Sporting Lisbon vs Young Boys Predictions

• Sporting have beaten a -1 handicap in each of their last eight home games.
• Sporting have won by two or more goals in 11 of their last 14 matches, including the first leg of this tie.
• Viktor Gyokeres has scored six goals in his last five appearances.

Sporting set for routine win

Sporting put themselves in a commanding position with a 3-1 win in Switzerland in the first leg and they can finish the job with ease when the sides meet in Lisbon on Thursday.

The hosts followed that win with an easy 2-0 triumph in Moreirense to make it 13 wins in their last 14 matches in all competitions and they have won by at least two clear goals in 11 of those.

Young Boys lost four of their six Champions League ties earlier this season and were well beaten on home soil last week, so I expect Sporting to beat a -1 handicap for a ninth-successive home match.

Gyokeres can strike again in Lisbon

The hosts have scored three or more in seven of these eight recent home games and have won to nil on six occasions, so backing them to go one better than last week with a 3-0 win makes sense as a correct score prediction.

As for who will score the goals, Viktor Gyokeres looks the best option. The 25-year-old has scored 25 goals in 29 appearances since signing for Sporting and 15 of those have come at Estadio Jose Alvalade. He notched in the first leg last week and has scored six goals in his last five appearances.