Marseille will be aiming to build on their first Champions League win of the season as they travel to Sporting CP in Group D fixture. However, the French side are poor travellers in the competition and should find things difficult against Sporting, who are solid at home.
Sporting CP will be keen to put the first meeting behind them as they were completely outclassed by Marseille. They struck first through Trincao but totally lost their way following a first half red card to Adan.
That was the first defeat for Sporting in the Champions League having claimed wins over Eintracht Frankfurt and Tottenham Hotspur in their first two fixtures. Ruben Amorim’s men remain top of the standings and will be keen for a swift return to winning ways.
Sporting CP have something to build on in Wednesday’s clash having earned a 2-1 victory at Santa Clara in a Primeira Liga fixture on Saturday. They are also unbeaten in five of their last six home matches, claiming four wins in that run.
Marseille are finally off the mark in the Champions League after claiming a 4-1 victory over Sporting CP. They took advantage of an early red card to the Portuguese side with Alexis Sanchez, Amine Harit, Leonardo Balerdi and Chancel Mbemba all on target.
The French side were brought back down to earth in Ligue 1 last Saturday as they suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Ajaccio. That result highlights a slight inconsistency for Igor Tudor’s men in recent weeks as they have claimed just two wins from their last five matches across all competitions.
Another problem for Marseille is that they are terrible travellers in the Champions League. They have lost their last nine away matches in the competition, a run stretching back to 2012.
How the bookies view it
The bookies have Sporting CP as overwhelming favourites with a home win priced at 5/4 with Unibet. A victory for Marseille is valued at 40/17 by SBK while a draw is valued at 5/2 by 10bet.
Head to head
Marseille have never lost to Sporting CP, claiming two wins and a draw from three previous fixtures. The last meeting between both teams at the Estadio Alvalade ended in a 1-1 scoreline.
Players to watch
Pote has slightly gone off the boil in recent weeks but remains a major goal threat for Sporting CP. The attacker has four goals in his last five home matches and is priced at 2/1 by bet365 to find the net on Wednesday.
Alexis Sanchez was on target in the first meeting and will be the one to watch for Marseille on Wednesday. William Hill has the striker at odds of 9/4 to get on the score sheet.
Anything else catch the eye?
There were five goals in the first meeting between both clubs and a similar outcome could be on the cards on Wednesday. Over 3.5 goals is priced at 85/40 by BetVictor, over 2.5 goals is valued at 4/5 with bet365 while SBK is offering 7/10 on both teams to score.
Sporting CP opened the scoring in the first meeting and could be backed grab the first goal on Wednesday at 5/6 with BoyleSports.
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