Overview
- Bodo/Glimt vs Sporting kicks off at 20:00 GMT at Aspmyra Stadion, with TNT Sports 4 showing the match in the UK and Paramount+ carrying it in the USA.
- Bodo/Glimt report no injuries and are expected to name an unchanged XI, while Sporting are without Maximiliano Araujo and Pedro Goncalves through suspension and have Geovany Quenda, Giorgi Kochorashvili, Ricardo Mangas and Fotis Ioannidis sidelined or doubtful.
- Bookmakers rate the game evenly at around 8-5 each with the draw 5-2, and tipsters suggest Bodo/Glimt could score first or win in a high-scoring contest.
- The hosts’ surprise run includes victories over Manchester City and Atletico Madrid and a playoff triumph over Inter, and both teams have scored in 10 of their last 11 Champions League matches.
- Sporting arrive unbeaten in 12 matches in all competitions, yet they took only four of their 16 league-phase points away from home and have a poor historical away record in Champions League knockout ties.