Champions League: Sporting CP vs Arsenal – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Champions League round Quarter Finals match between Sporting CP and Arsenal and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Sporting CP enjoy home advantage, when visitors Arsenal swing by this coming Tuesday for a clash in the Champions League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Team form: Sporting CP vs Arsenal

Sporting CP Form

In the previous three matches, Sporting CP lost 3-0 against Bodo/Glimt, beat Bodo/Glimt by 3-0 and won 4-2 against Santa Clara. Sporting CP showed little mercy in their past six matches at Estadio Jose Alvalade, of which they won five, drew none and lost once. They hit the target 16 times, while letting in six themselves.

Arsenal Form

Arsenal have only one win in their last three matches, as they did beat Bayer Leverkusen by 2-0. Disappointment followed, going down 0-2 against Manchester City, and 2-1 against Southampton. Arsenal came through their last six away games in the Champions League with four wins. Of those six matches, they drew once and lost once in which, they scored 13 and conceded four.

Betting stats for Sporting CP and Arsenal

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Sporting CP and Arsenal. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Sporting CP vs Arsenal

Luis Suarez look like value in the goal scoring market with four strikes to his name in six Champions League matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Gabriel Martinelli adds to his three Champions League goals come this coming Tuesday.

Betting markets: Sporting CP vs Arsenal

Full-time result

Sporting CP won nine of their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while losing one times. Arsenal won five of their last 10 games away from home, with four draws and one defeats as well. Arsenal have not lost to Sporting CP in 3 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Sporting CP scored first in seven of their last ten home games. Arsenal scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten games. Arsenal managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches. Arsenal have scored in 3 consecutive meetings with Sporting CP when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Sporting CP, who scored an average of 2.4 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Arsenal, who managed to score 1.7 times in those matches. Sporting CPs previous 3 matches in the Champions League had over 4.5 goals.