Sporting will try to maintain its isolated leadership of the Portuguese First Football League when visiting Rio Ave, after on Friday rival Benfica had 'glued' to the 'lions' at the top, in the 18th round.
For this game in Vila do Conde, coach Rui Borges makes several changes to the Lions, starting in goal with the debut of reinforcement Rui Silva: he arrived, trained and played.
In total, there are five changes to the Lions, compared to the team that lost the League Cup to Benfica. In addition to Rui Silva, Fresneda, Gonçalo Inácio, Debast and Conrad Harder enter the eleven. Gyokeres, who worked limited during the week, is on the bench, as is Eduardo Quaresma, St. Juste, João Simões and Franco Israel.
In the Vila-Condense formation, two changes operated by coach Petit: Tiknaz and Zoabi occupy the positions of Martim Neto and Clayton.
– Our do Sporting: Rui Silva; Fresneda, Diomande, Gonçalo and Maxi Araújo; Geny Catamo, Hjulmand, Debast and Quenda; Trincão and Harder.
-– Sporting substitutes: Frank Israel, St. Juste, Morita, Gyökeres, Daniel Bragança, Esgaio, Alexandre Brito, João Simões and Mauro Couto.
– Onze do Rio Ave: Mistza; Vrousai, Petrasso, Aderllan Santos and Omar Richards; Olinho, Tiknaz and João Novais; Kiko Bondoso, Zoabi and Aguilera.
– Substitutes from Rio Ave: Antzelo Sina, Andreas, Vítor Gomes, Tiago Morais, João Tomé, João Graça, Renato Pantalon, Martim Neto and Valentim Sousa.
Rio Ave-Sporting starts at 6pm and can be followed LIVE on SAPO Desporto, with videos of the main moves.
