OPTA reveals Sporting’s opponent in the Champions League play-off... | OneFootball

OPTA predicts that Sporting will compete in the play-off for access to the Champions League round of 16 against Club Brugge. The supercomputer also revealed that the lions will finish the league phase in 10th place in the standings, on the same day that Rui Borges' team plays the third round of the competition against Marseille.

OPTA recently revealed the results of its supercomputer's calculations, which predicted the final standings of the Champions League league phase, based on the analysis of various data related to the 36 teams still in the competition at this moment.

Sporting is the best Portuguese team according to OPTA's calculations, with predictions that the lions will finish in 10th place in the Champions League standings, just two places below the positions that guarantee direct passage to the round of 16.

If this OPTA prediction holds true, Sporting would be required to compete in the play-off for qualification to the Champions League round of 16. According to the supercomputer, the green and white's opponent in that phase would be Club Brugge, based on the predicted standings for the Belgian club - a team the lions face in the fifth round of the Champions League league phase.

It should be noted that Sporting will play the third round of the Champions League league phase against Marseille this Wednesday, October 22. So far in this phase of the competition, the lions have played two matches - a 4-1 victory over Kairat Almaty and a 2-1 defeat against Napoli.

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