Juventus vs Sporting Lisbon Prediction & Betting Tips - Europa League

The odds going into this game are heavily in favor of the hosts, at 1.89 for a win while a draw is priced at 3.64 and an away win is offered at 4.9.

Juventus’ race for a top four place has suffered headwinds in their last Serie A match, as they fell 2-1 away to Lazio. They had earlier drawn 1-1 with Inter Milan in the Coppa Italia and will be hoping to win here. The Europa League looks like their best route to the Champions League and it would be understandable if they put more emphasis here. It has been a season of turmoil for the Old Lady of Italian football, but with three straight wins in the Europa League, this competition holds a lot of promise. The loss to Lazio was Juve’s first in seven matches, and they will be glad to return home. In their last eight home matches they haven't lost – they have four clean sheets and six wins in that run. To get to this stage, Juventus saw off Freiburg with home and away wins in the second round, a 3-0 end on aggregate.

Sporting Lisbon came through two draws and a win on post match penalties to eliminate Arsenal in the last round. The two matches ended 3-3 on aggregate before Sporting won at the Emirates and with a second straight away game, they will feel capable of a positive result in the first leg. Sporting are coming inro this game without a loss in their last 11 matches. Francisco Trincao scored a hat trick in their last outing as Sporting beat Casa Pia 4-3 in the league action. This was the third time in five matches that they scored three or more goals and Sporting will feel very confident coming into this game. Sporting also have three clean sheets in five matches, and away from home they are unbeaten in nine matches. Three of their last four away matches have produced under 2.5 goals though Sporting have only failed to score in one of them.