Sporting – Lille in the Champions League: at what time and on which channel to watch the first match of the Lillois this Tuesday ?

Jonathan David et les Lillois restent sur une défaite à Saint-Etienne. MAXPPP – Thierry Thorel

Lille, qui reste sur trois défaites d'affilée, débute sa campagne de Ligue des champions avec un déplacement difficile à Lisbonne pour affronter le Sporting Portugal ce mardi 16 septembre.

Finally, Losc is there. After having chased the prestigious and lucrative competition all last season, narrowly missing out on direct qualification, then having trembled until the end of the play-off for accession in Prague against Slavia, Lille will be able to taste the European jousts, their anthem, their stars.

But the northern club will not be the favorites in this first match at the Stade José-Alvalade, far from it. Lille arrive in the Portuguese capital with a few doubts in their suitcases born from their last three matches, all concluded in defeats. First there was this match played in the wrong direction in Prague (2-1 defeat).

Mentally feverish from start to finish, the Dogues saw their goal slip through their paws, before narrowly catching it. Then Losc fell at home to Paris SG (3-1), which is far from shameful given the form of the reigning champion and its much superior squad.

Watch out for Gyökeres

Worse, they failed on Friday in Saint-Etienne (1-0), despite being last in Ligue 1 before the match, by playing an ineffective, imprecise, insufficient score. Lille therefore arrives in Lisbon in a negative dynamic, very far from the brilliant form of its first European opponent.

At the top of the Portuguese championship, Sporting has had a great start to the season with five wins in as many games, 19 goals scored and only two conceded. The Lisbon team struck a major blow by winning the clash against Porto (2-0) on August 31.

In this team, one player stands out: Swedish striker Viktor Gyökeres, irresistible on the national scene. The 26-year-old has already scored eight goals in five matches. Opposite, Lille is still without several major players, including midfielder Hakon Haraldsson, injured for several months and so valuable in the offensive creation of his team. 

The match between Sporting and Lille can be seen on Canal + from 9 p.m.