{"id":667965,"date":"2026-04-07T07:44:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=667965"},"modified":"2026-04-07T07:44:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:44:45","slug":"sporting-cp-vs-arsenal-team-news-predicted-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/04\/07\/sporting-cp-vs-arsenal-team-news-predicted-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting CP vs Arsenal: Team News and Predicted Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Word on Football brings you the latest team news and predicted lineups ahead of the Sporting CP vs Arsenal Champions League quarter-final first leg<\/span><\/a> at Est\u00e1dio Jos\u00e9 Alvalade in Lisbon. The home team will be buoyed by their recent excellent form, including their brilliant 5-0 win in the last round against Bod\u00f8\/Glimt. Arsenal cruised past Leverkusen in the last round, but will be eager to bounce back after losing the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City and losing to Southampton in the FA Cup quarter-final.<\/p>\n

Champions League: Team News and Predicted Lineups for Sporting CP vs Arsenal<\/h2>\n

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Date:<\/b> Tuesday, April 7, 2026<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> Est\u00e1dio Jos\u00e9 Alvalade<\/span><\/p>\n

Kick-off:<\/b> 20:00 GMT<\/p>\n

Last meeting:<\/b> Arsenal 1-1 Sporting CP (3-5 penalties) (March 16, 2023).<\/p>\n

Referee:<\/b> Daniel Siebert<\/span><\/p>\n

Current odds: <\/b>Sporting CP 3\/1, Arsenal 4\/5, Draw 14\/5.<\/p>\n

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Sporting CP Team News<\/h3>\n

Rui Borges\u2019 team<\/a><\/span> are in great form, as they aim to chase FC Porto down in the league. They will be confident they can upset Arsenal over two legs, but Sporting will need to do it without their captain, Morten Hjulmand, who is suspended.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Geovany Quenda and Luis Guilherme will also be missing due to injury, but they do have their dangerous attacking trio available: Francisco Trinc\u00e3o, Pedro Gon\u00e7alves, and Luis Su\u00e1rez.<\/p>\n

Arsenal Team News<\/h3>\n

In the pre-match press conference<\/span><\/a>, Mikel Arteta was asked if the defeat against Southampton makes the Sporting game more important:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it doesn’t change it, I mean, regardless, this is the quarter-finals of the Champions League, it doesn’t get much better than that, and we worked so hard throughout the season to be in this position in the competition. We’re going to play an opponent here that we know about, their record and what they\u2019ve done. So we are hungrier than ever, very excited and very, very motivated for tomorrow’s game,\u201d said Arteta.<\/p>\n

The Gunners boss also confirmed Gabriel, Declan Rice and Leandro Trossard will be available.<\/p>\n

Discussing the availability of Bukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber, Arteta said: \u201cNo, they’re having trouble, they’re not ready yet. Let’s see, hopefully they’re going to be ready for the weekend, if everything goes well, and that’s a massive boost because in recent days we’ve lost so many important players and that’s something that we need to change immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sporting CP Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n

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Silva<\/span>
\nVagiannidis<\/span>
\nDiomande<\/span>
\nIn\u00e1cio<\/span>
\nMangas<\/span>
\nBragan\u00e7a<\/span>
\nMorita<\/span>
\nCatamo<\/span>
\nTrinc\u00e3o<\/span>
\nGon\u00e7alves<\/span>
\nSu\u00e1rez<\/span><\/p>\n

Arsenal Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n

Raya<\/span>
\nMosquera<\/span>
\nSaliba<\/span>
\nGabriel<\/span>
\nCalafiori<\/span>
\nZubimendi<\/span>
\nRice
\nMadueke<\/span>
\nOdegaard
\nTrossard
\nGyokeres<\/span><\/p>\n

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