Champions League full preview and statistics: Porto to fight Atlético Madrid at Estádio Do Dragão

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 07.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Dragão (50033 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Porto at Estádio Do Dragão when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Atlético Madrid with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

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 Atlético Madrid.

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Porto form and stats

Porto was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Champions League. Chelsea was too strong.

This stadium, Estádio Do Dragão, has been a fortress for Porto in the Primeira Liga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-0-0. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in this competition. The Porto fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estádio Do Dragão and will expect new points from this game. Porto has played 21 games in a row here without a defeat.

A strong away win for Porto against Portimonense the last match, as Vitinha and Otávio were on target. Vitinha (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.2/10. Vitinha scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 65 successful passes (of 74 total).

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Vitoria Guimaraes.

Porto are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (18 goals in 6 games). Porto have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Atlético Madrid was sent out of Champions League in the 8th finals last season, when Chelsea turned out to be too strong.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the La Liga. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 1W-1D-3L. This is both home and away.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a La Liga home defeat versus Mallorca with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Atlético were so close to getting something from the game against Mallorca, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime. Midfield player Koke was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Koke hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 69 successful passes (of 78 total).

Preceding that game was the away La Liga victory against Cadiz with the score of 4-1.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Atlético are regular goalscorers on their travels. 10 goals have been conceded by Atlético in these games.

Head 2 Head

These sides faced each other earlier this campaign: Atlético Madrid - Porto 0-0. Data for the former seven meetings involving these two teams are: two wins for Porto, three draws and two wins for Atlético Madrid. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

PortoL. Díaz Marulanda
L. Díaz Marulanda
10 goals
PortoM. Taremi
M. Taremi
7 goals
Atlético MadridL. Suárez Díaz
L. Suárez Díaz
7 goals

Porto missing players

Atlético Madrid missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Porto Atlético Madrid
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   14 25
17 11   Won W   6 10
5 1   Drew D   4 8
3 1   Lost L   4 7
58 36   Scored S   22 36
26 15   Conceded C   19 29
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
92% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 72%
64% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 56%
36% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 24%
28% 46%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 12%
60% 62%   BTTS BTTS   79% 60%
36% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 24%
8% 0%   Failed to Score F T   21% 24%
 
5.8 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5
3.5 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.2
2.5 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.5
3 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
15.2 15.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 11.2
5.4 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.4
43% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   52% 43%
 
7.2 7.8   Shots against (avg) S A   10.4 9.2
3 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 5 5 0 0 15 5 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 8 3 10 15
2 Porto 5 1 2 2 3 8 2 1 0 1 2 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 -5 5
3 Milan 5 1 1 3 5 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 -2 4
4 Atlético Madrid 5 1 1 3 4 7 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 4
  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 13 11 2 0 33 8 6 6 0 0 18 3 7 5 2 0 15 5 25 35
2 Sporting CP 13 11 2 0 22 5 7 6 1 0 11 1 6 5 1 0 11 4 17 35
3 Benfica 13 10 1 2 35 10 6 4 0 2 14 7 7 6 1 0 21 3 25 31
4 Sporting Braga 12 6 4 2 21 15 6 3 2 1 13 6 6 3 2 1 8 9 6 22
5 Estoril 12 5 6 1 18 11 6 1 4 1 7 7 6 4 2 0 11 4 7 21
6 Portimonense 13 6 2 5 13 12 7 2 1 4 4 8 6 4 1 1 9 4 1 20
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 13 5 4 4 16 13 6 3 1 2 9 6 7 2 3 2 7 7 3 19
8 Gil Vicente 12 3 5 4 15 15 6 1 2 3 7 8 6 2 3 1 8 7 0 14
9 Arouca 12 3 4 5 13 18 6 3 1 2 9 8 6 0 3 3 4 10 -5 13
10 Tondela 12 4 0 8 17 23 6 3 0 3 12 12 6 1 0 5 5 11 -6 12
11 Boavista 13 2 6 5 16 23 7 2 4 1 10 8 6 0 2 4 6 15 -7 12
12 Maritimo 13 2 5 6 13 18 6 1 3 2 6 7 7 1 2 4 7 11 -5 11
13 Pacos de Ferreira 13 2 5 6 10 18 7 1 3 3 6 9 6 1 2 3 4 9 -8 11
14 Famalicao 12 2 4 6 16 20 6 0 3 3 4 9 6 2 1 3 12 11 -4 10
15 Vizela 12 1 7 4 10 20 6 1 4 1 6 6 6 0 3 3 4 14 -10 10
16 Moreirense 12 1 6 5 14 22 6 1 3 2 10 11 6 0 3 3 4 11 -8 9
17 Belenenses 12 1 5 6 7 22 6 1 2 3 5 14 6 0 3 3 2 8 -15 8
18 Santa Clara 12 1 4 7 9 25 6 1 2 3 4 13 6 0 2 4 5 12 -16 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 Real Madrid 16 12 3 1 37 15 7 5 2 0 16 5 9 7 1 1 21 10 22 39
2 Sevilla 15 9 4 2 25 11 7 6 1 0 18 6 8 3 3 2 7 5 14 31
3 Real Betis 16 9 3 4 26 18 8 4 2 2 15 10 8 5 1 2 11 8 8 30
4 Atlético Madrid 15 8 5 2 27 16 8 4 3 1 12 6 7 4 2 1 15 10 11 29
5 Real Sociedad 16 8 5 3 19 13 8 4 3 1 5 3 8 4 2 2 14 10 6 29
6 Rayo Vallecano 15 7 3 5 23 16 7 6 1 0 16 3 8 1 2 5 7 13 7 24
7 Barcelona 15 6 5 4 23 17 9 5 2 2 16 9 6 1 3 2 7 8 6 23
8 Athletic Club 15 4 8 3 13 11 7 3 2 2 9 7 8 1 6 1 4 4 2 20
9 Espanyol 15 5 5 5 15 14 8 5 2 1 10 4 7 0 3 4 5 10 1 20
10 Osasuna 15 5 5 5 15 19 8 1 4 3 5 11 7 4 1 2 10 8 -4 20
11 Valencia 15 4 7 4 22 21 8 3 4 1 14 9 7 1 3 3 8 12 1 19
12 Mallorca 16 4 7 5 16 23 8 2 5 1 8 7 8 2 2 4 8 16 -7 19
13 Villarreal 15 3 7 5 16 17 7 3 2 2 12 9 8 0 5 3 4 8 -1 16
14 Celta de Vigo 15 4 4 7 16 19 8 1 2 5 7 12 7 3 2 2 9 7 -3 16
15 Granada 15 3 6 6 16 23 7 2 2 3 9 12 8 1 4 3 7 11 -7 15
16 Deportivo Alaves 15 4 2 9 12 21 8 3 0 5 6 11 7 1 2 4 6 10 -9 14
17 Elche 15 2 6 7 12 21 7 1 4 2 6 9 8 1 2 5 6 12 -9 12
18 Cadiz 15 2 6 7 13 27 8 0 4 4 5 13 7 2 2 3 8 14 -14 12
19 Getafe 15 2 4 9 10 19 7 2 1 4 8 9 8 0 3 5 2 10 -9 10
20 Levante 15 0 7 8 13 28 7 0 5 2 6 11 8 0 2 6 7 17 -15 7

Atlético Madrid:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 5 5 0 0 15 5 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 8 3 10 15
2 Porto 5 1 2 2 3 8 2 1 0 1 2 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 -5 5
3 Milan 5 1 1 3 5 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 -2 4
4 Atlético Madrid 5 1 1 3 4 7 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 4

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