Sporting CP vs Arsenal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th April 2026

Arsenal are gearing for a clash against Sporting CP at Estadio Jose Alvalade this coming Tuesday in the first leg of the Quarter Finals qualifying round for the Champions League.

Sporting CP managed to claw their way through the round 1/8 against Bodo/Glimt despite losing the first leg. A win in the second leg sent Sporting CP through with an aggregate score of 5-3. Arsenal knocked out Bayer Leverkusen in the round 1/8 to book their place in the next phase of the tournament. They managed an aggregate score of 3-1 after drawing the first leg, before winning the second.

After making it out of their last round match-up unscathed against Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal have plenty of reason to be confident going into their upcoming match against Sporting CP at Estadio Jose Alvalade. Should they manage to come away with a favourable result, it would likely provide enough of an edge for them to make it to the next round. The bookmakers are predicting an away-win which does look the most likely scenario.

Sporting CP show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 22 goals on average per match in this tournament. That makes a total of 22 goals, whilst they allowed 14 goals against, for an average of 1.4 per outing. They pulled off two clean sheets.

The Gunners head into their next Champions League match, averaging a remarkable 2.6 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament. They hit the target a striking 26 times, while also conceding five. That amounts to an average of 0.5 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring six times.

Sporting CP vs Arsenal Prediction

Sporting CP Form

Sporting CP recorded two wins in their last three matches, but started off by losing 3-0 against Bodo/Glimt. They responded by beating Bodo/Glimt 3-0, and followed that up by winning 4-2 against Santa Clara. Sporting CP won five of their last six Champions League matches at Estadio Jose Alvalade, scoring 16 and conceding six along the way. They lost once but didn't draw a single match.

Arsenal Form

In their last three matches, Arsenal won 2-0 win against Bayer Leverkusen, lost 0-2 against Manchester City and lost 2-1 against Southampton. Arsenal claimed 13 points in their last six Champions League matches, winning four, drawing once as well as losing once. They conceded four and scored 13 goals themselves.

Form looks slightly better right now for Arsenal, when compared to Sporting CP. Considering this, we fancy a narrow away win in this first of two legs.

Sporting CP vs Arsenal Team News

Sporting CP are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces Arsenal.

Sporting CP are unable to field Luis Suarez this coming Tuesday against Arsenal, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Arsenal face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Tuesday against Sporting CP. Myles Lewis-Skelly, Christian Noergaard, Declan Rice and Leandro Trossard racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Arsenal travelling party for their next match.

Sporting CP vs Arsenal H2H

Their latest encounter in the Champions League was a belter of a game, which finished with a 1-5 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Tuesday. Entering the clash against Arsenal at Estadio Jose Alvalade, Sporting CP have a 1-2-2 record in their past five encounters against their upcoming visitors.

Both teams found the back of the net in three of the last five matches between Sporting CP and Arsenal.

Sporting CP vs Arsenal Results

Sporting CP vs Arsenal Betting Tips

Luis Suarez has four strikes in six Champions League matches for Sporting CP, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Arsenal. The visitors are looking to Gabriel Martinelli, who has provided his team with three Champions League goals.

Sporting CP have been pretty scary at home, winning nine of their last 10 home games across all tournaments, while also managing to draw zero of the games in the process. They were defeated in one of the games in this run. Arsenal won five of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost all points in one of those matches along the way. Arsenal managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches away from home.

Over 2.5 goals happened two times in the past five encounters between Sporting CP and Arsenal, with Sporting CP scoring 0.8 goals on average per game. Arsenal averaged 1.8 goals, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Sporting CP, who scored an average of 2.4 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Arsenal's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.7 goals in these matches.