On Saturday May 7th, Portimonense and Sporting CP will play a match in Portimão 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 17 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 12th placed Portimonense, recorded a 0-1 loss against Arouca. David Simão scored the first goal for Arouca in the 50th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Portimonense was frustrated by Arouca’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Arouca ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, Sporting CP recorded a 4-1 win against Gil Vicente. Pablo Sarabia struck first for Sporting CP in the 21st minute on a penalty, then Marcus Edwards added another in the 38th minute. Sporting CP is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10 matches.
On the 29th of December, Sporting CP hosted Portimonense at the Estádio José Alvalade in their last match together. Sporting CP was victorious by a score of 3 to 2 in front of just over 21000 excited fans. Reis struck first for Portimonense on an own goal in the 21st minute, then in the 65th minute, Nuno Santos sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Paulinho But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 76th minute on a goal by Paulinho.
Sporting CP is glad to have Pablo Sarabia in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored four goals.