Bolton V Sporting Lisbon

Tough fixture for Bolton here. il cut to the chase, Bolton knocked Athletico Madrid out in the last round but i was not at all convinced by their efforts. Tonight El-Hadji Diouf is suspended and Nolan is a big doubt so its very hard to see them scoring at all. They have drawn two blanks in their last three at home so thats more evidence of their lack of firepower.

Sporting are not a bad outfit and could go far in this tournament. They are fighting for third place in the Portuguese League behind Porto and Benfica. If you compare the two sides its fair to say that Sporting have much more experience in the line of European football and this should stand to them. Im not going to go any further into this one. Not one of the Uefa Cup matches Bolton have played in this season have given us more than two goals. In fact they have never scored more than two goals in any of their 16 Uefa Cup games over two separate campaigns so unders looks safe. However the bookies have twigged onto this and unders is as low as 1.45 in places

Verdict

I cant see Bolton scoring and its going to take a big effort to keep Sporting out for 90 minutes. With away goals critical i think if Sporting can get 1 - 0 then they will hold onto that lead as it may be enough to see them through in the next leg. As i mentioned before unders is priced too low for my liking so 1 - 0 correct score to the away side may be a better investment. Small stakes obviously

Pick : Sporting lisbon to win 1 - 0
Odds : 8.55
Stake : 2 / 10
Bookmaker : 10bet
Match Result : 1-1
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