Porto – AVS. Forecast and announcement for the match of the championship of Portugal

On Monday, December 29, the match of the 16th round of the Portuguese championship between Porto and AVS will take place. The game will start at 22:15 Kyiv time.

Porto

The current season is going incredibly well for the team. After 15 played championship games, Porto has 43 points (the team failed to beat only Benfica, then the match ended with a score of 0:0), which allows them to be on the 1st step of the tournament table. The distance from the nearest competitor, Sporting, is 5 points. In the Portuguese Cup, the team reached the quarter-finals, where they will play against the capital’s Benfica. At the same stage, “Porto” left the League Cup, losing to “Victoria Guimarães” with a score of 1:3.

For 6 matches of the Europa League, the Portuguese managed to win 13 scoring points, which now allows them to be in 8th place in the overall table of the competition. For 2 rounds before the end of the main stage, the distance from the leader is only 2 points.

AVS

But for AVS, the season is diametrically opposite. After 15 games of the national championship, the team has only 4 points and occupies the last place in the tournament table. The distance from the safe zone is already quite significant – 9 scoring points.

However, in the Portuguese Cup, AVS managed to make it to the quarterfinals, where they will face Sporting in mid-January.

Personal meetings

The teams met each other only twice – in the championship last season. Porto won both games with a total score of 7:0.

Interesting facts

• In the last 10 matches in all tournaments, “Porto” has 9 victories.
• In 15 rounds of the championship, Porto conceded only 4 goals – the best result among all teams.
• AVS have conceded 39 goals in the current Portuguese league season, the worst of any team.

Forecast

I will bet on the total more than 3 with odds of 1.62.