Estoril vs Porto Prediction & Betting Tips - Liga Portugal

Prediction published on 14/09/2022, 05:26  by Ioannis | Modified on 14/09/2022 at 05:27 in Liga Portugal Predictions

Porto visit Estoril for the seventh round of the Portuguese Liga, seeking for a reaction to their dismal midweek Champions League showing. The hosts took a morale boosting victory against Vizela last time out, climbing to eighth in the standings. It was their third win in the campaign, and their third clean sheet in six games. In fact, all of Estoril’s last seven league victories have been accompanied with a clean sheet, yet it has just been just seven in twenty-five games. They have not performed much better on home soil, winning just three of their last ten encounters, yet have managed to score in eight of them. If it couldn’t get worse ahead of this tough encounter.

Estoril have never won at home against Porto, losing their last four on the bounce yet scoring in all of them. It all went wrong for the Porto side against Club Brugge. Their heavy defeat was a result of sloppy defending and poor finishing but a pattern has started to form for the visitors, who have conceded six goals in their last three games. They have done well at the league however, being just three points shy off leaders Benfica in third place, courtesy to an away defeat to Rio Ave. Porto also boast the joint-second best defence in the league so far, with four goals conceded in six. They should also be encouraged by their impressive record against Estoril, against whom they have only lost once in twenty games.