Estrela Amadora vs Porto - prediction, team news, lineups

Putting their caller home cupful disappointment aside, Porto displacement absorption to Primeira Liga enactment arsenic they marque the travel to Reboleira to look Estrela Amadora connected Sunday.

Francesco Farioli’s men were held to a goalless gully successful Wednesday’s Classico against Sporting Lisbon, with the effect confirming the Dragons’ exit from the Taca de Portugal semi-final pursuing a 1-0 aggregate defeat, portion the Tricolores get connected the backmost of a 1-0 nonaccomplishment astatine Arouca.

Match preview

Despite registering a whopping 18 shots, Porto lone tested Sporting’s goalkeeper 3 times connected Wednesday, though caput manager Farioli would inactive person felt aggrieved that his broadside could not astatine slightest agelong the necktie to other time, having recorded an xG of 1.44.

With hopes of repeating their 2021-22 league and Taca de Portugal treble over, the Blue and Whites volition present crook their absorption chiefly to securing a archetypal Portuguese top-flight rubric since that aforesaid campaign.

Currently sitting atop the Primeira Liga table, Porto are 7 points wide of Benfica successful 2nd and 8 up of third-placed Sporting, who person a crippled successful hand, meaning 3 wins from the Dragons’ remaining 4 matches would warrant the rubric careless of results elsewhere.

The Blue and Whites’ astir caller league outing saw them dispatch Tondela 2-0 astatine the Dragao past weekend, marking their 25th triumph successful 30 top-flight games this play (D4, L1), portion extending their cleanable expanse tally to a league-high 19, with conscionable 14 goals conceded — the fewest successful the division.

Porto besides boast the strongest distant grounds of the Primeira Liga campaign, winning 12 of their 15 matches connected the roadworthy (D3), truthful assurance volition beryllium precocious heading into this travel arsenic they purpose to determination different measurement person to the title.

Meanwhile, Estrela’s nonsubjective volition beryllium to make much breathing country betwixt them and the drop, with the Tricolores sitting conscionable supra the relegation playoff spot, holding a slender two-point cushion.

Having finished 14th and 15th successful the erstwhile 2 campaigns, the Amadorans erstwhile again find themselves embroiled successful a late-season endurance battle, acknowledgment successful nary tiny portion to a mediocre tally that has yielded conscionable 2 wins successful 14 league outings (D4, L8) since the crook of the year.

In fact, Joao Nuno’s men person mislaid each of their past 3 matches without scoring, including past weekend’s 1-0 decision distant astatine Arouca, wherever Tiago Esgaio’s onslaught aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional proved decisive.

Picking up a effect present volition beryllium connected Estrela improving successful the last third, particularly arsenic each of their past 3 location losses has travel without scoring, portion they person lone erstwhile avoided decision without uncovering the nett successful their past 10 league matches astatine Estadio Jose Gomes (W3, D4, L3).

That said, the Reboleira hosts participate Sunday’s clash encouraged by the information they person avoided decision successful 3 of their past 5 meetings with Porto astatine this venue (W2, D1, L2), including a 2-0 triumph past term, though the Amadora nine did endure a 3-1 nonaccomplishment successful the reverse fixture earlier this season.
 

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Team News

Porto stay without centre-back Nehuen Perez owed to an Achilles tendon issue, with antiaircraft options further constricted by the lack of Zaidu Sanusi, portion Martim Fernandes has missed the past 5 matches.

In attack, Samu Aghehowa and Luuk de Jong proceed their betterment from genu injuries, meaning the fig 9 relation volition apt beryllium filled by either Deniz Gul oregon Terem Moffi.

Alan Varela was shown a precocious reddish paper successful midweek, but that suspension does not use successful league competition, leaving him disposable for selection.

As for Estrela, centre-back Bernardo Schappo has been ruled retired aft sustaining an wounded against Arouca, truthful Luan Patrick is expected to spouse Stefan Lekovic successful cardinal defence.

Jefferson Encada missed the past outing with a musculus occupation and remains a large doubt, with Max Scholze apt to proceed astatine right-back.
 

Estrela Amadora imaginable starting lineup:

Ribeiro; Scholze, Lekovic, Patrirck, Langa; Doue, Jansson, Robinho; Marcus, Pinho, Stoica

Porto imaginable starting lineup:

D Costa; A Costa, Bednarek, T Silva, Kiwior; Froholdt, Varela, Veiga; Pepe, Gul, Pietuszewski

We say: Estrela Amadora 0-1 Porto

Victory present would determination Porto a measurement person to the Primeira Liga title, though caller visits to Amadora suggest this whitethorn not beryllium straightforward.

Estrela tin beryllium stubborn connected their ain turf, peculiarly with endurance astatine stake, but the league leaders should person capable to grind retired a constrictive win, aided by their antiaircraft solidity.
 

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