Napoli vs Sporting CP Preview: Team News & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Champions League | League Phase

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Italian champions Napoli need to prove themselves in the UEFA Champions League as Portuguese champions Sporting CP travel to the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Kick-off date/time: 1 October 2025 at 8:00 pm

How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – discovery+ / US – Paramount+

Napoli team news

Predicted XI (4-1-4-1): Milinkovic-Savic; Olivera, Beukema, Jesus, Gutierrez; Gilmour; Politano, Anguissa, De Bruyne, McTominay; Hojlund

Unavailable: Buongiorno (Injured), Di Lorenzo (Suspended)

Questionable: Olivera (Injured), Spinazzola (Injured)

Sporting CP team news

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Rui Silva; Vagiannidis, Debast, Inacio, Araujo; Hjulmand, Kochorashvili; Catamo, Trincao, Pote; Suarez

Unavailable: Braganca (Injured), Santos (Injured)

Questionable: 

Napoli vs Sporting CP prediction

Antonio Conte has done a brilliant job in domestic competitions, but he has never really cracked it in the UEFA Champions League. His Napoli side began their European campaign with a 2-0 defeat to Manchester City in their opener, albeit the Partenopei did go down to ten men in the first-half of that clash at the Etihad Stadium.

They now face a Sporting CP side that, embarking upon a new era, are in a real fight against Porto to reclaim the Portuguese title, but the Lisbon giants did get their UEFA Champions League season off to a good start as they dispatched of Kazakh champions Kairat Almaty by four goals to nil a couple of weeks ago.

Sporting will head down to Naples looking to spring on the counter attack, and Conte has bemoaned having a small squad, and so a surprise away win, or at least the avoidance of defeat, would seem good value.

Napoli vs Sporting CP Tip: Double chance – Sporting CP to win or draw