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Sporting CP predictions
Form, injuries and team news for Sporting CP, with our researched pick for every upcoming match. Each fact links to its source; each pick is graded after full time.
- Position
- 10th Champions League
- Points
- 9 4 played
- W–D–L
- 3–0–1 this season
- Form
- WLWW last 5, oldest first
Injuries & absences
- DoubtfulZeno Debast
Debast is racing against time with muscle problems to be an option against LASK, but two days before the game he had not yet trained on the grass.
19 Oct · record.pt - InjuryNuno Santos
Nuno Santos remains out with physical problems and is still being treated by the club's performance unit.
14 Oct · record.pt - InjuryRodrigo Zalazar
Zalazar has a suspected left-thigh strain from the Braga win, is doing gym work only and is expected to miss Tuesday's Champions League trip to Lens.
10 Oct · record.pt - InjuryGeorgios Vagiannidis
Right-back Vagiannidis, hurt on Greece duty, is still in recovery alongside Nuno Santos, although the club view his muscle injury as not serious.
7 Oct · abola.pt
Latest team news
- Rotation
With three games in six days, Rui Borges used a young, rotated side in the League Cup and was expected to bring the regulars back and change almost the whole XI again for Casa Pia.
30 Oct · abola.pt - Manager
Rui Borges said Ibrahima Ba has no injury and has been available for two or three weeks; his absence from the team is simply a matter of getting an opportunity.
20 Oct · record.pt - Manager
Borges said Debast and Zalazar are very close to recovering, Debast slightly ahead, and should rejoin normal group training soon; both miss LASK.
20 Oct · record.pt - Rotation
Borges admitted Flávio Gonçalves lost his starting place in the last two games because of the switch to a 4-3-3 with two wingers, and would not reveal his goalkeeper choice.
20 Oct · record.pt - Return
Defender Ibrahima Ba rejoined group training ahead of Braga, giving Rui Borges a centre-back option with Debast banned.
7 Oct · abola.pt - News
Luis Suarez, Rodrigo Zalazar and Maxi Araujo had still not rejoined training on Oct 7 after long-haul international trips, limiting their preparation for Braga.
7 Oct · abola.pt