Dragões travel to Leixões

Os Dragões make the short trip to Matosinhos to face Leixões at Estádio do Mar on Saturday evening. Following the scoreless draw to Sporting, Porto maintains its two point lead on Benfica in the Liga standings and will need to careful of José Mota's side who have their eye on a Champions League spot. Only three points behind third-place Sporting and will pounce on any opportunities that are presented.

With the second leg of the Champions League match against Atlético Madrid, Jesualdo Ferreira is balancing the needs of the match with absences due to injury, Cristian Săpunaru, Freddy Guarín, Jorge Fucile and Nelson Benítez as well as Cristian Rodríguez who is in the sin-bin. Ivo Pinto and Rabiola have been called upon in Azuis e brancos squad list.