The visiting Porto side should be favourites in this visit to Tondela, as the away team holds a 43 point advantage from their 30 league games this season.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Tondela and Porto.
Tondela are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Porto are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Tondela form and stats
Tondela's results here at Estádio João Cardoso in the Primeira Liga have been very modest with 2 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. Tondela are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estádio João Cardoso, having lost their two previous games here.
Tondela's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Famalicão (placed 5th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Belenenses that finished 1-1.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Tondela here at Estádio João Cardoso in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 15 games). Tondela have conceded 19 in these home matches.
Porto form and stats
Porto's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Porto, who have the most clean sheets (18) in Primeira Liga, collect 33 points from their 15 away matches in the Primeira Liga. 10 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Porto goalkeeper Agustin Federico Marchesin is eager to challenge this, with his 462 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Alex Telles, Fábio Vieira, Tiquinho Soares, Moussa Marega and Luis Díaz secured the home win 5-0 against Belenenses in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Paços de Ferreira with the score of 1-0.
As you can tell from the results above, Porto was very dominant against Belenenses, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Alex Telles, Fábio Vieira, Tiquinho Soares, Moussa Marega and Luis Díaz providing the goals.
Porto are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 26 times in 15 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Porto - Tondela 3-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Tondela one win, one draw and Porto seven victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Telles 10 goals |  M. Marega 9 goals |  F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 8 goals |
Tondela missing players
Porto missing players
| Tondela | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 26 | 62 |
| 37 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 18 |
| 83% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 97% |
| 57% | 60% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 73% | 77% |
| 33% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 47% | 53% |
| 17% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 20% | 23% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 13% | 13% |
| 40% | 47% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 53% | 40% |
| 30% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 47% | 60% |
| 47% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 7% | 3% |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.4 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 274 | 155 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 88 | 213 | 469 |
| 87 | 47 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 27 | 71 | 161 |
| 28% | 21% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | 39% |
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals (18)
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9)
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Porto has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Porto has the most clean sheets (18)
- Porto has the most scored goals in the first half (31)
- Porto has the the best goal difference (+44)
- Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Porto have scored more than double the goals of Tondela.
- Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Tondela has the fewest scored goals (10) at home
- Tondela have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 44 | 73 |
| 2 | Benfica | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 62 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 38 | 67 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 56 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 53 |
| 5 | Famalicão | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 48 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 47 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 46 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 39 |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 38 |
| 10 | Boavista | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 38 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 36 |
| 12 | Marítimo | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -8 | 34 |
| 13 | Paços de Ferreira | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -13 | 34 |
| 14 | Belenenses | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -25 | 31 |
| 15 | Tondela | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -13 | 30 |
| 16 | Vitória FC | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -16 | 30 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -16 | 27 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 23 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 37 | -36 | 14 |