Moreirense vs Porto Match Analysis and Prediction

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Fresh off the back of a Europa League victory over Lazio, Porto resume their race for the Premeira Liga title as they visit the Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas to face Moreirense on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the visitors went down to a 5-0 defeat against Famlicao last time out and will be looking to bounce back from that result.

In that match, Simon Banza, Pepe, Adrian Marin and Joao Carlos Teixeira all scored to hand the hosts a four-goal lead heading into the half-time break before Ivan Dolcek got on the scoresheet with his 69th-minute goal.

Having picked up 19 points from 22 games, Moreirense are currently 16th in the Primeira Liga standings, four points above bottom-placed Belenenses.

Their poor performances this season has been as a result of their struggles away from home where they have managed just one win from 12 games and are currently have the division’s fourth-worst record with seven points so far.

Moreirense’s next fixture is against an opposing side who are unbeaten in each of the last 11 encounters between the two sides since 2017.

Porto kicked off their Europa League campaign with a victory as they came from behind to defeat Lazio 2-1 at home.

In the contest at the Estadio do Dragao,Mattia Zaccagni put the visitors ahead in the 23rd minute, but Toni Martinez scored a brace to turn the results on favour of the Dragaos.

Sergio Conceicao’s side now turn their focus to the Primeira Liga where they saw their 11-game winning streak come to an end through a 2-2 draw with Sporting Lisbon last Friday.

Porto head into the weekend unbeaten in each of their last 13 games across all competitions, picking up 12 wins and one draw since December’s 3-1 defeat against Atletico Madrid in Group B of the Champions League.

Moreirense vs Porto head to head

The two teams have previously met on 27 occasions across all competitions, where Porto are leading with 19 victories while Moreirense have won twice, and they have drawn in 6. Porto have scored 58 goals and conceded 20. In their last five meetings, Porto have won four and they have drawn once.

Moreirense 2-4 Porto 11/01/20

Porto 6-1 Moreirense 20/07/20

Porto 3-0 Moreirense 04/01/21

Moreirense 1-1 Porto 26/04/21

Porto 5-0 Moreirense 19/09/21

Moreirense latest home form

Moreirense won their last league home game 4-1 over Belenenses. However, they have failed to be consistent with their home form, having won just two of their last five matches.In their last five matches, they have won two, drawn one and lost two, scoring 7 goals and conceding 6.

Moreirense 2-2 Gil Vicente 26/11/21

Moreirense 0-1 Portimonense 12/12/21

Moreirense 1-0 Estoril 29/12/21

Moreirense 0-2 Santa Clara 22/01/22

Moreirense 4-1 Belenenses 08/02/22

Moreirense latest away form

Moreirense have recently been on a poor run of form on the road, having won just one of their last seven matches. They managed to defeat Vizela 1-0 on January 8. In their last five matches, they have won one, drawn one and lost three, scoring 3 goals and conceding 10.

Tondela 2-1 Moreirense 03/01/22

Vizela 0-1 Moreirense 08/01/22

Benfica 1-1 Moreirense 15/01/22

Sporting Braga 2-0 Moreirense 30/01/22

Famalicao 5-0 Moreirense 13/02/22

Porto latest home form

Porto have been on a good run of form at home so far, and they have been unbeaten in their last eight matches. They recently defeated Lazio 2-1 in the Europa League in their last match at home. In their last five matches, they have scored 12 goals and conceded 6.

Porto 3-1 Benfica 31/12/21

Porto 3-1 Famalicao 23/01/22

Porto 2-1 Maritimo 30/01/22

Porto 2-2 Sporting Lisbon 11/02/22

Porto 2-1 Lazio 17/02/22

Porto latest away form

Porto have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their last six matches. They recently managed to defeat Vizela 3-1 in the Taca de Portugal on January 12. In their last five matches, they have scored 16 goals and conceded just 4.

Vizela 0-4 Porto 19/12/21

Estoril 2-3 Porto 08/01/22

Vizela 1-3 Porto 12/01/22

Belenenses 1-4 Porto 16/01/22

Arouca 0-2 Porto 06/02/22

Moreirense news

Moreirense do not have any late fitness issues and head into Sunday’s game with a clean bill of health, without suspension concerns, leaving Sa Pinto with a full strength squad.

Andre Luis was impressive in the game against Famalicao, and we expect the forward to lead the attack once again.