Sporting CP vs Lask Linz prediction: odds and margins

By Victor Anozie · 2026-10-18 · updated 2026-10-20 08:23 WAT

Sporting CP v Lask Linz

Sporting CP are favoured at 20:00 WAT at Estádio José Alvalade, with the home price at 1.22. The main shape is availability, with several players missing through injury and roster calls.

Sporting CP are without N. Santos and R. Zalazar. Santos is out with a muscle injury and Zalazar is out with injury. Z. Debast is a doubt with injury.

Lask Linz are without K. Cheikne, R. Harakate and A. Smakaj. Cheikne and Smakaj are off the roster and Harakate is out with a knee injury.

G. Bello is a doubt with a muscle injury and S. Horvath is a doubt with a thigh injury. M. Usor is a doubt with a shoulder injury.

Sporting CP form:

W 2-0 vs Lens (away)
W 3-1 vs SC Braga (away)
D 2-2 vs Arouca (home)
D 1-1 vs Famalicao (away)
W 3-1 vs Galatasaray (home)

Lask Linz form:

W 4-0 vs Austria Lustenau (away)
L 3-6 vs Liverpool (home)
L 0-2 vs Rapid Vienna (home)
W 2-1 vs First Vienna (home)
D 3-3 vs TSV Hartberg (away)

Previous meetings:

Sporting CP 1-4 Lask Linz, 2020-10-01
Lask Linz 3-0 Sporting CP, 2019-12-12
Sporting CP 2-1 Lask Linz, 2019-10-03

What the price costs you. About ₦15 from a ₦1,000 stake on the result stays with 1xBet Nigeria through the margin. The same stake leaves about ₦84 with Betway Nigeria, whose cut is the largest.

Outcome	Price at 1xBet Nigeria	Chance the price gives	Price without the cut
Home	1.22	82.0%	1.24
Draw	8.25	12.1%	8.38
Away	13.40	7.5%	13.61

My read goes up the evening before kick-off. If you bet, set a limit and keep to it.

Where they stand

Club	Pos	P	Pts	GD	Form
Sporting CP	10	4	9	+4	WLWW
Lask Linz	16	4	6	+1	WWLL

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Our other calls on these clubs

2 of 4 right:

Lask Linz 4–0 Slovan Bratislava · Over 2.5 goals · Right
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 Sporting CP · Both teams to score · Wrong
Lask Linz 3–6 Liverpool · Both teams to score · Right
Lens 0–2 Sporting CP · Both teams to score · Wrong

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