Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Porto
Match Time & Date:
12/05/2024
03:30 PM
Prediction: 2-0
Boavista
There will be fireworks when Porto and Boavista take on each other in the Porto derby on Sunday evening. The Dragons have been in a fine form of late, with the team beating both Casa Pia and Chaves, while sharing the spoils with Sporting CP. Important midfielder Galeno is back from suspension, while all Toni Martinez, Andre Franco, Ivan Jaime, and Jorge Sanchez have been left out of the squad.
The visitors, on the other hand, failed to win the previous seven league matches and given their four-game losing run on the road, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the hosts. The good news for the away team is that Nigeria defender Chidozie Awaziem returns from suspension, while forward Robert Bozenik remains on the sidelines with a hamstring problem. You should know that under 2.5 goals have been netted in three of the previous four meetings between the two sides.
Highlighted Player (Pepe):
Pepe is a professional footballer who plays for Porto as a defender. The Portuguese international played for Maritimo at the start of his senior career and in 2004 he moved to Porto. After making 64 league appearances for the Dragons, he signed a contract with Real Madrid in 2007 and he quickly established himself as a first-team regular.
Pepe is well known for his hard tackles and referees often show him red card. The Real Madrid centre back often played as a defensive midfielder under Jose Mourinho and it has to be noted that he scored five goals in all competitions in the 2013/2014 La Liga campaign.
The Portuguese footballer won his second Champions League trophy with Real Madrid in the 2015/2016 season and later in 2016 he helped A Selecao win the European Championship trophy. Portugal defeated France in the title game and Pepe played an important role in Fernando Santos’ team in the Euro 2016 final. The Real Madrid defender was born in Maceio, Brazil on 26 February, 1983.
Highlighted Team (Boavista):
Founded on August 1, 1903, Boavista are a Portuguese club that welcome their rivals at Estadio do Bessa. The capacity of the venue is 28,263 and it was built back in 1911. As Panteras (The Panthers) are well known for their black and white shirts and white is the dominant colour of their away kit.
Famous Fellow city club Porto are considered Boavista’s main rivals and the two teams face each other in O Derby da Invicta and there have always been fireworks in clashes between the two local rivals. A Panteras did well to win their first and only Primeira Liga trophy in the 2000/2001 season, with the team finishing the campaign only one point clear of Porto.
Boavista have five Taca de Portugal trophies (1974/75, 1975/76, 1978/79, 1991/92, 1996/97), with the team winning Supertaca de Portugal three times (1979, 1992, 1997). Jose Bosingwa, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Nuno Gomes are the notable footballers who played for Boavista in the past, to name just a few.
