Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Portimonense
Match Time & Date:
08/03/2024
01:45 PM
Prediction: 0-2
Porto
Porto will be aiming to build on a thrilling 5-0 win over Benfica when they take on Portimonense on Matchday 25. The Dragons are seven points behind the league leaders, meaning that this has to go down as yet another must-win game for Sergio Conceicao’s troops. Winger Galeno should keep his place in the starting XI after scoring a brace in O Classico, while all Mehdi Taremi, Zaidu Sanusi, Ivan Marcano, and Gabriel Veron remain in the recovery room.
O Portimao, on the other hand, failed to win the previous five league matches and given their difficulties in front of goal, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the visitors. To make things even worse for the home side, important defender Pedrao misses the game through suspension. In their last meeting at Estádio Municipal de Portimão Porto defeated Portimonense 2-0.
Highlighted Player (Toni Martinez):
Born in Barrio del Progreso, Spain, on June 30, 1997, Toni Martinez is a forward who plays for Primeira Liga side Famalicao. Martinez is a product of Real Murcia football school, but in 2013 he moved to Valencia youth academy.
After scoring two goals in 16 appearances for Valencia B, the Spaniard signed a deal with West Ham United in April 2016 for a fee of around £2.4 million. However, he did not see any game action in the Premier League with the Hammers as he was immediately sent on loan to Oxford United.
Toni Martinez played for the likes of Real Valladolid, Rayo Majadahonda, and Lugo on loan as well before signing a three-year deal with Famalicao in the summer of 2019. He made his debut with the Azuis e Brancos on August 3, 2019, in a 2-0 home defeat to Covilha in the Taca da Portugal. Toni Martinez has two caps with the Spain U19 team.
Highlighted Team (Portimonense):
Based in Portimao, Portimonense is a Portuguese football club that play home games at Estadio Municipal in Algarve. The capacity of the stadium that was opened in 1937 is 9,544. Portimonense welcome their rivals in black and white shirts and black shirts, whilst yellow is dominant colour of their away kit.
The black and whites finished the 1984/1985 Primeira Liga campaign in 5th position in the standings and, as a result, booked their place in the UEFA Cup. Portimonense did well to Partizan 1-0 on their debut in the European competition, but they suffered a heavy 4-0 loss to the famous Serbian club in the reverse fixture at Yugoslav National Army Stadium.
Fellow Algavre clubs Farense and Olhanense are considered the club’s main rivals. Jackson Martinez is one of the most notable footballers who played for the club. The Colombian attacker is considered one of the most successful attackers in the history of Porto as he scored 67 goals in 90 appearances for the Dragons in the Primeira Liga.
