Sporting Lisbon v Lille

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Sporting Lisbon have strung together an impressive five-match winning streak in the Portuguese Primeira Liga as the hosts have registered important early season victories against Rio Ave, Nacional, Farense, Porto and Arouca respectively and even more impressive is the number of goals racked up by Ruben Amorim's side in recent weeks.

Sporting have plundered a total of 19 goals within these last five games overall and along with conceding just two goals in reply, the Portuguese outfit look to have a great chance of adding to their wins here at the Estádio José Alvalade on Tuesday night.

Despite losing their first game of the competitive season which came in the form of a 4-3 loss in extra-time to Porto in the Portuguese Super Cup, this loss has actually been one of only two defeats in their last 21 matches in all competitions, while also collecting no fewer than 16 wins within this period as well.

Lille will make their way to Portugal for Tuesday night's opening league game of this new Champions League format looking to avoid a fourth consecutive defeat on the trot in all competitions after being handed losses by Slavia Prague, PSG and St Etienne respectively.

The French visitors only just squeezed past the challenge of Czech Republic side, Slavia Prague, as Lille eventually registered a 3-2 win on aggregate but it was no thanks to a nail-biting 2-1 defeat in Prague in the 2nd leg of their two-legged play-off.

Lille had previously accounted for the likes of Turkish outfit Fenerbahce in the previous qualifying round of the Champions League which saw another 3-2 victory on aggregate but having also slipped to domestic losses in the French top flight to PSG and St Etienne, the visitors look to have their work cut out ahead of this upcoming encounter.

Recent results away from home have also been fairly disappointing as Lille have managed to capture just one win in their previous five outings on the road which includes defeats at Wolfsburg and Slavia Prague.

Sporting Lisbon v Lille Verdict

Sporting Lisbon won the previous encounter against Lille 3-1 on aggregate in the Europa League way back in 2010 and the hosts look the more likely this time as well.

Therefore, our main bet will be Sporting Lisbon win @ 1.70

Other side bets worth considering:

Sporting Lisbon win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.33

Correct Score: Sporting Lisbon 1-0 @ 7.50