D1 - Football - Portugal - Super Liga

Porto have here another opportunity to continue the race to the title. With less 6 points than the leader Leixões, and after a series of not so good results, Jesualdo Ferreira is optimistic about this match.
With a away form of 1-2-1, one could expect more from former champions but the defeat against Leixoes by 2-3 has left marks on the team leading them to a lost against Naval. Now in their fist away match after that one, they want to prove the strength of the team, and the capability they have to reach the first places again.

Raul Meireles will be out for this game, after the creative midfielder got ill in the midle of the week. Sapunaru and Stepanov will be out too following injuries.
But Pedro Emanuel, Tarik, Benitez and Bolatti will be playing again, so we could see here Porto playing at full potential.

As for V. Setubal, they are doing what the fans would expect for this time of the season, they are 9th on the table with 11 points, with a form of 3-2-5 and they got to draw against Benfica last weekend by 2-2, where they were losing by 2-1 till almost the end of the match and managed to score a great goal in the last minutes.
This was a boost of confidence for Setúbal, and i expect they assume todays game like that, trying to catch Porto on mistakes so they can score and get the 3 points.

But Porto as a far superior team than Setubal, and if Jesualdo Ferreira want to show results they have to beat Setubal tonight.

Porto to WIN.

Record Date : 06/12/2008 02:42