Thursday , 2 July 2026

Manchester City FC vs Sporting Clube de Portugal, Champions League 2021-22 LAST 16

UEFA Champions League · 2021-22
Manchester City FC
0 – 0
Full Time
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Wed 9 Mar 2022 · 20:00 UTC Etihad Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 15' Paulinho
Gabriel Jesus 39' Y
Y 40' Islam Slimani

Overview

Match Preview

Manchester City FC vs Sporting Clube de Portugal — Champions League at Etihad Stadium.

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

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1
1
Manchester City FC 3 games · Avg 3.3 goals Sporting Clube de Portugal
Last 5 meetings
2022-03-09 Manchester City FC 0–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2022-02-15 Sporting Clube de Portugal 0–5 Manchester City FC

Recent Form

Manchester City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
Sporting Clube de Portugal
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 history
30% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season
25% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

Manchester City FC are 8th (16 pts). Sporting Clube de Portugal are 7th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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.

Lineups

Manchester City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pep Guardiola

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ruben Amorim

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Viktor Gyokeres 3
Bernardo Silva 2
Phil Foden 2
Raheem Sterling 1
Riyad Mahrez 1
Gabriel Jesus 1
Maximiliano Araujo 1

Head to Head

2022-03-09 Manchester City FC 0–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2022-02-15 Sporting Clube de Portugal 0–5 Manchester City FC

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 W

Sporting 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 accuracy
1 / 4
1.8 Manchester City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.98 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Manchester City FC55% Draw25% Sporting Clube de Portugal20%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes53% 0% No47%
Avg goals/match: 2.78
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line 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

✓ Correct
Manchester City FC39% Draw45% Sporting Clube de Portugal16%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.8%
1 – 0
10.4%
2 – 0
9.9%
2 – 1
9.5%
0 – 0
Actual
3 – 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.