Sporting Lisbon vs Young Boys prediction and betting tips on February 22, 2024
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Game Prediction
While the Champions League is just gaining momentum after winter hibernation, the 1st round of knock-out games will end in the Europa League on Thursday. All return matches of the 1/16 finals will take place in one evening, with the latest kick-off in Portugal, on the western edge of the continent. There, Sporting will host Young Boys in native Lisbon. The editors of the website have published a prediction for the match on February 22, 2024.
Sporting Lisbon has improved its performance in the current season
“The Lions” were the losers of the previous season. Then they even lost to Braga, eventually finishing in 4th place. By the way, “the Archbishops” have tripped them up now, knocking the giants out of the League Cup (and eventually taking the trophy). Still, that is the most important, Ruben Amorim and his wards are now back in the championship race, where only neighbouring Benfica remains a serious competitor. It goes without saying that the Portuguese club intended to show its best in the Europa League. As expected, the team made it through the group stage, 3 points behind the final leader, Atalanta, but ahead of everyone else. The Portuguese team quite unexpectedly won with a 3-1 score in Switzerland.
Young Boys is once again unrivalled in the country
“The Bees” returned to the top after a long break and defended the title several times. Still, then there was the failure of the last but one season. Fortunately, they successfully bet on Wicky, who convincingly, with a “golden double”, returned the status of the best to his new wards. The higher mentioned result allowed the club, while remaining the best in the Super League, to try its hand in the Champions League. There, it, however, is unlikely that in the company of Manchester City and RB Leipzig one could hope for more than the eventual 3rd place. This position gave an opportunity to continue the fight, but in the Europa League format. However, it seems that the team will not be able to stay here: the game in native Bern brought a 1-3 defeat last Thursday.
Previous head-to-head matches
The teams played only a friendly match in 2010, which brought a minimal victory to the Portuguese club, before this confrontation.
Free prediction for the match Sporting Lisbon vs Young Boys on February 22:
“The Lions” are capable of playing no worse at the home arena than on the away field – we expect them to win with “a -1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.982).