting have won 10, tied 5 and lost 1 of their last 16 games. They score more than 2 goals a game and have won by 2 or more goals in 9 of their last 16. They have not lost by 2 or more once in that run. Sporting have also had 8 days to get ready for this. LASK have had 4, and they come in with one win in their last five. Fresh legs matter in a game Sporting will chase from the first whistle. Be clear about what this needs. A 2-1 Sporting win is the most likely single score, and we need them to win by two or more. Sporting have been held at home before, 2-2 by Arouca and 1-1 at Famalicao in the last six weeks. Five ties in sixteen games is the real warning. LASK won two of the three old meetings between these clubs as well. We still think the rest and the gap in quality get Sporting a clear win.