CD Tondela vs FC Porto
CD Tondela have found life in the top tier of Portuguese football very difficult and have only managed to pick up five points from the first 10 rounds. They also have the worst home record of all teams in the league with only one win and three goals scored from the first five rounds. Goal scoring have been the biggest issue and five goals scored in 10 matches just isn’t good enough. Newly promoted teams usually do well in the beginning of the season and Tondela did ok at the start but were a bit unlucky not to turn their performances into points. Now the other teams are starting to figure them out which was not at least shown in their 0-4 trashing at home by Benfica at the end of October. It is likely they will continue to struggle as the season goes on.
FC Porto surprisingly lost their home game to Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League on Tuesday. That was their first loss in their last 21 games in all competitions and it shows how good they have been this season. They are likely to want to get back on track right away and a trip to bottom placed Tondela sounds like the perfect opportunity. They do so with Brazilian defender Maicon and winger Silvestre Varela back in the squad. Both of them missed the game against Kiev but are raring to go again. That also means Porto boss Julen Lopetegui has everyone in the squad available for selection. Vincent Aboubakar will continue to lead the line as he looks to close the gap to Jonas in the goal scoring charts.
We believe Porto are just too good here and will control the game from first kick resulting in a win by two goals or more.
Date & Time: 28 Nov 2015 – 21.45 CET
League: Primeira Liga (Portugal)
Match: CD Tondela – FC Porto
Pick: FC Porto Asian Hcp -1.5, -2
Highest Odds: 1.76 @ Unibet
Stake: 15 EUR
Rating: 1/5
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