Team News: Sporting Lisbon vs. Arsenal injury, suspension list, predicted XIs

Both teams still searching for their first Champions League silverware, Sporting Lisbon and Arsenal go head to head at the Estadio Jose Alvalade in Tuesday’s first-leg quarter-final.

Rui Borges’s side overturned a three-goal deficit against Bodo/Glimt in the previous round, ultimately sealing a historic last-eight berth with a 5-0 extra-time victory in the second leg, while Mikel Arteta’s men recorded a 2-0 home win over Bayer Leverkusen to reach this stage for a third successive season; here, Sports Mole rounds up the latest team news for both sides.

SPORTING LISBON vs. ARSENAL

SPORTING LISBON

Out: Fotis Ioannidis (knee), Geovany Quenda (foot), Nuno Santos (muscle) 

Doubtful: Luis Guilherme (ankle), Ivan Fresneda (illness)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Silva; Vagiannidis, Diomande, Inacio, Mangas; Braganca, Morita; Catamo, Trincao, Goncalves; Suarez

ARSENAL

Out: Bukayo Saka (knock), Eberechi Eze (calf), Piero Hincapie (muscle), Jurrien Timber (ankle), Mikel Merino (foot)

Doubtful: Declan Rice (knock), Leandro Trossard (hip/groin), Gabriel Magalhaes (unknown)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Raya; White, Gabriel, Saliba, Calafiori; Zubimendi, Rice, Odegaard; Martinelli, Gyokeres, Madueke