Sporting vs Tottenham LIVE: Latest Champions League updates

24 mins: Chance! Richarlison is trying to make his mark on the game. First he collects the ball on the right side of the pitch and darts inside before having a shot blocked.

Spurs recover and recycle the ball out to Perisic on the left wing. He then floats a cross into the far side of the six-yard area where Richarlison heads the ball into the turf. It bounces up nicely and Antonio Adan is able to cling onto it.

21 mins: It’s been far from the most exciting Champions League game ever played. Each side has had just one shot at goal with both attempting to control possession and play out from the back.

Sporting are having the most success at this.

18 mins: Sporting try to play out from the back but err by giving the ball away to Harry Kane. Kane knocks it into the box but his attempted cross to Richarlison is blocked.

Bentancur recovers the ball but Francisco Trincao jogs back and takes it away from the Spurs midfielder. There’s a nervous moment that almost sees Sporting sweep up the pitch in another counter-attack but Tottenham get back in shape quickly, putting plenty of men behind the ball.

15 mins: Emerson Royal wins a free kick deep in his own half but he’s fortunate. He tried to get around Hidemasa Morita and didn’t see Pedro Goncalves (Pote) arriving on his blind side.

The Sporting forward sticks his leg into the challenge and misses the ball allowing Royal to go to ground and buy the foul.

12 mins: Tottenham are finding a bit of joy with their agressive pressing, winning the ball back inside Sporting’s half. It’s quickly working over to Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg who plays Ivan Perisic down the left wing. He takes on Pedro Porro but the defender manages to nick the ball with a well-timed tackle.

9 mins: Save! Sporting come close to opening the scoring with an attack on the counter. Pedro Goncalves receives the ball inside the centre circle and spins towards goal before threading a pass up to Marcus Edwards.

Edwards drives as Eric Dier and carries the ball to the edge of the box before squaring it back to Goncalves. He shoots with his left-foot and guides it to the far bottom corner of the goal.

Hugo Lloris leaps to his left and manages to tip the effort wide of the back post! Good save.

6 mins: Bentancur has a go from range but his effort is blocked inside the box. Tottenham are pressing their opponents tonight in an attempt to get on the ball and stop Sporting building from the back.

3 mins: Spurs win the first corner of the game and Son Heung-min swings his delivery into the near post but Sporting manage to boot it clear.

Rodrigo Bentancur collects the ball for Spurs and sends a nice pass up to Richarlison who looks to feed Son in behind Goncalo Inacio.

However, the defender intercepts and the attack breaks down.

Here we go then. Tottenham get the match underway and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg underhits a pass over to Ben Davies who manages to get there ahead of Pedro Goncalves and flick the ball over to Eric Dier.

He boots it up the pitch and Sporting recover possession.

Spurs boss Antonio Conte, spoke to BT Sport ahead of kick of to explain why he decided to stick with Richarlison in the starting line-up: “Richarlison played very well against Marseille and against Fulham. It was right to pick him in the starting 11. He deserved to start.

“It is always important to get a good result, especially in this competition. You don’t have many games to get points. For this reason, every game is important.

“To play against a Portuguese team is always difficult. The atmosphere in this stadium is not easy. There will be a lot of noise. We need to manage the situation well to get a good result.”