Attempt to bounce back
2020-12-21
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A switch to Portuguese league in hope of positive results.
Porto has been collecting wins in recent weeks without showing particularly impressive football. The main issue has been their leaky backline. Over the past 4 games, they've managed to keep a clean sheet just once, allowing the likes of ondela, for example, find the net 3 times at the Dragao stadium.
The positive moment regarding the upcoming game here is Nacional's impotence in front of goal and the recent run of 2 defeats in a row, including the 0:1 loss on the road to bottom of the table Portimonense.
Team news for both sides are neutral heading into the Sunday match. Leading centre-back Pepe remains sidelined with injury for Porto, while wingback Sanusi is a doubt on the left. Minor problems for Nacional at the right wing of defense as Kalindi and Freitas are doubtful with injuries.
The most interesting moment regarding this matchup is the head to head record from previous seasons, where Porto constantly had 0 problems taking care of Madeira.
4:0, 4:0, 7:0, 4:1 and 4:1 over the last years. The only time Porto failed to beat Nacional by 2 goals or more was in December 2015.
Given how free scoring Porto has been this season (currently 2nd higher scoring team in the competition and have the highest avrg number of goals scored per game to date) and that the hosts are finally free of Champions League concerns, I expect Porto to finally have a relatively careless night and pick 3 points up in commanding manner. Porto's offensive line has been on fire so far with the likes of Brazilian fantasista Otavio impressing the most.
I anticipate an easy night for Porto at the empty Dragao and the comfortable winning streak against Nacional being stretched further.
