FC Porto vs Estrela Prediction & Betting Tips (16 December)

Porto has won only one of its last three matches in the league, when they received Casa Pia 2-0, for a record of a substantial defeat during the trip to La Luz against Benfica 4-1, and a parity score on the previous day against an opponent well within reach, Famalicao 1-1. Still 3rd in the standings, the Dragons clearly have no room for error this evening in front of their fans who are starting to grumble due in particular to an early elimination in the Portuguese Cup against Moreirense at the round of 16 stage 2- 1 or even poor results recently on the European scene with the C3, a defeat against Lazio 2-1, and a sharing of points at Anderlecht 2-2. Furthermore, in order to pull itself together, Porto will have hosted the formidable Danish team of Midtjylland on Thursday evening to follow. On the other side of the median, we find a candidate who is far from imagining himself playing a possible race for Europe .

We are talking about a candidate formation for maintenance, Estrela. However, she remains on two victories in her last three league games, against the poorly ranked like herself, Arouca during the previous day 2-1, and Nacional 2-0. Like Porto, the evening visitors took the door in the Portuguese Cup and very dryly with a heavy defeat against Benfica 7-0. 

On the sidelines for ages, Marcano will not play this evening. No more than the starting Brazilian full-back Wendell, also injured. La Roja international Samu Omorodion has scored 10 goals in... 10 league matches! To talk a little about his subject, let's remember that he arrives from Atlético Madrid, a year after his arrival in the capital where he ultimately never played since he was sent all last season to the Basque Country with Deportivo Alaves, on loan for a record of 8 goals in 34 appearances.

It's not just him who shines in Porto since Galeno (8 goals) is placed just behind him in the scorers' rankings (2nd and 3rd). A priori, no players absent for this trip. From a personal point of view, let's talk about the very good campaign of Kikas (4 goals) or the Brazilian Rodrigo Pinho, author of 3 pawns and scorer against Arouca. The Argentinian Bucca (2 goals) also deserves a little credit, and the three will therefore be available to the coach for this trip to the Estadio do Dragão.