Betting tips for FC Porto vs Boavista - 17.03.2018

Great game in the city of Porto, with both teams pursuing ambitious goals. FC Porto are following behind a title they have been missing in recent years, under pressure from a defeat at Paços de Ferreira that has brought their competition closer, while Boavista is still dreaming of European qualification, which could happen if the chess players beat the competition for the fifth place in Liga NOS.

The atmosphere became thicker at FC Porto, after a heavy defeat at Paços de Ferreira, the first of the season in the Liga NOS, breaking the conviction that the players had to be able to take their success to the end of the season. Sérgio Conceição's approach has impressively won the Liga NOS, with an aggressive and strong offensive football, and through this inclination to overcome its rivals. In Real Mata this did not happen and Sérgio Conceição had a week to recover the team and prepare it for a very important game, by the way the team is expected to react unequivocally to what happened last week. Still, there are many players who have not yet recovered. Danilo Pereira and Moussa Marega are injured, keeping out, the same should happen with Alex Telles and Tiquinho Soares, who will be closer to recover. Jose Sá, sent off at the end of the last match, will also not be an option in the bench of the blues and whites. Maximum requirement in the team, great expectation for how he can score as fast as possible, probably facilitated by the return of Héctor Herrera to the midfield, after having completed suspension in Paços.



Only a few loyal fans would believe that their team could be in contention for a place in the Europa League. But Boavista, despite the bad start of the season, despite the change of coach and some suspicion between supporters and players, regained his focus and found in Jorge Simão the right man to define a strategy of valorization of the team in the classification. Among the four teams that are still in fifth place, Boavista shares with Marítimo part of their style, the way they expect, above all, to defend their goal in the form of points. Rio Ave and Desportivo de Chaves are, on the other hand, closer to an organized football with an aesthetic sense. These teams have had a lot of difficulty in facing the big three, something that, for Boavista, seems almost to be a natural option, as if the team were set up for this type of games. For that reason, and in a moment in which Porto will play with some anxiety to the mixture, the equipment of Jorge Simão thinks to be able to surprise. Edu Machado and Iván Bulos are injured, Fábio Espinho and Yusupha are doubts, while Carraça, for accumulation of yellows, and Rui Pedro, for being loaned by FC Porto, are certain absences.


There are already seven consecutive victories of FC Porto in the derby of the city, being necessary to go back to 2014 to find a tie between the two sets.

Determined to rebound last week's poor result, Porto should be a very dangerous side to Boavista's ambitions.

FC Porto vs Boavista Prediction: 1/1 3.50

FC Porto vs Boavista   Betting Tip: Over  2.5 Goals @ 1.80

FC Porto vs Boavista  Score Recommendations: 3-1 10.00