Porto vs Tondela Prediction & Betting Tips - Taca de Portugal

Prediction published on 20/05/2022, 07:55  by Daniel Ngulu in Football Predictions

FC Porto are looking to complete a double after winning the Primeira Liga title. They face Tondela in the Portuguese Cup final on Sunday, eying an extension to their impressive domestic run. Going into this game, Porto have three straight wins and have three clean sheets in their last five matches. They have eight wins in their last nine matches and have failed to score in just one of their last 11 matches. In the last 13 meetings with Tondela, Porto are unbeaten, and they have 12 straight wins over Tondela. This season, in their two league meetings, Porto scored seven goals; a 3-1 win in the first leg and 4-0 in the return leg. Mehdi Taremi is the one player Tondela were not hoping to face again; he scored four times in the two meetings between these two sides this season. In the last five meetings between these two sides, the forward has scored seven goals. He was also Porto’s leading scorer in the league with 20 goals.

A seven-game winless run in the run up to the end of the league campaign left Tondela fans heartbroken as the team suffered relegation on the final day of the season. Twice they led in their game against Boavista but a 2-2 draw meant they will play this game as they prepare for life in the second tier. This chance means they can not only finish the season on a high, but also book a Europa League slot despite playing in the second tier. In their last 10 games, Tondela have managed just one win and in six of the matches, they’ve conceded two or more goals. They have no clean sheet in those 10 matches and in seven of them both sides have scored. In 12 matches against Porto ahead of this meeting, Tondela have not managed a clean sheet.