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  • Anticipation builds as Athletic Bilbao prepare to host Sporting Lisbon at Estadio de San Mamés on 2026-01-28 (kick-off 20:00 GMT), in the Group Stage of the 2025-2026 UEFA Champions League.
  • With the data available to us, Ernesto Valverde and Rui Borges have not met as managers before.
  • In the table Athletic Bilbao are 23rd (8 pts) and Sporting Lisbon sit 10th with 13 pts.
  • Athletic Bilbao misses 8 players: Y. Alvarez (Doping), U. Egiluz (Knee Injury), Izeta (Inactive), M. Jauregizar (Yellow Cards), A. Laporte (Muscle Injury), B. Prados Diaz (Knee Injury), M. Sannadi (Knee Injury), I. Williams (Muscle Injury) whereas Sporting Lisbon misses 6 players: S. Blopa (Inactive), F. Ioannidis (Knee Injury), Luis Guilherme (Inactive), E. Quaresma (Injury), G. Quenda (Foot Injury), N. Santos (Knee Injury).
  • Our forecast has Athletic Bilbao in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Sporting Lisbon set to counter in 4-2-3-1.
  • Athletic Bilbao were beaten 1-2 by Sevilla, whereas Sporting Lisbon secured a win 2-1 against Arouca.
  • Momentum favors Sporting Lisbon (3-1-1) after Athletic Bilbao managed only 2-0-3 from 5 matches.
  • Sporting Lisbon lead this rivalry - 2 wins from 3 matches versus Athletic Bilbao (who've won just 1 game), alongside 0 draws.
  • Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Sporting Lisbon to win 2-1, despite Athletic Bilbao's 1-1-1 home form - Sporting Lisbon's strong 0-1-2 record away with 2.75 goals/game does the trick.

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Ath Bilbao is going head to head with Sporting CP on 28/1/2026 20:00 GMT at Estadio de San Mamés for the Eurocups UEFA Champions League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Ath Bilbao v Sporting CP H2H statistics!