{"id":980,"date":"2026-04-07T11:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=980"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:02:15","slug":"sporting-cp-xi-vs-arsenal-predicted-lineup-and-team-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=980","title":{"rendered":"Sporting CP XI vs Arsenal \u2013 Predicted lineup and team news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Sporting CP host Arsenal tonight, aiming to extend their historic home winning streak in the Champions League.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Lions reached the quarter-finals after a stunning comeback against Bod\u00f8\/Glimt in the previous round. Manager Rui Borges oversees a side currently four points off the top of the Primeira Liga.<\/p>\n<p>While Sporting have never beaten Arsenal in regulation time, they did eliminate the Gunners in 2023 \u2014 a result that will fuel belief in the home dressing room.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts have won all five of their home European games this season. That formidable record, combined with the backing of a passionate home crowd, gives Borges\u2019 side every reason to believe they can spring a surprise tonight.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sporting CP team news<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Borges heads into the tie without his influential captain. Morten Hjulmand is ruled out due to suspension, with Daniel Bragan\u00e7a expected to partner Hidemasa Morita in the heart of midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Geovany Quenda and Luis Guilherme also remain sidelined through injury, further limiting Borges\u2019 options. In defence, Gon\u00e7alo In\u00e1cio will be tasked with disrupting Arsenal\u2019s attack, having recorded 41 line-breaking passes in the previous round.<\/p>\n<p>Rui Silva will likely start in goal behind a defensive partnership of Ousmane Diomande and In\u00e1cio. Further forward, Francisco Trinc\u00e3o and Pedro Gon\u00e7alves will provide creative support from the flanks, with Luis Su\u00e1rez leading the line.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian striker needs just one more goal to equal the club record of six in a single European campaign \u2014 a milestone that could arrive on the biggest of occasions.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sporting CP predicted lineup<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sporting CP Predicted XI (4-2-3-1):<\/strong> Silva; Vagianidis, Diomande, In\u00e1cio, Mangas; Bragan\u00e7a, Morita; Catamo, Trinc\u00e3o, Gon\u00e7alves; Su\u00e1rez<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When will the match kick off?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Champions League tie at Est\u00e1dio Jos\u00e9 Alvalade kicks off this Tuesday at 20:00 BST.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to watch Sporting vs Arsenal?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>UK viewers can watch the match live on Amazon Prime Video from 18:30 BST.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read more-\u00a0Ryan Giggs becomes latest Man United legend to back Carrick for permanent job<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>See Also-\u00a0The teams with the most FA Cup semi-final appearances in history<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Follow the Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FootyFaithful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefootballfaithfull\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUgN0WQEhxRbfTdlbkEG7zQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thefootballfaithful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">TikTok<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sporting CP host Arsenal tonight, aiming to extend their historic home winning streak in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}