The Polish champions will be desperate to pick up their first points of the group stage, but we can only envisage them being outclassed by a Sporting Lisbon side with superior quality all over the pitch.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sporting Lisbon win with a probability of 56.58%. A draw had a probability of 22.7% and a win for Rakow Czestochowa had a probability of 20.74%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Lisbon win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.49%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.89%) and 0-2 (9.67%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.73%), while for a Rakow Czestochowa win it was 1-0 (5.82%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 10.7% likelihood.