I think draw result from Sporting is very favourable for Atalanta this because for second leg Atalanta will playing at their home ground and we have been discuss about this before because in this competition Atalanta is still unbeatable since group stages at their home with gets 2 wins and 1 draw so i am sure for second leg they have good chances to overcomes Sporting and it's not difficult for Atalanta to do that especially they only required to win with narrow scores to eleminate Sporting and advances to the quarterfinal stages
I am very confident Atalanta can able to do that especially they have been done it before because this season Atalanta can able to beat Sporting on group stages and actually Atalanta achievement in Europa League is not very impressive because their highest achievement was happened on season 2021/2022 at that time Atalanta can able reach to quarterfinal but they have to eliminated by Leipzig on that stages and failed to advances to the semifinal and for this season too although Atalanta cannot be considered as strong candidate to gets the trophy but their performance is very impressive and i think the favourite teams such as Liverpool or Leverkusen should beware of them
The Atlanta vs Sporting match is one of the matches that we deserve to wait for among 8 other matches that we may already know who will qualify because of their aggregate goals, currently in addition to Freiburg, Leverkusen, Benfica and of course Atlanta which can still provide tension in their matches compared to other matches in the second leg of the round of 16 later, Playing at home will certainly improve the mentality of the Atlanta players in the game but I think we cannot underestimate Sporting who also came with high spirits to win the game.
Atlanta have so far been able to maintain their consistency in the Europa League well even though their league is in bad shape, in contrast to Sporting who have so far been able to remain consistent with their best performance both in the league and Europa League, and that's why I doubt if Atalanta will be able to achieve positive results at home later, Because so far I see Sporting as a team that is perfect enough to face Atlanta in the second leg.