Week 23 brings us a match on Feb 20th, where Moreirense will play host to Porto in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Moreirense sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against Famalicão. Pêpê scored the first goal for Famalicão in the 25th minute on a penalty shot, then Simon Banza added another in the 31st minute on a feed from João Teixeira In the end, Moreirense couldn’t muster any offence and Famalicão ran away with the shutout win. Moreirense looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, Porto recorded a 2-2 draw against Sporting CP. Paulinho scored the first goal for Sporting CP in the 8th minute, then Nuno Santos added another in the 34th minute on a feed from Pablo Sarabia. Porto is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches.
On the 19th of September, Porto hosted Moreirense at the Estádio Do Dragão in their last match together. Porto won by a score of 5 to 0 in front of just over 14000 excited fans. Mehdi Taremi struck first for Porto in the 34th minute from the penalty spot, then Luis Díaz added another in the 51st minute on a feed from Fabio Vieira At the end of 90 a dissapointed Moreirense couldn’t manage to score, and Porto took the shutout win.
Porto is glad to have Evanilson in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored four goals. Moreirense is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Moraes Junior and Derik Lacerda each only have 1 goal in their last five.