Sporting take on the visitors Porto in the semifinal match of Portuguese League Cup. The match will be played on Tuesday, January 7th at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa (Leiria).
Sporting Lisbon changes coach again. The Lions rose from a disastrous 4th place to a logical 1st place last season. And everything went well for the club in the new competition, albeit with the caveat of a failure in the Super Cup with the Dragons — they were allowed to come back from 0-3, ultimately losing to their old enemy. The Green-Whites pulled away in the Primeira Liga and had a strong start in the Champions League, and Gyökeres was scoring consistently... And then Manchester United simply showered Lisbon and Ruben Amorim with money, but took away a talented coach. While the Portuguese is trying, not very successfully, to rectify the situation, his successor, João Pereira, has already been fired — a sharp decline began with an abundance of lost points, including the loss of leadership in the Portuguese championship. The new coach, Rui Borges, made his debut in the derby with Benfica with a victory. But after that there was only a 4-4 draw with Vitoria Guimaraes.
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Porto looked good in the Champions League last season, and even won the trophy in the cup format. But again they were left without the championship title, moreover, in 2023/2024 they are seriously behind the pair from Lisbon. As a result, a new president, Villas-Boas, appeared in the spring, and he changed the coach - Vitor Bruno Fernandes came instead of Sergio Conceição. He debuted with the aforementioned victory in the Super Cup, played relatively well in the 2024 Europa League (although the Portuguese could have done better here - 2 wins, draws and losses) and in the Primeira is on par with competitors, although not without misfires. But the last matches were successful, including with Nacional in the last round.
In the last 5 matches there were 2 victories for the "lions" and three draws, in regular time. True, last year both in the cup and in the Super Cup, in the end, success went to the "dragons". The chances of the pair are considered equal. But the "dragons" are more stable - it is worth betting on their victory with a handicap of "0".
Prediction for the match: Porto to win with 0.0 handicap.
