The second leg of the 2025/26 Champions League round of 16 tie between Sporting (Portugal) and Fotballklubben Bodo/Glimt (Norway) will take place on 17 March at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon. The score in the first leg was 3:0 in favour of Fotballklubben Bodo/Glimt. Sporting vs Fotballklubben Bodo/Glimt: prediction, betting odds and statistics.
Sporting
Sporting lost the first leg 0:3. That was only the team’s second defeat in their last seven Champions League matches (four wins, one draw), while Rui Borges’ men failed to score for the first time in their previous nine games in the competition. In the return leg, Sporting need to win by at least four goals. The club have only once managed to overturn such a deficit in UEFA competitions, and that came way back in the 1963/64 season. At the same time, the team have won all three of their previous home matches against Norwegian opponents.
- At least three goals have been scored in eight of the last nine Champions League matches involving Sporting.
- On home soil in this tournament, Sporting are on a four-match winning run.
- The Portuguese side have conceded in five of their last six home Champions League games.
Potential Sporting Lineup (4-5-1)
Rui Silva – Ivan Fresneda, Goncalo Inacio, Georgios Vagiannidis, Ousmane Diomande – Morten Hjulmand, Joao Simoes, Geny Catamo, Hidemasa Morita, Francisco Trincao – Luis Suarez.
Forwards Fotis Ioannidis and Geovany Quenda, defender Ricardo Mangas and midfielder Giorgi Kochorashvili are injured.
Fotballklubben Bodo/Glimt
The win in the first leg was the Norwegians’ fifth in a row in the Champions League. The team also kept a clean sheet for the first time in their previous 12 matches in the competition. Fotballklubben Bodo/Glimt themselves have scored at least twice in seven straight Champions League games. To progress to the next round, the club can even lose the second leg by a two-goal margin. If the Scandinavians lose by exactly three goals, the tie will go to extra time. However, the Norwegians have never suffered a heavy defeat in the Champions League.
- Both teams have scored in six of Fotballklubben Bodo/Glimt’s last seven Champions League matches.
- Away from home in this tournament, the team have failed to win five of their last seven matches (two draws, three defeats).
- The club have conceded in seven straight away games in the Champions League.
Potential Fotballklubben Bodo/Glimt Lineup (4-3-3)
Nikita Haykin – Fredrik Sjovold, Odin Bjortuft, Haitam Aleesami, Fredrik Bjorkan – Patrick Berg, Sondre Fet, Sondre Auklend – Ole Blomberg, Jens Petter Hauge, Kasper Hog.
Referee
Sandro Scharer (Switzerland)
Matches – 6 (international fixtures, 2025/26);
Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 22;
Average yellow cards per match – 3.7;
Red cards shown – 0;
Average fouls per match – 21;
Penalties – 33%.
Sporting vs Fotballklubben Bodo/Glimt: Match Prediction
The Portuguese side face a tough task. The team need to score at least three times, while also trying not to concede. Rui Borges’ men have had no issues with their scoring: Sporting have found the net in nine of their last 10 home matches in the Champions League, and in six of those games they scored at least twice. That includes every home match in the current edition of the tournament. However, things have not been so good defensively. In the 2025/26 Champions League, the Lisbon club have just one clean sheet, and in seven of their last eight matches at the Jose Alvalade Stadium, the club have conceded at least once.
The Norwegians should take advantage of the opponent’s defensive problems. The team are on a seven-match scoring run in the Champions League, and during that spell, Kjetil Knutsen’s men have never scored fewer than two goals. Kasper Hog is in excellent form, with five goals in his last five matches in this tournament. At the same time, there are questions about the Scandinavians’ own defence. They managed not to concede in the first leg for the first time in a long while, and away from home in the Champions League, Fotballklubben Bodo/Glimt have kept a clean sheet only once in their entire history.
Prediction: Both teams to score – Yes
