Sporting Lisbon v Young Boys

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Sporting Lisbon collected a fifth win on the trot in all competitions on the weekend with a 2-0 win away from home at Moreirense in the Portuguese Primeira Liga and the hosts will be looking for more of the same on Thursday night when they play host to Swiss outfit Young Boys at their Estádio José Alvalade where the hosts hold a commanding 3-1 lead from the 1st leg, while Young Boys also head into this 2nd leg tie on the back of a 1-0 home win against Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy.

Sporting Lisbon had previously posted wins against Casa Pia and Sporting Braga in the domestic top flight by way of crushing 8-0 and 5-0 victories respectively along with a cup win against Uniao de Leiria 3-0 away from home and the aforementioned 3-1 victory in Switzerland in the 1st leg tie against Young Boys.

Having won 13 of their last 14 matches overall in all competitions then, Sporting Lisbon will be supremely confident that they can finish the job in this Round of 16 in the Europa League, especially as Ruben Amorim's side have won each of their last 12 home games overall on the trot.

Young Boys bounced back from last week's heavy 3-1 defeat at the hands of Sporting Lisbon on the weekend when they registered a 1-0 home win over Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy in the Swiss Super League but the visitors now face a potentially greater challenge of attempting to overturn this 3-1 deficit away from home in Portugal on Thursday night.

Despite picking up five wins on the trot in preceding weeks which included league wins against Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy (away) and Grasshoppers, recent results for Young Boys have been a lot more modest than those of their upcoming hosts.

Young Boys have registered just three wins from their last six matches in all competitions which have all been in the Swiss domestic top flight while recent results in the Europa League have been worrying for the visitors ahead of this tough upcoming trip to the Estádio José Alvalade.

The Swiss visitors have lost each of their last three ties in the Europa League, losing home and away to Ajax in 2-0 and 3-0 defeats respectively along with last week's 3-1 loss at home to Sporting Lisbon but goals for both sides looks promising as seven of Young Boys' last 10 away ties in this competition have resulted in both teams hitting the back of the net.

Sporting Lisbon v Young Boys Verdict

Sporting Lisbon know they are just 90 minutes away from a place in the quarter-finals but Young Boys have to push forward here and another open, attacking game looks to be on the cards.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS Yes @ 1.70

Other side bets worth considering:

Sporting Lisbon win & BTTS Yes @ 2.60

Correct Score: Sporting Lisbon 3-1 @ 10.00