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This is one of the biggest derbies in the Portuguese championship, in which Porto and Sporting are fighting for the championship title this season, with the proviso that the host of this duel has five points more and it is safe to say that a possible triumph might already resolve the issue of champion. Porto still has no defeats and they are now in a series of five championship victories, while Sporting has one defeat, after which they have made three victories. That is why Porto was eliminated from the Champions League, and Sporting won the round of sixteen of Europa League. In the first part of the season, it was 0-0 in Lisbon.

FC Porto

Porto is safely stepping towards winning the title of the champion and this is a match that could prove to be a decisive one if they win, though they are still waiting for their hosting with Benfica, which also lacks five points. Eventual failure could also make the most of the situation, although Porto is indeed dominant and has only played one draw before their fans, against Benfica.They have defeated all their other rivals, and they have only played four draws in total, without defeat.

They have only lost in the Champions League this season and are at the exit door after a 5-0 catastrophe against Liverpool on their field. They were also eliminated from the League Cup and defeated from Sporting, with whom they played the semi-finals of the Cup, and they celebrated with 1-0 in the first round. They have problems with injuries which is why they cannot count on D.Pereira, Martins India, Aboubakar, Telles and Corona.

Probable lineups FC Porto: Casillas – M.Pereira, Marcano, Felipe, Dalot – Herrera, Oliveira, Otavio – Marega, Soares, Brahimi

Sporting Lisabon

Sporting has brought even a few new names for the second part of the season, and they wanted to keep up with Porto, and even eventually surpass this team and win the title, but they lost their second place because they have already blundered twice in the continuation of the championship. They played a draw with Setubal and lost to Estoril, so their backlog for Porto increased. These were not their brightest performances in two duels of Europa League against Astana, but they still passed further.

In the previous two championship games, they celebrated minimally, but many would say they had a lot of help from referees, especially against Tondela, when they scored a goal for 2-1 in the ninth minute of the injury time. In the last round, they have scored a goal against Moreirense in their field for the final 1-0 in the second minute of the injury time. So, they are in the crisis, and this is not good before their performance at Dragao, and it is not good that they cannot count on the suspended Petrovic and Martins, who cannot play as well as injured Podence, while their striker Dost is questionable.

Probable lineups Sporting Lisabon: Patricio – Piccini, Coates, Mathieu, Coentrao – Cesar, Carvalho, Battaglia, Acuna – Fernandes, Montero

Verdict:

All derby matches between the big three in Portugal were hard and there was no winner, so things could also be uncertain now, but we still expect Porto's victory, since they are in a better form than Sporting, and they are on their field where they rarely miss.

Pick:  Porto wins 1.7 - 7/10 @1XBet