We’re counting down to the Porto vs Sporting Lisbon Primeira Liga clash as we find ourselves fast approaching kick-off for this match, and the teams are now available.
First off, 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
Tiago Emanuel Embaló Djaló #3
Also known as Tiago Djaló
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Amadora, Portugal
Nehuén Pérez #24
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Hurlingham, Argentina
José Pedro da Silva Figueiredo #97
Also known as Zé Pedro
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Guimarães, Portugal
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
Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Costa #11
Also known as Pepê
Forward
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 27
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 starting line-up for Sporting Lisbon has also been confirmed as follows:
Sporting Lisbon
Rui Tiago Dantas da Silva
Also known as Rui Silva
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Portugal
Ousmane Diomande #26
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Ivory Coast
Place of birth: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Gonçalo Bernardo Inácio #25
Also known as Gonçalo Inácio
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Portugal
Iván Fresneda Corraliza #22
Also known as Iván Fresneda
Defender
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Madrid, Spain
Morten Hjulmand
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Denmark
Daniel Santos Bragança #23
Also known as Daniel Bragança
Midfielder
Height: 1.69m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Almeirim, Portugal
João Pedro Arnauth Barrocas #52
Also known as João Simões
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 18
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Portimão, Portugal
Geovany Quenda #57
Forward
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 17
Nationality: Portugal
Francisco António Machado Mota Trincão #17
Also known as Trincão
Forward
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Maximiliano Araújo #20
Forward
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Uruguay
Place of birth: Montevideo, Uruguay
Conrad Harder #19
Forward
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 19
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Holte, Denmark
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