Moreirense vs Estoril Praia - prediction, team news, lineups

Moreirense and Estoril Praia proceed their propulsion for a top-half decorativeness successful the Portuguese Primeira Liga erstwhile they quadrate disconnected astatine the Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas connected Monday.

Having failed to sensation triumph successful the past 5 meetings betwixt the 2 teams since May 2022, the visitors volition caput into this 1 looking to get 1 implicit Os verdes e brancos and drawback a tally of 3 consecutive defeats.

Match preview

Having secured a 10th-placed decorativeness past term, Moreirense find themselves successful different mid-table tussle heading into the decisive last agelong of the run aft a disappointing illness successful the concern fractional of the season.

Vasco Costa’s men kicked disconnected the twelvemonth with 3 wins from their opening 4 matches and looked acceptable to situation for a spot successful Europe, but a instrumentality of conscionable 1 triumph from their past 10 games has seen them driblet 16 points disconnected the top-four places.

This drop-off successful signifier has been owing to their struggles astatine the antiaircraft extremity of the pitch, wherever Os verdes e brancos person failed to support a cleanable expanse successful 9 consecutive games, an contented highlighted past Friday, erstwhile they were held to a 1-1 gully by Famalicao.

Rodrigo Alonso opened the scoring with a fourth-minute onslaught to manus the visitors a imagination commencement astatine the Estadio Municipal de Famalicao, but Pedro Santos deed backmost for Famalicao successful the 71st infinitesimal to unit a stock of the spoils.

Moreirense person present failed to sensation triumph successful 7 consecutive matches, losing 4 and claiming 3 draws — their longest tally of games without a triumph since going 9 consecutive games betwixt December 2024 and February 2025.

On the different hand, Estoril Praia were nary lucifer for league leaders Porto past Sunday arsenic they fell to a 3-1 defeat erstwhile the 2 sides squared disconnected astatine the Estadio Antonio Coimbra da Mota.

Goals from Victor Froholdt, Pepe and a first-half ain extremity from Xeka enactment Porto successful a commanding three-goal pb earlier Yanis Begraoui netted his 19th league extremity of the run successful the 78th infinitesimal to propulsion 1 backmost for the hosts.

Estoril Praia person present mislaid 3 consecutive league matches, suffering defeats against Rio Ave, Arouca and Porto, portion conceding 8 goals and scoring 4 since March’s 3-1 triumph implicit Nacional astatine the Estadio da Madeira.

Despite their caller slump, Ian Cathro’s men are connected people for a top-half finish, having picked 10 wins and 7 draws from their 29 Primeira Liga games to cod 37 points and beryllium eighth successful the league table, 1 constituent and 1 spot supra Moreirense.

While Estoril volition beryllium retired to halt the rot connected Monday and kickstart a tally of signifier successful the run-in, they person failed to get the amended of Moreirense successful their past 5 meetings, losing doubly and claiming 3 draws since scraping a 1-0 triumph successful May 2022.

Moreirense Primeira Liga form:

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Team News

Moreirense volition person to marque bash without Brazilian defender Maracas, who is acceptable to service a one-game suspension aft crossing the yellowish paper threshold with his booking against Famalicao past weekend.

Alvaro Martinez (muscle), Dinis Pinto (shoulder) and 22-year-old Michel (muscle) adhd to Os verdes e brancos’ antiaircraft crisis, with the trio ruled retired of this weekend’s necktie done injuries.

Twenty-year-old defender Leandro Santos is besides acceptable to beryllium retired his 3rd consecutive crippled since coming disconnected injured against Arouca successful March, portion Portuguese midfielder Vasco Sousa has been ruled retired since December with a limb injury.

As for Estoril Praia, 23-year-old defender Kevin Boma continues his lengthy spell connected the sidelines aft sustaining a terrible musculus wounded backmost successful February.

Fellow defender Goncalo Costa is besides a uncertainty for this weekend’s tie, portion 26-year-old Ricard Sanchez is acceptable to service a one-game suspension owed to accumulated yellowish cards successful the league.

Moreirense imaginable starting lineup:

Ferreira; Travassos, Batista, Monteiro, Kiko; John, Stepanovic, Alanzinho; Bondoso, Semedo, Landerson

Estoril Praia imaginable starting lineup:

Marques; Begraoui, Carvalho, Holsgrove, Tsoungui; Jandro, Amaral, Bacher; Ferro, Carvalho, Robles

We say: Moreirense 2-2 Estoril Praia

Having blown blistery and acold for astir of the season, Moreirense and Estoril find themselves separated by conscionable 1 constituent successful the mid-tables and volition beryllium looking to unafraid a morale-boosting effect connected Monday. Their past 3 encounters person ended each square, and with some sides evenly matched connected paper, we foretell they volition cancel retired each other’s efforts and settee for different stock of the spoils.

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