UEFA Europa League football betting - Atletico Madrid vs Sporting CP

Atletico Madrid host Sporting tonight in the last sixteen of the Europa League looking to put their poor domestic standing to one side and concentrate on winning only the club`s first European Trophy that is still in use. Atletico are as low as tenth in La Liga, disappointing for a side who qualified for the Champions League only last season. Sporting have not had their best season ever but still sit fourth in the Portuguese Liga.

The hosts are favourites for the game at 3/4 (bet £40 to win £30 profit), leaving Sporting as underdogs at 4/1, with the draw at 11/4 with Totesport. The visitors have kept four clean sheets in a row in the league but have only won two of their last six matches. However, their two most recent games have finished 3-0 (against Porto) and 4-0 (against Belenenses). Atletico have also been poor, winning only two of their last seven and going two months without keeping a clean sheet.

The bookmakers have made a 1-0 win for Atletico the most likely score for the game tonight at 6/1, followed by a 1-1 draw, which is 13/2 with Skybet, and 2-0 at 7/1. A 0-0 draw is 10/1 with William Hill and Boylesports offer 12/1 on a surprise 1-0 upset for Sporting, with 2-0 available at 28/1 with Skybet.

Diego Forlan has been made joint-favourite to open the scoring tonight at 5/1 with Coral with Sergio Aguero generally available at the same price. Eduardo Salvio is available at 13/2 and former Arsenal star Jose Antonio Reyes is at 9/1. Sporting`s best hope of scoring the first goal of the match is seen to be Liedson and the thirty-two year-old Portugal international is 8/1 to make the breakthrough tonight.

Atletico are 15/8 to lead tonight at both half-time and full-time and 7/2 to win the match after drawing at half-time. The bookmakers offer 5/1 that both halves end in a draw and Sporting are 17/2 to be winning at both the interval and the final whistle. Draw/Sporting is available at 11/1 with Coral.

Neither side is among the favourites for the Europa League this season but Atletico are given the better chance of the two at 16/1 with Stan James. Sporting are available at 25/1.

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