Sporting – Porto. Forecast and announcement for the match of the 1/2 finals of the Portuguese League Cup

On January 7, “Magalhain Pessoa” will host the semi-final match of the Portuguese League Cup, in which “Sporting” (Lisbon) will meet with “Porto”. The match will start at 21:45 Kyiv time.

Sporting (Lisbon)

The team played for a long time under the leadership of Ruben Amorim. His previous achievements allowed him to keep the post after a clear failure in the 2022/2023 season, in the form of a fall to 4th place in the Premier League. The trust was justified: last season, the green and white team won the championship race, and even in the new tournament, after the failure in the Super Cup, a lot was achieved. And then Manchester United, wanting to get out of the hole, already in November lured a young coach. It would seem that he left the team in the capital on the move, but Joao Pereira lasted a little more than a month, losing a lot of points both in the Premier League and in the Champions League. The current coach, Rui Borges, started by winning the derby with Benfica. But with Vitoria Guimaraes in the last round, they finished 4:4.

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Porto

The club has recently been the main dominant force in national football. But in 2023/2024 it was already the second season in a row without a championship title, moreover, the Dragons were hopelessly behind a pair of eternal rivals from Lisbon. It is not surprising that after this, even despite the victory in the cup, a new president first appeared at Dragau, who elected Villas-Boas, and then the coach. Vytor Bruno Fernandes immediately started with the trophy, winning the Portuguese Super Cup. Yes, and in the second tournaments, a lot is achieved. In the Europa League, the club has 2 wins, a draw and a defeat. Primeira now again turned into a fight between giants with equal chances. and it was important not to lose points with Boavista and Nacional – both were thoroughly defeated.

Statistics of personal meetings

The Lions have not lost five times in a row – won twice, including 2:0 in August, 3 draws. But at the same time, both in the Cup and in the Super Cup, success went to the Dragons.

Forecast

Bookmakers consider the odds to be equal. But the nominal guests are more stable – we believe in their victory against the eternal rival with a handicap of 0 (coefficient – 1.92).