On Saturday Aug 20th, Sporting CP will travel to Porto to battle Porto in a Primeira Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which is great football weather. Porto is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Vizela. Ivan Marcano struck first for Porto in the 90th minute on a feed from Wenderson Galeno, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vizela couldn’t manage to score, and Porto took the shutout win. Porto is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while sporting CP is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Rio Ave. Pote struck first for Sporting CP in the 36th minute, then Matheus Luiz added another in the 67th minute In the end, Rio Ave couldn’t muster any offence and Sporting CP ran away with the shutout win. Sporting CP is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Pote has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Sporting CP. For Porto, their top scorers are Mehdi Taremi and Ivan Marcano, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.