Overview
- Alphonso Davies is named in the Champions League matchday squad 262 days after a knee injury that included a cruciate ligament tear sustained with Canada on March 23.
- Vincent Kompany indicated Davies will likely not feature if the match is as tight as he expects.
- Seven changes are made from the weekend win, with Manuel Neuer starting in goal and Harry Kane, Jonathan Tah, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Josip Stanisic, Serge Gnabry and Lennart Karl in the XI.
- Luis Díaz is suspended, while Nicolas Jackson, Min-Jae Kim, Tom Bischof, Raphael Guerreiro and Leon Goretzka begin on the bench.
- Bayern sit third in the league phase and see Sporting at home as a chance to move closer to direct last‑16 qualification, with Union Saint-Gilloise and PSV Eindhoven fixtures ahead in January.