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Porto and Moreirense meet at Estádio Do Dragão in a match of the 17th round of Liga Sagres. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 3 wins in the last 3 games. In fact, the last time they faced in this stadium was in 21-02-2016, in a game by Liga Sagres that finished with the victory of Porto by (3-2). The goals of the match were scored by M. Layún (41 ‘), Hyun-Jun Suk (73’) and Evandro (76 ‘) for Porto and Iuri Medeiros (10’) and Fábio Espinho (28 ‘) for Moreirense . In this match the home factor may play an important role, since Porto presents significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
FC Porto
The home team is currently in 2nd place with 35 points earned after 10 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, won at home to the Chaves by (2-1). In the last match, he tied off for Paços Ferreira by (0-0). This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses as a visitor; Against 10 wins and 5 draws in his stadium.
In this competition, you have not lost any of the last 8 games in your stadium. In his home games there are some frequent scorers in the break: 1-0 (3 in 8 games) and 0-0 (3 in 8 games). The defense has been in good shape and has only conceded goals in 3 of the last 10 games, and his attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition.
FC Porto come to this game, with a goalless draw in the field of Paços de Ferreira, adding in this way the third game without proving the taste of victory. It is important to remember that the last game at home for the championship, ended with a victory of FC Porto over Chaves, 2-1. In this game at Estádio do Dragão, coach Nuno Espírito Santo must have a 4-4-2 lineup with support from the defenders: Óliver Torres is the one responsible for creating and organizing the team’s offensive process. However, the highlight of the ” Dragons ” in the league is offensive André Silva with 10 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on injured Layún, Otávio and Rúben Neves, besides Brahimi, player who represents his country in the Cup of African Nations.
Moreirense
After 4 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses, the visiting team is in 15th place, having won 14 points. In the last match, he won the Belenenses home (1-0), after having lost in the previous match in a game against Braga, (2-1). This is a team that maintains the income when it plays outside its stadium, because in the last 30 games it registers 7 victories and 8 defeats as a visitor; Against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. In the last 8 games outside of the championship, Moreirense has 2 wins and 6 losses, having won 6 points out of 24 possible. In the matches played out there are some frequent results at the end of the first 45 ‘: 1-1 (3 out of 8 matches) and 1-0 (4 out of 8 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games, but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their games away to this competition there is a tendency to have goals, since 6 in 8 finished with More than 2.5 goals in the scoreboard. In 16 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 10 times and never managed to turn the board. In the last 6 away games for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: scored 3 of his 6 goals between minutes (31’-45 ‘).
Moreirense’s team arrives at this game with a 1-0 win at home to the Belenenses, thus adding their third consecutive game without proving the bitter taste of defeat: Ramirez scored the only goal of the team. In the home team, coach Augusto Inácio must have a 4-4-2 lead. Offensive Emmanuel Boateng remains at the top of Moreirense’s top scorers with 4 goals scored. It is important to note that the visitors have great difficulties playing in this condition, having recorded six defeats in the last seven games. It seems that the visiting coach can not count on injured Stefanovic, in addition to Bouba Saré, player who is in the service of the selection in the CAN.
Prediction: over 2.5 goals @ 1.60