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The ball has been rolling in the highest Portuguese football league since last weekend. The Portuguese football association had given the green light to continue the season. Accordingly, the remaining game days of the 2019/2020 season can still be played.
There will be an encounter between Sporting Lisbon and Pacos de Ferreira in the Portuguese capital on Friday evening. In this comparison, the bookmakers clearly see the host as the favorite in the forecast.
However, this is not a big surprise because Sporting Lisbon continues to play for the Europa League, while Pacos de Ferreira continues to fight for relegation. At the restart last weekend, however, the lions from Lisbon did not convince and so there was only a draw at Guimares.
For Pacos de Ferreira things went much better in the first game after the break and the beavers celebrated an important 3-2 away win at Rio Ave. However, it remains to be seen whether the lions from Lisbon will actually be cornered in this conflict.
Sporting Lisbon:
The people in charge at Sporting Lisbon were not really satisfied with the development. This led to Ruben Amorim being hired as a new trainer in March. The coach previously worked for SC Braga and was brought to the Portuguese capital with the help of an exit clause. At the first game under the new coach, the lions had a difficult time playing a home game in March.
In terms of results, the 2-0 home win against CD Aves actually points to a solid performance. However, Sporting Lisbon was around 70 minutes in this game with two more men on the pitch. In this respect, the performance of the lions at the premiere of the new head coach was rather moderate. Andraz Sporar headed for the opening goal after a cross from Wendel in the 62nd minute. Shortly thereafter, Luciano Vietto converted by penalty to the 2-0 final score in this encounter.
Last week, the trip for Sporting Lisbon went to Vitoria Guimares on Thursday. In this ghost game, the lions took the lead twice in the meantime thanks to a goal from Andraz Sporar. The Slovenian striker has now scored four goals for the Lions since moving from Slovan Bratislava in January this year.
The Slovenian seems to be able to close the gap between Bruno Fernandes, who switched to Manchester United for around 60 million euros during the winter break. But despite a 2-1 lead after 54 minutes of play, the bottom line wasn’t enough for the Lions to win away. After an hour, goalkeeper Luis Maximiano had to get the ball out of the box for the second time in this encounter.
Then it was until the final whistle with this 2-2 draw, so that Sporting Lisbon missed important points in the fight for international places. Sporting Lisbon now has a total of 43 points and is three points ahead of fifth place in the table. Sporting Lisbon is definitely looking forward to the upcoming home game, also because the Lions have all won their last four home games.
Sporting is keen to continue this trend on Friday evening. The new coach currently has no major injury problems and only has to do without the long-term injured Luiz Phellype. This shows that the lions are clearly favorites in this game.
Pacos de Ferreira:
Pacos de Ferreira is a smaller club from the north of Portugal. Among other things, the club does not have the greatest financial opportunities due to its small stadium with a capacity of under 10,000 spectators. For this reason, it is a proud achievement that the beavers have been able to hold their own in the top Portuguese football league for 13 years now.
Pacos de Ferreira is currently in the table with 25 points in 16th place in the table. In Portugal only the bottom two relegate and the team of coach Pepa is six points ahead of a relegation zone.
In the meantime it looked anything but good for Pacos de Ferreira. But with a total of three victories in the last four games, Pacos de Ferreira developed a good starting position for the final sprint this season.
At the end of February, the team took an important home win against Famalicao and then went on to win with an away win at CD Aves. In the last game before the long interruption, however, things did not go so well and the beavers went 1-2 with Vitor Guimaraes.
At the restart Pacos de Ferreira had to line up at Rio Ave. There the team of coach Pepa got off to a dream start and was already in the lead after a quarter of an hour after goals from Amaral and Tanque.
Despite a red card for Bruno Teles, the team scored another goal at the beginning of the second half with Lopes. As a result, despite another goal, the bottom line was a very important 3-2 away win. In the upcoming comparison with Sporting Lisbon, the coach not only has to do without the suspended Bruno Teles, but also the injured Castanheira, Freitas and Bertelli.
Sporting vs Ferreira head to head matches
31.10.19 PL Ferreira Sporting 1 : 2
08.04.18 PL Sporting Ferreira 2 : 0
26.11.17 PL Ferreira Sporting 1 : 2
28.01.17 PL Sporting Ferreira 4 : 2
20.08.16 PL Ferreira Sporting 0 : 1