We are building up to the Porto vs Benfica Primeira Liga clash which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the team sheets have just been announced.
Here is the starting XI for Porto which has been officially confirmed as:
Porto
Diogo Meireles Costa #99
Also known as Diogo Costa
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Santo Tirso, Portugal
Francisco Sampaio Moura #74
Also known as Francisco Moura
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Braga, Portugal
Iván Marcano Sierra #5
Also known as Iván Marcano
Defender
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 37
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Santander, Spain
Nehuén Pérez #24
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Hurlingham, Argentina
João Mário Neto Lopes #23
Also known as João Mário
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: São João da Madeira, Portugal
Alan Varela #22
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Argentina
Stephen Eustáquio #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Canada
Place of birth: Leamington, Canada
Rodrigo Mora Carvalho #86
Also known as Rodrigo Mora
Midfielder
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 56kg
Age: 17
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Porto, Portugal
Fábio Daniel Ferreira Vieira #10
Also known as Fábio Vieira
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Costa #11
Also known as Pepê
Forward
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
Samuel Omorodion #18
Forward
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Melilla, Spain
The team sheet line-up for Benfica has also been confirmed as:
Benfica
Anatoliy Trubin
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.99m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Ukraine
Place of birth: Donetsk, Ukraine
Álvaro Carreras #3
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Ferrol, Spain
Tomás Lemos Araújo #44
Also known as Tomás Araújo
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Famalicão, Portugal
António João Tavares Silva #4
Also known as António Silva
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Viseu, Portugal
Nicolás Otamendi #19
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 37
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Florentino Ibrain Morris Luís #61
Also known as Florentino
Midfielder
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Lobito, Angola
Fredrik Aursnes #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Hareid, Norway
Orkun Kökçü #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Turkey
Place of birth: Haarlem, Netherlands
Kerem Aktürkoğlu
Forward
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Turkey
Place of birth: Kocaeli, Turkey
Ángel Di María #11
Forward
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 37
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Rosario, Argentina
Vangelis Pavlidis
Forward
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Greece
Place of birth: Thessaloniki, Greece
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