Atletico Madrid Vs Sporting CP Lisbon

Today, Sporting CDP will be making the journey to Vicente Calderon Stadium for a final sixteen encounter in the Europa League. Atletico Madrid are currently in tenth place in their domestic league; they played Real Zaragoza on Sunday but only managed a draw.

Their last Europa League game was against Galatasaray; they only managed a 1-1 result at home but a 1-2 result at Galatasaray’s home ground ensured their progression to the next round. After they play Sporting on Thursday, they will have the second leg away at Estádio José Alvalade the following Thursday.

Sporting were runners up in 2005 UEFA Cup and their plan will be to go all the way this time. They are currently fourth in the Portuguese league, but twenty points behind the leaders Benfica. Both teams will be approaching Thursday’s encounter with a win on their minds so why not come and join us here on oleolefootball.com where you can be sure of some great lives streaming football. Kick-off is at 18:00.