In one of the matches of the Champions League group stage, the players of Sporting and Ajax will come face to face. Which of the rivals will get the victory in the upcoming confrontation? Our sports portal gives a forecast for this meeting.
Sporting
Following the results of the last season, the Lisbon team became the champion of Portugal after a long period, thanks to which the team was in the main stage of the LCH. It is worth noting that the "lions" will play for the seventh time in the group stage of the most prestigious club tournament of the Old World, but only once did the Portuguese team manage to make it to the playoffs of this tournament. This event happened in the 2008/2009 season. It was then, in the 1/8 finals, the Lisbon team lost on the sum of two meetings to Bayern. Sporting approaches this match after a draw with Porto (1: 1) in the Portuguese championship.
Ajax
"Ajax" became the winners of the Dutch championship last season, thanks to which the team received a direct ticket to the group round of the League as a champion. It is worth noting that the guests got into the main draw of the tournament for the fourth time in a row, and in the 2018/2019 season they were able to reach the semifinals at all, where they lost on the sum of two fantastic meetings to Tottenham. In total, the Amsterdam team reached the playoffs three times, but last season they took only the third place in their group, missing Liverpool and Atalanta in the 1/8 finals.
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Disqualifications:
- Coates (red card) – Sporting. Onana (disqualification) – Ajax.
- Injuries:
- Pedro (knee) – Sporting. Kudus (ankle), Kleiber (knee), Klassen (groin) – all Ajax.
- Under question:
- Stekelenburg (groin) – Ajax.
Statistics and figures:
- The guests are small favorites of the meeting;
- Sporting has not known defeats for 11 matches;
- Ajax has a 4-match series without defeats;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the opponents ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of Sporting.
Forecast
Sporting looks confident in home matches and has a solid series, during which it has not lost. I advise you to make a forecast for the success of the "lions"in this match. This is a risk that will surely be justified.
