UEFA Champions League – Sporting Lisbon vs Man City – Preview, Predicted Teams, Live Streaming Information, How to Watch Online

Domestically dominant Manchester City travel to the Portuguese capital to take on Sporting Clube de Portugal, commonly known as Sporting Lisbon outside of Portugal, in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Pep Guardiola’s side will be brimming with confidence after finishing above PSG to top Group A, while Sporting Lisbon pipped 10-man Borussia Dortmund to second in Group C via goal difference.

Sporting Lisbon won their 19th league title in the 2020/21 season and are currently in pursuit of top-of-the-table Porto who remain unbeaten. Sporting themselves have only lost twice all season in the Primeira Liga and trail by six points.

The Lions took nine points during their Group C campaign, winning three and losing three. This is the first time the Portuguese outfit have reached the round of 16 stage since the 2008/09 season when they were demolished 12-1 on aggregate by Bayern Munich.

Ruben Amorim is a fairly new face in the managerial scene, having made his managerial debut during the 2018/19 season with Liga Portugal 2 (third division) side Casa Pia.

In less than two years as a top-flight coach, Amorim has triumphed in the League Cup at Braga, led Sporting to a Primeira Liga title and navigated the Lions into the last 16 of the Champions League for just the second time in the club’s long history. He received the 2021 Primeira Liga Manager of the Season award for his fine efforts.

His Sporting Lisbon side are widely praised for their high pressing 3-4-3/5-2-3 style, depending on the phase of play. However, they will be coming against a Manchester City defence which has proven throughout the 2021/22 campaign to be most ungenerous.

There is no questioning this will be by some way the toughest test he has faced in his managerial