Today, on Friday, the Porto team will play host to Benfica in Classico Portugal as part of the tenth round of the Portuguese League for the current 2022–23 campaign.
At precisely nine o’clock in the evening, Cairo time, the De Darajao stadium team, which is also known as the dragon stadium, is playing Porto against Benfica.
Benfica is first in the Portuguese league standings with 25 points after playing nine games, winning eight matches, drawing one, and losing the other. Porto is second with 22 points after playing nine games, winning seven matches, drawing one, and losing the other.
If Benfica prevails, the Clasico will determine the top of the Portuguese league; however, if the landowners defeat Porto, the two top teams will finish the season with an even score.
The second -placed Porto won the last five games in all competitions, where the Sergio Konisao team scored 17 goals, while they kept their nets four times in a row, which we preferred to their stadium at all matches.
Porto defeated Anadia in Taka de Portugal by a score of 6-0 and defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 at home in the Champions League.
Benfica is still losing this season after 18 games in all competitions, and in the league, they have won eight of their last nine games.
Even though four of their most recent five matches finished in draws after 90 minutes, two of these encounters were in the Champions League against the European powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain.
Benfica will try to win in order to increase its lead over rival Porto at the top of the standings to six points and maintain its unblemished record. Benfica also hopes to continue its stellar defensive record from last season, after keeping its goals unblemished seven times in a row away from home in the Portuguese Premier League.
Porto is anticipated to start the game with the following lineup:
Costa; Mario; Cardoso; Karmo; Zaido; Urby; Ostakio; Bibi; Evanilson; Tarimi
While the following is a probable Benfica team lineup:
Flashodimus, Gilberto, a. Silva, Outamamdei, Grimaldo, Orsinis Fernandez, Mario Junkans, R. Silva, and Ramos.
El Clásico pits Benfica against Porto to determine the Portuguese league’s top team.
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