Sporting CP vs Eintracht Frankfurt Prediction & Tips
Sporting and Frankfurt meet at the Estádio José Alvalade, in a UEFA Champions League group stage match. In this match, home advantage could play a decisive role, as Frankfurt have shown differences in performance in their home and away games.
The home team is currently on the 2nd position with 7 points after 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. In the penultimate game, they lost at home against Olympique Marseille by (0-2). In the last match, it drew away against Tottenham Hotspur by (1-1). This is a team that doesn’t suffer much from home conditions, that is, they have similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses as a visitor, with 25 goals scored and 21 suffered; against 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses at home, with 30 goals scored and 15 suffered. In the last game they played, for Portugal Bwin League, they lost against Arouca away by (1-0). In the last 10 home games, Sporting CP registers 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. Their attack has been scoring regularly, as they have scored in 4 of the last 5 games for this competition. There is a tendency to score goals in their home games, as 30 of the last 30 meetings they played ended with more than 1,5 goals. In the 15 games they’ve played, they’ve only managed 1 comeback in the 7 games in which they’ve conceded the first goal.
Sporting enter this match demotivated after a defeat, by 1-0, in the trip to Arouca. In the last Champions League matchday, the home side drew 1-1 against Tottenham Hotspur. The leonine team usually plays in a traditional 4-3-3, favouring fast transitions and attacks through the wings. In this design, the three most advanced men will be Pedro Gonçalves, Marcus Edwards and Francisco Trincão. Coach Rúben Amorim will be without the injured Luís Neto, Daniel Bragança and Hidemasa Morita.
After 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, the away team is currently on the 3rd position with 7 points. In the last game, they won by (2-1) at home against Olympique Marseille, after in the previous game, they lost by (3-2) away against Tottenham Hotspur. This is a team that curiously has been stronger away than at home, as in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses as visitor; against 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses at home. The team comes to this match after a loss at home with Borussia Dortmund by (1-2). In the last 10 away games played for all competitions, Frankfurt won 6, drew 1 and lost 3. In 15 games, they conceded the first goal 4 times and never managed to turn the result around.
Eintracht Frankfurt enter this game demotivated after a 1-2 home defeat against Dortmund. In the last Champions League matchday, the Germans beat Marseille 2-1. The away side usually operate in a 3-4-3 formation, favouring a faster style of play with Mario Gotze, Jesper Lindstrom and Randal Kolo Muani as their three most advanced players. The player responsible for directing the offensive momentum of his team is the Japanese Daichi Kamada, a player with good technical skills and excellent vision. Out of this game are Makoto Hasebe and Christopher Lenz, both with physical problems.
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