On Saturday Apr 23rd, Moreirense and Portimonense will play a match in Portimão in a meeting of these two closely matched Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 12th placed Portimonense, recorded a 0-7 blowout loss against Porto. Mehdi Taremi struck first for Porto in the 19th minute on a feed from Fabio Vieira, then Marko Grujić added another in the 28th minute on a feed from Mehdi Taremi At the end of 90 a dissapointed Portimonense couldn’t manage to score, and Porto took the shutout win. Portimonense looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while moreirense is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Tondela. Rafael Martins scored the first goal for Moreirense in the 40th minute, then Kevin Mirallas added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tondela couldn’t manage to score, and Moreirense took the shutout win. Moreirense looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
Portimonense and Moreirense last played eachother at the Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim De Almeida Freitas on Sun Dec 12th. Portimonense won by a score of 1 to 0 in front of a crowd of almost two thousand fans. Aylton Boa Morte scored the first goal for Portimonense in the 87th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Moreirense was frustrated by Portimonense’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Portimonense ended the match with the shutout victory.
Moreirense’s most prolific scorer has been Jefferson. The Brazilian midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Portimonense is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, David Carmo and Welinton Junior each only have 1 goal in their last 5.