Liga Portugal match preview: Casa Pia believed to be the weaker party when Porto pays a visit

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Pina Manique (5000 seats)

Buckle up for a show! Today's leading roles are Casa Pia and Porto, 3 points is the main plot and 1 1/2 hours the length.

Insights:
  • Casa Pia have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Liga Portugal
  • Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Casa Pia and Porto should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Casa Pia form and stats

The story so far in the Liga Portugal for Casa Pia at their home stadium (Estádio Pina Manique) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Happy days for Casa in their previous game, a fixture away at Portimonense (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Martins when Antoine scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute. Midfield player Neto got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Neto hit four key passes and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).

Before that result, a home loss in the League Cup against Sporting Braga.

Casa Pia have scored {5 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Casa have conceded only 4 goals.

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Porto form and stats

Porto have an excellent away record in the Liga Portugal so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games.

Porto are travelling after their nice 5-1 home win in the game against Arouca (placed 10th). As you can tell from the results above, Porto was very dominant against Arouca, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Otávio and Taremi providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Taremi's lethal finishing against Arouca. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Attacker Taremi got a player rating of 9.55 in the game. "Man of the match" Taremi scored three goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

A home win as anticipated against Gil Vicente preceding that, in the League Cup.

A new game in only four days for Porto, the Taça De Portugal home match versus Arouca. Busy days.

Porto are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

PortoM. Taremi
M. Taremi
9 goals
PortoEvanilson
Evanilson
6 goals
PortoW. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno
W. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno
5 goals

Casa Pia missing players

Porto missing players

Casa Pia Porto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 0 7 14
8 3 0 Won W 0 4 10
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
4 3 1 Lost L 0 1 2
15 5 0 Scored S 0 12 36
11 4 1 Conceded C 0 6 10
86% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
43% 29% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 86% 86%
36% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 57%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 43%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 29%
36% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 50%
50% 57% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 43%
29% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
4.5 5.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.7 5.9
5 3.1 9 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.4 3.8
3.1 2.7 6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.6 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.1 10.3 7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 17.9 17.5
3.3 3.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.9 6.6
33% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 39%
 
13.3 10.4 14 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6.7 8.1
3.6 2.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.1 2.4
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Casa Pia have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Liga Portugal
  • Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Porto have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Porto have scored more than double the goals of Casa Pia.
  • Porto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 14 12 1 1 37 10 7 7 0 0 26 6 7 5 1 1 11 4 27 37
2 Porto 14 10 2 2 36 10 7 6 0 1 24 4 7 4 2 1 12 6 26 32
3 Sporting Braga 14 10 1 3 32 12 7 4 1 2 14 5 7 6 0 1 18 7 20 31
4 Sporting CP 14 9 1 4 29 15 7 6 0 1 19 4 7 3 1 3 10 11 14 28
5 Casa Pia 14 8 2 4 15 11 7 3 1 3 5 4 7 5 1 1 10 7 4 26
6 Vitória SC 14 7 2 5 14 16 7 5 1 1 9 5 7 2 1 4 5 11 -2 23
7 Rio Ave 14 5 4 5 17 19 7 4 1 2 9 6 7 1 3 3 8 13 -2 19
8 Portimonense 14 6 1 7 13 16 8 3 1 4 7 9 6 3 0 3 6 7 -3 19
9 Chaves 14 5 4 5 13 18 7 1 4 2 6 7 7 4 0 3 7 11 -5 19
10 Arouca 14 5 4 5 15 24 7 3 1 3 9 12 7 2 3 2 6 12 -9 19
11 Vizela 14 5 3 6 14 13 7 2 1 4 6 6 7 3 2 2 8 7 1 18
12 Boavista 13 5 2 6 14 23 7 3 2 2 9 12 6 2 0 4 5 11 -9 17
13 Estoril 13 4 4 5 14 18 6 1 2 3 6 12 7 3 2 2 8 6 -4 16
14 Famalicao 14 4 2 8 13 18 6 3 0 3 8 7 8 1 2 5 5 11 -5 14
15 Santa Clara 14 3 4 7 11 14 7 2 3 2 9 8 7 1 1 5 2 6 -3 13
16 Gil Vicente 14 3 3 8 12 21 8 2 2 4 5 8 6 1 1 4 7 13 -9 12
17 Maritimo 14 1 4 9 9 28 6 0 2 4 4 8 8 1 2 5 5 20 -19 7
18 Pacos de Ferreira 14 0 2 12 7 29 7 0 1 6 3 14 7 0 1 6 4 15 -22 2

Read more about Liga Portugal

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.