Atletico Madrid vs Sporting CP Preview

Atletico have become one of the Champions League’s biggest teams in recent seasons, however, a poor start to the season saw them leave the Champions League in the group stages after coming 3rd behind AS Roma and Chelsea.

With 9 points separating them and Barcelona in the La Liga and no hope of winning the Copa del Rey, Diego Simeone’s men know this is their only hope of finishing the season with a trophy.

Atleti won over Deportivo 1-0 at the weekend to claim their 12th win from their last 14 games, a run which included Europa League wins over Lokomotiv Moscow and FC Copenhagen.

They have 14 wins from their last 16 games at the Wanda Metropolitana, keeping 13 clean sheets.

Sporting Lisbon haven’t been on their very best form most recently as they have lost 3 of their last 6 competitive games including to Braga at the weekend and to Viktoria Plzen in their previous Europa League game.

As a matter of fact, they have lost 5 of their last 8 games on the road and they have not netted a goal in 3 of those games.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Atletico Madrid

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	Villarreal		2-1		Atletico Madrid	18 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Lokomotiv Moscow		1-5		Atletico Madrid	15 Mar, 2018	Europa League
W	Atletico Madrid		3-0		Celta Vigo	11 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División
W	Atletico Madrid		3-0		Lokomotiv Moscow	8 Mar, 2018	Europa League
L	Barcelona		1-0		Atletico Madrid	4 Mar, 2018	Spanish Primera División

Sporting CP

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Sporting CP		2-0		Rio Ave	18 Mar, 2018	Portuguese Liga
L	Viktoria Plzen		2-1		Sporting CP	15 Mar, 2018	Europa League
W	GD Chaves		1-2		Sporting CP	12 Mar, 2018	Portuguese Liga
W	Sporting CP		2-0		Viktoria Plzen	8 Mar, 2018	Europa League
L	FC Porto		2-1		Sporting CP	2 Mar, 2018	Portuguese Liga

H2H

					DATE	COMPETITION
Sporting CP		2-2		Atletico Madrid	18 Mar, 2010	Europa League
Atletico Madrid		0-0		Sporting CP	11 Mar, 2010	Europa League