Sporting goes on a streak of six wins, with only one of them being minimal. The only one who could take points away from Sporting was PSV in the Champions League round before last. In the last round, the team easily coped with Sturm on the road. After that, they got two defeats in two matches of the Portuguese championship, and a little less confidently won the League Cup. There are no questions to the attack of the hosts, it scored in all matches of the season and only in one less than two goals. The defense is also good, it concedes little and has never scored more than one goal.
The last time Manchester City lost two matches in a row was back in September last year. It happens very rarely, but Guardiola’s team has failed in the last two games. First, with the reserve team, they were knocked out of the League Cup by Tottenham. And then the base looked unconvincing away at Bournemouth. Manchester City have a very difficult calendar for the month ahead. Only in one of the last six matches the guests managed to win not with a minimum score.