In a weekend match on Sunday Feb 12th, in week 20, Sporting CP hosts Porto at Estádio José Alvalade in a meeting of these two evenly matched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 4th placed Sporting CP, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Rio Ave. Youssef Ramalho Chermiti scored the first goal for Sporting CP in the 84th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Rio Ave couldn’t muster any offence and Sporting CP ran away with the shutout win. Sporting CP is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, 2nd placed Porto, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Vizela. Pepê struck first for Porto in the 41st minute on a feed from Evanilson, then Mehdi Taremi added another in the 86th minute on a feed from Joao Mario Neto Lopes In the end, Vizela was frustrated by Porto’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Porto ended the match with the shutout victory. Porto is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
On Saturday Aug 20th, Porto hosted Sporting CP at the Estádio Do Dragão in their last match together. Porto won by a score of 3 to 0. Evanilson struck first for Porto in the 42nd minute on a feed from Mehdi Taremi, then Mateus Uribe added another in the 78th minute from the penalty spot In the end, Sporting CP was frustrated by Porto’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Porto ended the match with the shutout victory.
Wenderson Galeno has been the most prolific scorer on Porto in his last five matches with three goals. Sporting CP’s most prolific scorer has been Pote. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.