In what seems to be the most even group of the tournament, Sporting Lisboa will go on the road to face Eintracht Frankfurt for their opening game of the UEFA Champions League. Group D has no favourite (Marseille and Tottenham are the remaining teams), so every match will be crucial and every point invaluable for every team that wants to advance to the next phase of the tournament. For this game, we suggest and away win or draw bet.

Sporting arrives well rested for this game, as they played last on Friday. In round 5 of Liga Portugal, they played a very good game away from home and beated Estoril by 2-0. This victory came in the right moment, as they had lost their previous two games and needed a change of luck in oder to face their Champions League opener with morale high.

Playing away may seem hard for some teams, but that seems to not be the case for Sporting. From their last five games far from home, they have only lost one, with three wins and one draw. Now they will try to extend this good form against last season's UEFA Europa Lague Champions.

Eintracht Frankfurt, on their side, are the only group stage debutants this season. They got their ticket to this phase after winning last season's UEL, as their European run for glory forced them to a bad Bundesliga performance. They will have to keep up to level with teams that have more experience in the competition.

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在这个似乎是比赛中最均衡的小组中，里斯本竞技将在欧冠的首场比赛中面对法兰克福。D组没有最受欢迎的球队(马赛和热刺是剩下的球队)，所以每一场比赛都是至关重要的，每一分对每一支想要晋级下一阶段的球队来说都是无价的。对于这场比赛，我们建议和客场赢或平局打赌。

这场比赛他们休息得很好，因为上周五是他们的最后一场比赛。在西甲第五轮葡萄牙，他们客场打得非常好，以2比0击败了埃斯托里尔。这场胜利来得正是时候，因为他们已经输掉了前两场比赛，需要改变一下运气，才能以高昂的士气面对欧冠首场比赛。

对于一些球队来说，客场作战似乎很难，但对于里斯本竞技来说，情况似乎并非如此。在过去的五场客场比赛中，他们只输了一场，三胜一平。现在他们将试图在上赛季的欧冠比赛中延续这种良好的状态。

在他们这边，法兰克福是本赛季唯一的小组赛首发。他们在上赛季赢得UEL之后获得了进入这一阶段的门票，因为他们在欧洲的荣耀之旅迫使他们在德甲表现糟糕。他们必须与在比赛中有更多经验的队伍保持一致。