Rosenborg vs Sporting Lisbon Predictions

Rosenborg drew 3-3 away from home against Stromsgodset at the weekend and go in search of their first points of the in Group D this Thursday. Sporting lost 1-0 at Tondela over the weekend and will be looking to return to winning ways when they make the trip to Norway on Thursday.

All of the stats suggest that Thursday’s match is most likely to be a low-scoring affair and we have predicted a 1-0 win for the visitors Sporting CP.

Under 2.5 goals were produced when these two clubs met last month where Sporting won and kept a clean sheet. Rosenborg have lost all of their three group games in the Europa League this season while Sporting have won two of their three group games, so you can see why we’re backing the Portuguese side to pull off a narrow win this Thursday.

The form of both clubs over the last month or so only adds weight to our prediction for an away win this Thursday, as Rosenborg have lost three of their last six matches and Sporting have won four of their last six games in all competitions.

The performances of bo teams in recent weeks provide more reasons to back a 1-0 win for the visitors this Thursday, as under 2.5 goals were produced in three of Sporting’s last five matches. Rosenborg have only won one of their last three home games and have failed to keep a single clean sheet in their last six attempts, so three points and a clean sheet look achievable for the Portuguese side this week.

We’re confident that under 2.5 goals will be produced in Thursday’s clash and we have predicted a final scoreline of 1-0 in favour of Sporting CP. The visitors head into the Thursday’s match as the clear form favourites and having beaten Rosenborg once already this season, we expect Sporting to arrive with plenty of confidence. Rosenborg have lost all of their Europa League games this season and have struggled to stay competitive in what was always going to be a tough group to progress from and we’re expecting another defeat for the Norwegians this week.