STAR FOOTBALL PREVIEW Tues: Sporting v Arsenal

After Arsenal were defeated in the League Cup final and knocked out of the FA Cup, the pressure is on for them to deliver in the Champions League on Tuesday night, writes JOE CITRONE.

It’s been a painful couple of weeks for Arsenal whose dreams of a historic quadruple have faded away, and now risk potentially walking away from this season with nothing.

Of course, the Premier League remains their primary target after coming so close in recent seasons – and it also looks like their most realistic opportunity. However, they are still very much in contention in the Champions League as well.

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Sporting Clube de Portugal v Arsenal
UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final 1st Leg
20:00 Amazon Prime Video

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HEAD-TO-HEAD
NOV 2024 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Sporting 1-5 Arsenal
MAR 2023 EUROPA LEAGUE Arsenal 1-1 Sporting
MAR 2023 EUROPA LEAGUE Sporting 2-2 Arsenal
NOV 2018 EUROPA LEAGUE Arsenal 0-0 Sporting
OCT 2018 EUROPA LEAGUE Sporting 0-1 Arsenal

SPORTING
APR 2026 LIGA PORTUGAL Sporting 4-2 Santa Clara
MAR 2026 LIGA PORTUGAL Alverca 1-4 Sporting
MAR 2026 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Sporting 5-0 Bodo Glimt
MAR 2026 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Bodo Glimt 3-0 Sporting
MAR 2026 LIGA PORTUGAL Braga 2-2 Sporting

ARSENAL
APR 2026 FA CUP Southampton 2-1 Arsenal
MAR 2026 EFL CUP FINAL Arsenal 0-2 Man City
MAR 2026 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
MAR 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 2-0 Everton
MAR 2026 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Arsenal

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Sporting Lisbon will be looking to upset the odds when they take on Arsenal after an incredible comeback victory against Bodo Glimt in the last round of the competition.

After losing 3-0 on the first leg of their last-16 tie, it looked like the Champions League dream was over for Sporting, but an incredible 5-0 win in the second-leg set up this tricky tie with Arsenal in the quarter-finals.

I think there will be a mentality among the Arsenal squad that they need to stop the rot and can’t possibly afford a third consecutive loss, and so they may be slightly more reserved in their approach than they might otherwise have been. That makes the draw look appealing at 13/5 with starsports.bet.

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