Sporting CP – Porto, Taca de Portugal Prediction
ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION FOR SPORTING - PORTO
Porto would have a terrible fate if they do not take that cup. They dropped out of the Champions League, which, of course, was the smallest problem, but they also stumbled into the league. There even had a better program, but even in the direct clash with Benfica it was seen that the team is not exactly what it should be. Dragons were equalized just by Sporting at the end of the match for the other cup of the final, then lost to penalties. So if they do not want the season to become a complete failure, you they have to win this.
Sporting once again will not play in the Champions League and the team really do not deserve to participate in this tournament, with 11 points behind 2, and Benfica and Porto were not that strong this year. Sporting is yet to be restructured. Still, after those scandals a year ago, it was quite difficult and was expected to drop form in the season, so Keizer hopes to make some serious progress next year.
We decided here not to look for signs or goals. We just choose Porto to take the Cup at 1.52. The reasons are several. As we have already mentioned, Porto should be the team that is more “hungry” for this trophy. For them it is the Holy Grail. Besides, they are better than Sporting, and now they will not allow the mistake they made then. After all, in 2 of the only three losses in the Portuguese season, their opponent was Benfica, not someone else.
SPORTING TEAM NEWS
Ristovski (23/0 D), Borja (11/0 D), Miguel Luís (8/1 M), Battaglia (8/0 M) are out.
PORTO TEAM NEWS
Casillas (31/0 GK), Aboubakar (8/4 F) are out.