Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sporting CP & Porto face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available 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 Sporting CP and Porto.
Sporting CP form and stats
7-0-1 is the performance here at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa so far in the Liga Portugal, giving Sporting CP a total of 21 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results!
Sporting CP are returning here after visiting Arouca in a League Cup game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Midfield player Santos got a match rating of 9.93 in that game, the max score being 10. Santos served one assist, hit twelve key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 53 successful passes (of 59 total).
Before that, Sporting CP had a Liga Portugal home game versus Vizela which ended with a victory 2-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sporting Braga are coming to town in four days.
Sporting CP are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (21 goals in 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 16 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Sporting CP have conceded only 5 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Porto form and stats
Porto was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.Porto's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Porto collect 18 points from their 9 away matches in the Liga Portugal. 5 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
The club members enjoyed Porto's previous fixture versus Academico Viseu, a League Cup win (3-0) played at home. Midfield player Eustaquio was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.15/10. Eustaquio scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 45 successful passes (of 50 total).
Preceding that game was the away Liga Portugal victory against Vitoria Guimaraes with the score of 1-0.The schedule is very tough for Porto now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga Portugal game at Maritimo is waiting in only four days.
The visiting Porto have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Porto have won at least one point in the last 6 matches (3-3-0) against Sporting CP.The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Taremi 10 goals |   P. Pereira Gonçalves 9 goals |  W. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno 7 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Porto missing players
| Sporting CP | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 55 | 37 | Scored | S | 27 | 66 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 73% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.4 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 16.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 41% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 9.3 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 33 | 47 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 40 |
| 3 | Porto | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 39 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 | Arouca | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Chaves | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 | Vizela | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Boavista | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 21 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | Estoril | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 14 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 23 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | Paços de Ferreira | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -24 | 6 |
