Sporting receives FC Porto, on matchday 20 of the 1st Portuguese Football League, in an important match for the title and access to the Champions League.
The ‘lions’ are in the best run of the season without defeats in the championship, with a draw and three consecutive victories, and they will try to reach four consecutive victories in the I Liga for the first time in the reception of the national champion, in a match in which they will be able to count on striker Paulinho, thanks to the suspension of punishment with the precautionary measure presented by the club.
FC Porto, which recently beat Sporting in the League Cup final (2-0), has four consecutive victories in the I Liga and has not lost in the championship since matchday 10, against Benfica, the current leader of the the race, but he has several casualties due to injury, cases of Otávio, Evanilson or Wendell
Sporting’s eleven: Adán, Matheus Reis, Coates, Inácio, Bellerín, Ugarte, Pedro Gonçalves, Fatawu, Edwards, Trincão and Chermiti.
FC Porto XI: Diogo Costa, João Mário, Pepe, Marcano, Zaidu, Uribe, André Franco, Grujic, Galeno, Taremi and Pepê.
Sport substitutes: Israel, St. Juste, Nuno Santos, Paulinho, Diomande, Tanlongo, Arthur, Esgaio and Mateus Fernandes.
Substitutes FC Porto: Cláudio Ramos, David Carmo, Rodrigo Conceição, Manafá, Namaso, Toni Martínez, Eustáquio, Gonçalo Borges and Bernardo Folha.
Source: TSF
