This Sunday, Sporting CP take on Porto in Matchday 20 of the Portuguese Football League 1 in an important game for the title and qualification to the Champions League.
The Lions are in their best run of the season without a league loss, with a draw and three wins in a row, and will try to get four wins in a row in the I League for the first time in the reception to the national champion. , in a game where they can count on striker Paulinho, thanks to a suspension of punishment on an injunction submitted by the club.
FC Porto, which recently beat Sporting CP in the League Cup final (2:0), won four consecutive victories in the I League and has not lost in the championship since the 10th round of Benfica, proves to the current leader, but has several casualties due to injuries, the cases of Otavio, Evanilson or Wendell.
Sporting are in fourth place with 38 points, five behind Sporting Braga, seven behind Porto and 15 points behind Benfica, who have one more game to play, knowing that the gap in the fight for one of three access points is small. in Champions.
The Dragons, who are eight points ahead, will try to put the difference in the top five in order to keep the “incarnate” from leaving, still risking losing second place, since the advantage of Sporting Braga is only two points.
The game is scheduled for 18:00 at the José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon. She will be judged by Artur Soares Dias from the Porto association.
Later, at 20:30, Sporting de Braga enters the field away to the Maritimo field.
Braga, who beat the Famalicans in the last round, knows that if they win, they will get points against at least one of their opponents, but they will be ahead of the island team, which is in 17th place, with only 13 points. , but in case of victory they can leave the direct relegation zone.
In the other match of the day, Famalican, with 21 points, will host Gilles Vicente, who has 19 points and is the first team out of danger in the table.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal

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