And from the meeting records too we can see Atalanta has good records from Sporting because during group stages Atalanta can gets 1 win and 1 draw from 2 matches against Sporting besides that Atalanta recent performance also quite stable in this competition and Serie A so my prediction is although first leg will be held at Sporting home ground but Atalanta will not lost and possible they can beat Sporting or at least gets draw result from this match and for betting option i will be more prefer to pick Atalanta win or for safe bets both teams to scores
I follow Portuguese soccer a lot and I hope that the Portuguese teams do well in the competition (and I'm still rooting for Porto in the UCL), but I have a point of view about Portuguese soccer that not everyone agrees with
The Italian, English and Spanish leagues, for example, are very difficult and have more strong opponents, and when teams from these countries face teams from other countries, most of the time they get good results due to the difficulty of the national league
I see the Portuguese championship as a bit similar to the French, with fewer teams at the highest level, so teams from these countries end up suffering a lot in continental championships
But I hope to see Sporting doing well, they are deserving something good this year
It also seems interesting, because Atalanta and Sporting were in the same group in the previous group phase, but Atalanta was the group winner and Sporting was only runner up. But even though Atalanta were the best in the group phase, I am sure that the match in the knockout phase willcertainly be a different situation and result. Because yes, after all, basically Sporting still has good quality or there is no significant difference with Atalanta. Because ya,in their two matches or two meetings in the group phase, the reality is that both teams still managed to score goals, meaning that no one really dominated for an easy win. Therefore,I also believe that Sporting has a goodchance of winning and qualifying, meaning that even though Atalanta may be the seeded team, but it is certainly not easy to get good results in a knockout phase like this.