It's the second opportunity for points this season as Porto and Central bump heads at Estádio Luiz José de Lacerda.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
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 Porto and Central.
Porto form and stats
An away draw last time out for Porto, facing Caruaru City in a game that ended 0-0.
A 1-1 scoreline against Belo Jardim before that, played at their own home stadium in the Pernambucano 2.
Porto are traveling soon after this match as the Pernambucano 1 match at Belo Jardim awaits in four days.
Central form and stats
Let's have a look at how Central performed last season in the Serie D: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 13 and conceded {17 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 4/8 goals scored/conceded.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Náutico in their previous game.
Before that game, the victory at home hosting Belo Jardim in the Pernambucano 2 (1-0).
Head 2 Head
Central have put together a streak of 9 consecutive matches without losing (6-3-0) when facing Porto.Porto missing players
Central missing players
| Porto | Central | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Porto | Last season | Central | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 71% | 79% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 25% | 12% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 43% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 21% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 44% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 57% | ||
| 44% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 21% | ||
| 38% | 62% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 43% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 7.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Central | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Salgueiro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Afogados | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Belo Jardim | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Ibis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Porto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Caruaru City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Náutico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Maguary PE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Retro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Santa Cruz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Sport Recife | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ABC | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | Campinense | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | America RN | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Uniclinic | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | Sousa | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 6 | Treze | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Central | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Caucaia | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 35 | -31 | 9 |
