Sporting CP VS Borussia Dortmund: Review, Predictions and Sets

Borussia Dortmund travels to Lisbon to the first game of their Champions League playoffs against Sporting CP.
It was a whirlpool 2024/25 for both teams and Sporting CP fades after departure Ruben amorim in Manchester United. Portuguese champions were prepared for the best eight endings in the league phase after Thumping Manchester City 4-1But they failed to win one of their last four games and they barely got into the play-offs as a result.
Amorim’s heir, Joao Pereira, lasted only six weeks, and Sporting led the Borges Rui from the day of boxing. Four points are clear at the top of the league.
Niko Kovac on Saturday overseen defeat at his managerial port in Dortmund, replacing Nuri Sahin in excavation. The finalists last season suffered the up and down phase, but the victory over Shakhtar Donjeck on the Metchday 8 saw that they finished tenth and just in front of the automatic qualifying place for the 16th round.
Now they will fight sports over two legs in an effort to continue their continental path.
Here’s all you need to know about Tuesday Champions League Play-off.
Sporting CP VS Borussia Dortmund H2H Record (all games)
Current form (all competitions)
Sporting CP |
Borussia Dortmund |
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Porto 1-1 Sporting CP – 07/02/25 |
Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Stuttgart – 08/02/25 |
Sporting CP 3-1 Farense – 02/02/25 |
Heidenheim 1-2 Borussia Dortmund – 01/02/25 |
Sporting CP 1-1 Bologna – 29/01/25 |
Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Shakhtar Donjecsk – 29/01/25 |
Sporting CP 2-0 Nacional – 25/01/25 |
Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Werder Bremen – 25/01/25 |
RB Leipzig 2-1 Sporting CP – 22/01/25 |
Bologna 2-1 Borussia Dortmund – 21/01/25 |
Earth |
TV channel/live stream |
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United Kingdom |
Discovering+, Discovery+ App, Tnt Sports 2 |
United States |
Paramount+ |
Canada |
Dazn Canada |
Poor disciplines late to Porto late in Porto on Friday night, and Ousman Diomanda and Matheus Reis received their marching commands during stopping time. However, the couple is available for the game on Tuesday.
Morten Hjulmand, on the other hand, was suspended after the midfielder picked up his third competition booking last time against Bologna. They will return for the other leg.
Viktor Gyokeres breastfeeding is minor injuries, but it should be fine on Tuesday, while Nuno Santos, Pedro Goncalves and Joao Simoes are injured.
Sporting CP predicted the VS Dortmund line (4-3-3):: Israel; Fresneda, Diomanda, Inacio, Araujo; Braganca, Debast, Morita; Trincao, Gyokeres, Quena.
January arrival Carney Chukwuemek He knocked on training after joining Deadline Day’s doubt on Tuesday after missing the defeat of the weekend from Stuttgart. Experienced Playmaker Julian Brandt will continue to act as Dortmund’s number ten if newborns are not suitable for playing.
Julian Ryerson is available despite picking up two yellow tickets on Saturday, while Emre can be preferred by Niklas Sule in Central Bek.
Former Premier league Connection Marcel Sabitzer and Pascal Gross are likely to act in the tandem at the foot of Dortmund’s midfielder with Felix Nmecha aside.
Dortmund predicted the VS Sporting CP line (4-2-3-1):: Kobel; Ryerson, Can, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Sabitzer, gross; Adeyemi, Brandt, Gittens; Guirassy.
The Kovac has been defeated by the debut, and will need a new manager to oversee the shift from Era Edin Terzic/Sahin. This Dortmund team was a miraculous defensive according to the previous regime, and the cod would eventually make them ticklish clothes for everyone.
However, the vulnerability that has been manifested all season is left, and we know that BVB has almost always relied on the atmosphere created in the Park Park the Goal Signal as a means of enjoying success in this competition. In running until the finals last season, Dortmund failed to win the PSV Eindhoven and Atletico Madrid in the knockout phase before defeating Paris Saint-Germain in both of the semi-finals.
There are firmer places than this sports sports, it is certain, but the hosts enjoyed an additional vacation and that they were hitting an attack that could make Dortmund pay for omissions in concentration that were too common in this term.