Manchester City FC vs Sporting Clube de Portugal, Champions League 2021-22 LAST 16
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Overview
Match Preview
Manchester City FC vs Sporting Clube de Portugal — Champions League at Etihad Stadium.
- Manchester City FC 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)
- Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Arda Kardesler
- Referee Paolo Valeri
- Referee Ibrahim Caglar Uyarcan
- Referee Abdulkadir Bitigen
- Referee Mustafa Eyisoy (Turkey)
- Referee Halil Meler (Turkey)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern München 8 21 3 Liverpool FC 8 18 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17 5 FC Barcelona 8 16 6 Chelsea FC 8 16 7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16 8 Manchester City FC 8 16 9 Real Madrid CF 8 15 10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15 11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14 12 Newcastle United FC 8 14 13 Juventus FC 8 13 14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13 15 Atalanta BC 8 13 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12 17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11 18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11 19 Club Brugge KV 8 10 20 Galatasaray SK 8 10 21 AS Monaco FC 8 10 22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10 23 FK Bodø/Glimt 8 9 24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9 25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9 26 Paphos FC 8 9 27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9 28 PSV 8 8 29 Athletic Club 8 8 30 SSC Napoli 8 8 31 FC København 8 8 32 AFC Ajax 8 6 33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4 34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 35 Villarreal CF 8 1 36 FK Kairat 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 Mar Sporting Clube de Portugal H 0–0 D 06 Mar Manchester United FC H 4–1 W 26 Feb Everton FC A 1–0 W 19 Feb Tottenham Hotspur FC H 2–3 L 15 Feb Sporting Clube de Portugal A 5–0 W 12 Feb Norwich City FC A 4–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 Mar Manchester City FC A 0–0 D 05 Mar FC Arouca H 2–0 W 26 Feb CS Maritimo A 1–1 D 20 Feb GD Estoril Praia H 3–0 W 15 Feb Manchester City FC H 0–5 L 11 Feb FC Porto A 2–2 D Season Stats
Manchester City FC Sporting Clube de Portugal #8 Position #7 16 Points 16 8 Played 8 5 / 1 / 2 W / D / L 5 / 1 / 2 15 Scored 17 9 Conceded 11 +6 GD +6 2.00 PPG 2.00 63% Win % 63% Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history30% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season25% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this seasonManchester City FC are 8th (16 pts). Sporting Clube de Portugal are 7th (16 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
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Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Manchester City FC and Sporting Clube de Portugal is underway.
- 5' Sporting Clube de Portugal seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 10' Nuno Santos needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 15' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Paulinho.
- 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 25' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 30' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Clube de Portugal is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ederson made 436 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 39' Manchester City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 40' Sporting Clube de Portugal receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 40.
- 45' It looks surprising Manchester City FC does not make any changes. Sebastian Coates has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 46' The supporters are chanting for Riyad Mahrez. He replaces Bernardo Silva on 46 minute.
- 47' Goal! Gabriel Jesus scores his 106 goal in 436 matches.
- 52' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 52 minutes.
- 57' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Clube de Portugal needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 58' The Sporting Clube de Portugal manager makes a substitution. Pablo Sarabia departs to be replaced by Marcus Edwards.
- 63' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 68' Sporting Clube de Portugal started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 68.
- 73' The whistle greets Ederson as he departs to be replaced by Scott Carson.
- 78' Ricardo Esgaio has so much to prove this time. He replaces Pedro Porro on 78 minute.
- 79' The whistle greets Paulinho as he departs to be replaced by Nuno Santos.
- 84' The whistle greets Aymeric Laporte as he departs to be replaced by Luke Mbete-Tatu.
- 89' Another substitution for Sporting Clube de Portugal to replace Luis Neto by Zouhair Feddal on 89 minute.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.
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Lineups
Manchester City FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 8
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31
Ederson ↓ Scott Carson 73'
- 25
- 9
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20
Bernardo Silva ↓ Riyad Mahrez 46'
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- 7
- 14
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47
Phil Foden ↓ James McAtee 46'
- 11
- 56
Bench
- 17
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26
Riyad Mahrez ↑ 46'
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33
Scott Carson ↑ 73'
- 10
- 16
- 48
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79
Luke Mbete-Tatu ↑ 84'
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- 84
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87
James McAtee ↑ 46'
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Coach Pep GuardiolaSporting Clube de Portugal Lineups
Starting XI
- 9
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24
Pedro Porro ↓ Ricardo Esgaio 78'
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17
Pablo Sarabia ↓ Marcus Edwards 58'
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- 2
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13
Luis Neto ↓ Zouhair Feddal 89'
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21
Paulinho ↓ Nuno Santos 78'
- 25
- 15
Bench
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23
Marcus Edwards ↑ 58'
- 31
- 16
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Zouhair Feddal ↑ 89'
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11
Nuno Santos ↑ 78'
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47
Ricardo Esgaio ↑ 78'
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Coach Ruben Amorim -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Viktor Gyokeres 3 Bernardo Silva 2 Phil Foden 2 Raheem Sterling 1 Riyad Mahrez 1 Gabriel Jesus 1 Maximiliano Araujo 1 Head to Head
Manchester City FC Form
2022-03-09 Manchester City FC 0–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2022-03-06 Manchester City FC 4–1 Manchester United FC W 2022-02-26 Everton FC 0–1 Manchester City FC W 2022-02-19 Manchester City FC 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur FC L 2022-02-15 Sporting Clube de Portugal 0–5 Manchester City FC W 2022-02-12 Norwich City FC 0–4 Manchester City FC WSporting Clube de Portugal Form
2022-03-09 Manchester City FC 0–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2022-03-05 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 FC Arouca W 2022-02-26 CS Maritimo 1–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2022-02-20 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 GD Estoril Praia W 2022-02-15 Sporting Clube de Portugal 0–5 Manchester City FC L 2022-02-11 FC Porto 2–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.8 Manchester City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.98 Sporting Clube de Portugal xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.78Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 76% 24% ± 2.5 52% 48% ± 3.5 30% 70% ± 4.5 16% 84% Double Chance
Manchester City FC or Draw 80%Draw or Sporting Clube de Portugal 45%Manchester City FC or Sporting Clube de Portugal 75%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.8%1 – 0 10.4%2 – 0 9.9%2 – 1 9.5%0 – 0 Actual3 – 0 5.8%3 – 1 5.7%0 – 1 5.2%1 – 2 5.1%2 – 2 4.7%0 – 2 2.9%3 – 2 2.9%Asian Handicap — Manchester City FC
Handicap Manchester City FC covers Push Sporting Clube de Portugal covers -2.5 15% — 85% -2 15% 17% 68% -1.5 32% — 68% -1 32% 23% 45% -0.5 55% — 45% +0.5 81% — 19% +1 81% 12% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet 38% ✗Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet 17% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.