AVS vs Porto - prediction, team news, lineups

Porto marque the travel to look AVS connected Sunday evening successful what is fundamentally a dead-rubber successful the Primeira Liga.

At a clip erstwhile the visitors beryllium 9 points wide astatine the apical of the Primeira Liga table, AVS person already been confirmed successful bottommost spot.

Match preview

After 3 seasons without a Portuguese top-flight title, Porto are celebrating their 31st league crown with 2 matches remaining.

Francesco Farioli's broadside secured their 27th triumph successful 32 matches past clip retired with a 1-0 triumph implicit Alverca.

While Porto again failed to showcase their superior quality, a 4th successive hard-fought occurrence moved them 9 points wide of Sporting Lisbon and Benfica.

Porto's defence has been the instauration of their success, conceding conscionable the 15 goals with lone six being shipped astatine Estadio bash Dragao.

Nevertheless, thing should beryllium taken distant from Porto's unthinkable distant record, with 14 wins and 43 points coming from 16 matches.

Although determination volition beryllium vexation that their lone league decision frankincense acold came astatine 16th-placed Casa Pia, prevailing from their remaining 2 matches volition spot them lucifer the 91 points that were capable to unafraid them the 2021-22 title.

As for AVS, they person enjoyed their champion play of the run since the extremity of February, losing conscionable 2 of their astir caller 9 matches.

However, aft six draws during that period, Joao Henriques' broadside recorded conscionable their 2nd triumph of the play with a 2-1 triumph astatine Nacional past clip out.

To their credit, AVS person present accumulated six points from their astir caller 5 distant fixtures successful Portuguese's apical flight.

They person posted the aforesaid instrumentality from their past 5 games astatine Estadio bash CD Aves, emphasising that they tin beryllium arrogant of their improvements crossed the past 2 months.

AVS earned a 1-1 gully astatine location to Sporting Lisbon connected April 26, a effect that tin lone supply them with assurance up of this fixture.

AVS Primeira Liga form:

D L D D D W

Porto Primeira Liga form:

W D W W W W

Porto signifier (all competitions):

W L W D W W

Team News

Barring immoderate fittingness issues, determination is small crushed for Henriques to marque immoderate changes to his AVS starting lineup.

Despite not scoring since the mediate of February, Diego Duarte is expected to pb the enactment for AVS, helped by his assistance successful the past game.

However, Tomane is pushing for a callback successful the last third, having scored successful successive appearances earlier being named connected the substitutes' seat past clip out.

With the rubric having been wrapped up, Farioli indispensable determine whether to remainder Porto midfielder Pablo Rosario, who has been playing with a breached hand.

Borja Sainz and Rodrigo Mora could beryllium provided with opportunities successful the last third, arsenic could Martim Fernandes astatine right-back oregon left-back.

Thiago Silva and Alan Varela are besides options successful defence and midfield if Farioli chooses to rotate his squad.

AVS imaginable starting lineup:

Adriel; Pivo, Devenish, Vitor, Rivas; Galletto, Roni, Lima; Akinsola, Duarte, Neiva

Porto imaginable starting lineup:

D.Costa; Fernandes, Bednarek, Silva, Sanusi; Froholdt, Varela, Veiga; Pepe, Gul, Sainz

We say: AVS 0-2 Porto

With thing to play for, Farioli whitethorn marque changes to his Porto XI that supply a model of accidental to their hosts. However, we inactive expect AVS to beryllium outclassed successful this contest, adjacent if they are capable to restrict the magnitude of goals that they concede.

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