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| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
MANCHESTER CITY  HartRichards, Toure, Savic, Clichy Barry, De Jong, Milner Johnson, Balotelli, Silva | SPORTING LISBON  PatricioPereira, Polga, Xandao, Insua Fernandez, Carrico, Izmailov, Suarez Capel Van Wolfswinkel |
Manchester City will again have to deal with depleted options in the centre of their defence with both Vincent Kompany (calf) and Joleon Lescott (groin) both sidelined for the second-leg of this tie.
The home side are also without Pablo Zabaleta who has picked up a thigh strain.
Ricardo Sa Pinto is likely to stick to the same victorious starting line-up from last week, although a classy performance from Jeffren Suarez this weekend could give him a good chance of making the starting XI.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
Manchester City have kept clean sheets in their last four home games in all competitions, scoring 12 in the process.
- Ricardo Sa Pinto has only failed to win once since taking charge of Sporting in February.
- Manchester City have not lost three games in a row yet this season, only having lost two in a row once after losses in the FA Cup and Carling Cup against Manchester United and Liverpool respectively.
- Diego Capel is the man who has been on the wrong end of the most yellow card challenges this season in the Portuguese league.
- Capel has also drawn 22 fouls in the Europa League only four more players have received more.
- Sporting's game against Legia Warsaw saw the joint most yellow cards in the competition with 11.
Editor's Prediction
Manchester City FC 3-1 Sporting Lisbon 
