Sporting CP vs FC Midtjylland Preview 16/02/2023

Sporting CP vs FC Midtjylland – 16/02/2023

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Sporting Lisbon might be hoping to park their depressing league type once they play hosts to Midtjylland within the Europa League on the José Alvalade Stadium with the Primeira Liga facet sitting fourth on the home entrance because the away facet are slumped into seventh.

For all of the woes Sporting are going through forward of this one on the home entrance, they don’t seem to be in practically half as dangerous of type as their opposition.

Midtjylland narrowly received by way of their Atlantic Cup group stage with a penalty shootout win in opposition to IF Elfsborg. They have not performed within the Danish Superliga since November, nevertheless, and stay in serious trouble by sitting seventh.

It is the lowest they’ve been in a few years after 17 video games within the league and so they now sit within the relegation spherical and one level beneath the championship spherical.

Now, with two video games for the reason that World Cup, their solely win in common time got here in opposition to Ulsan two weeks in the past.

Sporting have completed inside the highest two within the final two seasons in Portugal, successful the title in 2020/21 and ending second a yr later.

As of now, they’re at the moment on the right track to complete the bottom they’ve since 2019/20, as they’re behind Braga in third by eight factors and adrift of Porto in second by 10 factors after dropping to them final weekend.

At residence, Sporting misplaced to rivals Porto 2-1, as Youssef Chermiti scored within the 97th minute of the sport the place they’d 16 photographs in direction of aim and 5 on course.

It was the membership’s sixth loss within the Primeira Liga this marketing campaign, as they’ve gained simply 12 of the 20 outings to date. In reality, they even misplaced the Taca da Liga last to Porto simply three weeks in the past after making all of it the best way to the ultimate simply to lose in convincing fashion.

Sporting additionally had a troublesome time at moments within the Champions League, however they had been heading into the knockout rounds proper up till the dying embers of their recreation in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Arthur scored within the first half as Tottenham Hotspur had been dropping. Nonetheless, two late targets from Spurs and two second half targets from Frankfurt pressured the Portuguese facet into third after sitting second for a lot of the ultimate group video games.

In whole, they completed on seven factors, and managed to beat Frankfurt in Germany 3-0, whereas beating Spurs at residence after which drawing 1-1 with them in north London.

Forebet predicts a win for Sporting and for the sport to see underneath 2.5 targets scored.