Portsmouth vs Fleetwood Prediction & Betting Tips (23 December)

3rd day of the League Cup with a decisive meeting for qualification between FC Porto and Leixoes with a place in the last four of the competition at stake. Beaten in their only match in this group phase on the Estoril pitch 1-3, Porto will have to win by a very significant margin to reach the semi-finals. Because with a difference of -2, Sergio Conceicao's team will have to win with a difference of 5 goals or more to get ahead of the Estoril team. But can Mehdi Taremi’s teammates do it? Beaten last weekend on the pitch of Sporting Portugal 0-2, FC Porto saw their opponent take the lead in the championship. But with a week of rest to prepare for this match, the Dragões will be ready to turn things around and try to reach the semi-final. To do this, we will have to dominate the Leixoes team head and shoulders.

A second division team, Pedro Ribeiro's players are having a very difficult 2023/2024 campaign with a relegation place before the end-of-year holidays and a negative dynamic of 5 matches in a row without the slightest victory. Beaten by Estoril in their only match of group 1-2, Leixoes can still believe in qualification, and to see it as a miracle, they will have to win by 4 goals on the pitch of FC Porto...

Over the course of their last 13 away matches in the League One, Fleetwood have been involved in just a couple of contests in which they have both scored and conceded during the same 89 minutes. Not only that, but at least one of the two goalkeepers has emerged with a clean sheet from each of the most recent six Portsmouth home games at this level as well.