Sporting CP vs Angers: Sporting CP begin their pre-season friendlies with a fixture against Angers on Wednesday at the Estadio Algarve.
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Match Details:
Teams: Sporting CP vs Angers
Date: Wednesday 21st July, 2021
Time: 12:30 AM IST
Venue: Estadio Algarve, Portugal
MATCH PREVIEW:
Sporting CP come into this fixture with a 2-1 victory over Belenenses last Thursday as they kicked off their campaign with a win.
Sandro’s own goal followed by Cabral’s penalty was enough as the Portuguese side took the spoils.
On the other hand, Angers beat Chateauroux 3-0 in their friendly fixture on Saturday as Boufal, Alioui and Taibi found the back of the net.
Sporting has one final warm-up against Lon before they kick off their campaign with a Super Cup match against Braga.
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— Angers SCO (@AngersSCO) July 17, 2021
The French side will play Troyes and Lorient in their next 2 matches ahead of the Ligue 1 curtain raiser against Stratsbourg.
With Sporting CP having lesser matches to play, a combination suited to start the season well is paramount.
Hence, this match is of immense importance to the Portuguese side.
Line-ups
Sporting CP:
Maximiano, Feddel, Porro, Essugo, Santos, Fernandes, Tomas, Nazinho, Tabata and Cabral.
Angers:
Petkovic, Traore, Ounahi, Manceau, Ebosse, Doumbia, Mangani, Cabot, Boufal, Ali Cho and Alioui.
Prediction: Sporting CP 3-1 Angers
The Portuguese side is in better form ahead of this fixture winning 4 of their last 5 matches.
Angers have won 3 of their last 5 and have been reasonably good in pre-season.
We expect a tight contest but foresee Sporting taking the spoils owing to their quality in attack and sturdy defence.
