Sporting likely XI for Vitória de Guimarães: Rui Borges plans one change | OneFootball

Rui Silva; Georgios Vagiannidis, Eduardo Quaresma, Gonçalo Inácio and Maxi Araújo; Sergi Altimira and Issa Doumbia; Geny Catamo, Rodrigo Zalazar and Flávio Gonçalves; Fotis Ioannidis. This should, in principle, be Sporting’s starting eleven for the match against Vitória de Guimarães.

Maxi Araújo returns to Rui Borges’ options after serving a suspension in the first round, due to the ban resulting from his sending-off in the Portuguese Cup final. Even so, Vagiannidis is expected to keep his place in the starting eleven, since Iván Fresneda is still dealing with some limitations.

In midfield, Sergi Altimira and Issa Doumbia are expected to remain among the coach’s choices. Further forward, the right side of the attack will continue to belong to Geny Catamo, while Flávio Gonçalves — one of the biggest surprises of the opening round — takes care of the left half-space. Zalazar will support the centre-forward, who should once again be Ioannidis, with Luis Suárez starting the match on the bench.

On the other hand, Rui Borges has more options than in the previous match. Zeno Debast and Ibrahima Ba have been called up for the game and, although they are not expected to go straight into Sporting’s starting lineup, they could provide help in defence during the match.

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