Level on points with games to play inside the organization degree, Sporting and Dortmund meet on Wednesday in a conflict that may decide which of them joins institution leaders Ajax inside the knockout degrees.
Yet Dortmund can be deprived of two of their satisfactory gamers in Hummels and Haaland as they look to influence their Champions League marketing campaign again on direction after returned-to-returned defeats.
Veteran defender Hummels is suspended after he became controversially despatched off in Dortmund's 3-1 defeat to Ajax three weeks ago.
The club had said they could attraction the purple card, but educate Marco Rose admitted ultimate week that he did no longer expect the 2014 World Cup winner to be available.
"We all recognise that Mats is suspended in Lisbon," he stated, and hinted that Dan-Axel Zagadou should take his location in relevant defence.
Haaland, meanwhile, has been out for the final 4 weeks with a hip harm.
Dortmund are hoping the Norwegian striker, who has 9 dreams in only six league appearances this season, will return to action in time for their pinnacle-of-the-table conflict with Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich on December 4.
Rose's aspect head to Lisbon in desirable spirits, having moved to within a factor of Bayern with a narrow win over Stuttgart on the weekend.
Sporting have had longer to get better given that their 2-1 cup win over Varzim final Thursday.
The victory turned into their 9th in a row in all competitions, a run which is going lower back to their ultimate meeting with Dortmund, a 1-0 defeat in Germany in September.
