Sporting Lisboa:
In order to increase the distance from the first place in the Primeira Liga de Portugal, this Friday the cast of Sporting Lisboa prepares to receive the visit of Rio Ave, at stake to be played at the José Alvalade Stadium.
The Lions had a bad time in the middle of the week as they were eliminated from the round of 16 of the Taca de Portugal at the hands of Marítimo, in a result that led him to cut a streak of six consecutive victories, in addition to an undefeated of fifteen games .
But finally, now is the time to look at its activity in the Primeira Liga where it is in first place with a four-point advantage over its closest pursuers such as FC Porto and Benfica, so here the Lions aim to do their hometown prevail where they have won their last seven games, the defensive block being the best, since they have not conceded goals in five of them.
Possible alignment: Antonio Adan; Zouhair Feddal, Sebastian Coates, Luis Neto; Nuno Mendes, Joao Palhinha, Joao Mario, Pedro Porro; Nuno Santos, Pedro Goncalves; Andraz Sporar.
Rio Ave:
Rio Ave’s situation is similar, as they have also come out of the knockout stages of the Taca de Portugal after losing 1-2 at home to Estoril.
This defeat has been the fourth in their last five games, but finally now he has to focus on his participation in the Primeira Liga where they are in the middle of the classification, but the issue is that here they will be visitors, a condition where they have had a bad time in their last three games in that condition where they ended in losses, receiving seven goals, but they want to change it against some Lions against whom they have not lost in their last three games where they won two of them, and both victories came in this scenario, although beware that visiting the Jose Alvalade in the general has not been very frictionless to say.
Possible lineup: Pawel Kieszek; Pedro Amaral, Aderlan Santos, Toni Borevkovic, Ivo Pinto; Carlos Mane, Chico Geraldes, Ryotaro Meshino, Gelson Dala.
