Tottenham are aiming to make it two wins out of two in Champions League Group D when they travel to face in-form Sporting CP in Lisbon.
Richarlison’s late brace gave Spurs a 2-0 win over Marseille in last week’s opener and Antonio Conte’s squad rested up at the weekend, a clash with Premier League champions Manchester City postponed as the Premier League cancelled its schedule as a mark of respect following Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s death.
Sporting followed their 3-0 victory against Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt with a 4-0 thumping of Portimonense, although Ruben Amorim’s club are winless in their six Champions League encounters with English opposition.
Former Spurs youngster Marcus Edwards opened the scoring for Sporting against Eintracht and will be hoping to impress against his old employers.
The Sporting News is following the match live and providing live score updates and commentary.
Sporting CP vs. Tottenham live score
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Sporting CP vs. Tottenham live updates, highlights from the Champions League
17th minute: Nuno Santos is Sporting’s attacking outlet once again. There’s another half-clearance from Dier and Spurs get back into their shape. Good moments for the hosts.
14th minute: This is a smoothly worked attack from Sporting. Dier gets a block on Nuno Santos’ cross and Emerson wins a soft-looking free-kick to put an end to all that.
11th minute: Spurs have recovered from that Edwards-based scare and are back in control of the contest. Kane is dropping deep into midfield as they continue to probe.
7th minute: We get out first look at Edwards on the break and Spurs are at sixes and sevens. He finds Goncalves, whose shot took a slight deflection and Lloris did well to turn it behind. The France number one catches the resulting corner.
4th minute: Dicey stuff at the back there from Sporting and Son could be in. He lays it back to Bentancur, who batters a shot goalwards from 25 yards. Inacio got the block in and that was a sore one. He’ll need a bit of treatment but should be fine.
2nd minute: Spurs have started on the front foot and Son wins a corner on the left-hand side. It comes to nought.
1st minute: We’re off. The 50,000 capacity arena isn’t completely full, with the teatime kickoff probably not doing the locals any favours. Even so, they’re making an almighty din. Spurs have started on the front foot and Son wins a corner on the left-hand side.
1 min from kickoff: We’re pausing for a moment’s reflection in honour of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
4 mins from kickoff: Here come the teams, we’re not far away, ladies and gentlemen…
15 mins from kickoff: Everything looks rosy in the garden for Spurs and Conte at the moment, following an unbeaten start to the campaign. The one blemish is Son Heung-min’s uncharacteristic dry spell in front of goal. The South Korea star has failed to find the net in seven outings. If he can get on the goal train at Estadio Jose Alvalade tonight, then Tottenham will be really cooking.
35 mins from kickoff: Tottenham fans will recognise a familiar face in the Sporting lineup. There were high hopes for Marcus Edwards when he emerged through their youth setup but the first-team breakthrough never truly arrived. He moved to Portugal to kickstart his career, initially at Vitoria de Guimaraes and now at Sporting. He has scored six goals and laid on six assists in 22 matches since joining the Lisbon club in January.
55 mins from kickoff: One change too for Sporting and it’s an attacking one. Nuno Santos, who completed the scoring against Eintracht Frankfurt, starts in place of the injured Jeremiah St Juste.
Here’s our 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙓𝙄 #SportingCP #SCPTOT pic.twitter.com/A0KmHUSJHI
— Sporting CP English (@SportingCP_en) September 13, 2022
1 hour from kickoff: Here’s the Tottenham team. Conte has stuck with 10 of the 11 that beat Marseille, with Davies in for Lenglet on the left of the back three the only change. That means Richarlison is retained after his two-goal heroics and Kulusevski remains on the bench.
Here’s how we line-up to face @Sporting_CP.#UCL pic.twitter.com/g572Kbgpu0
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 13, 2022
1 hr 15 mins from kickoff: Plenty of the teams facing English opposition this weekend might rue the cancellation of the Premier League schedule and how it allowed players to rest up for European action, but Sporting thoroughly enjoyed themselves domestically, hammering Portimonense 4-0. It means they have scored seven unanswered goals over the past week, but Ruben Amorim’s men will have to channel that form and more if they are to overturn a shocking history in these sort of games. They are without a win in six Champions League games against English teams, failing to score in all three home games – the most recent of which was a 5-0 loss to Manchester City.
1 hr 40 mins from kickoff: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of Sporting CP vs. Tottenham in Champions League Group D
😬 Against English opposition in the Champions League, Sporting CP remain winless across their six outings (D1, L5).
In fact, in their three such home matches, the Portuguese outfit have lost each time without even scoring a goal! #UCL pic.twitter.com/huQ71UNMWf
— Sporting News Football Club (@sn_footballclub) September 12, 2022
Sporting CP vs. Tottenham lineups
Amorim has a few concerns in defence after losing Jeremiah St Juste to a muscular injury during the win over Eintracht, before Goncalo Inacio and Luis Neto were forced off during the 4-0 rout of Portimonense.
Goncalo’s withdrawal at least appeared precautionary, and he joins Sebastian Coates and Matheus Reis in the back three. Nuno Santos will start and left wingback.
Sporting CP projected lineup (3-4-3): Adan (GK) — Inacio, Coates, Reis — Porro, Ugarte, Morita, Santos — Trincao, Edwards, Gonclaves.
A weekend off means the next examination over whether Conte can juggle his resources effectively for twice-weekly action in the Premier League and Champions League will have to wait a little while.
The Spurs boss made one change to the lineup that beat Marseille, with Ben Davies replacing Clement Lenglet. Richarlison‘s goals helped him to keep his place ahead of Dejan Kulusevski.
Tottenham projected lineup (3-4-3): Lloris (GK) — Romero, Dier, Davies — Emerson, Bentancur, Hojbjerg, Perisic — Son, Kane, Richarlison.
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How to watch Sporting CP vs. Tottenham
| UK | USA | Canada | Australia | |
| Date | Tue, Sept 13 | Tue, Sept 13 | Tue, Sept 13 | Wed, Sept 13 |
| Time | 17:45 BST | 12:45 ET | 12:45 ET | 02:45 AEST |
| TV channel | BT Sport 3 | Unimas/TUDN | — | — |
| Streaming | BT Sport website/app | fuboTV, Paramount+, ViX+ | DAZN | Stan Sport |
UK: BT Sport are the exclusive broadcasters of live Champions League matches. Tottenham’s clash takes place on BT Sport 3 and is available on the website/app.
USA: Paramount+ will stream the match live in English, while the Spanish-language broadcast is televised on UniMas and TUDN, which are both streamed on fuboTV. ViX+ will also stream the match.
Canada: Follow the action live exclusively on DAZN.
Australia: Fans in Australia can watch the game via Stan Sport.
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