No fear and expected victory for Porto when visiting Paços de Ferreira

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio da Capital do Móvel (6404 seats)

The visiting Porto side are thought to be odds-on at Paços de Ferreira, as the away team have a 50 point supremacy from their 28 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga Portugal
  • Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an active game!

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Liga Portugal this season. Paços de Ferreira have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses from their games here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel.

In their previous game, the manager da Silva led his Ferreira to a defeat away at Maritimo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel. Gaitán, who plays in attack, was the declared top performer for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 6.74 (out of 10). Gaitán dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Famalicao with the scoreline 1-3.

Paços de Ferreira aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel in the league, with only {10 goals} from 14 games. Ferreira have conceded 26 from these games.

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Porto form and stats

Porto have an excellent away record in the Liga Portugal so far with 9-4-1 from 14 games. Porto are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing.

Porto had fun at their own home (Estádio da Capital do Móvel) last time out, beating Santa Clara 2-1. Namaso and Uribe scored. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Conceição when Namaso scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute. Martínez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.63. Martínez hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Benfica with the score of 2-1.

The schedule is very tough for Porto now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Taça De Portugal game at Famalicao is waiting in only four days.

Porto are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 14 away games so far. Porto are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Porto have won every one of the 5 most recent matches versus this side. Something to take note of?

The contenders have met each other previously this season, with the result Porto - Paços de Ferreira 4-0 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

PortoM. Taremi
M. Taremi
14 goals
PortoW. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno
W. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno
8 goals
FerreiraA. Butzke Benavides
A. Butzke Benavides
6 goals

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Porto missing players

Paços de Ferreira Porto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 14 28
4 2 0 Won W 3 9 21
5 2 1 Drew D 2 4 4
19 10 3 Lost L 0 1 3
21 10 2 Scored S 8 22 60
49 26 6 Conceded C 2 9 19
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
71% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 75%
50% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 54%
25% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 32%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 21%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 50%
11% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 50% 46%
43% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 11%
 
5.8 7 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 5.9 5.6
6.2 6.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.1 3.9
3.3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2.3
8 6 3 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
11.9 14.3 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.6 15.1 15.3
3.6 4.2 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.9 5.5
21% 17% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 32% 39%
 
14.3 13.2 13 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 8.7 9
4.8 4.9 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 2.3 2.4
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga Portugal
  • Paços de Ferreira have the fewest points (8) at home in Liga Portugal
  • Paços de Ferreira have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Liga Portugal
  • Paços de Ferreira have the the worst goal difference (-16) at home in Liga Portugal
  • Paços de Ferreira have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Liga Portugal
  • Paços de Ferreira have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Paços de Ferreira haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Porto have scored more than double the goals of Paços de Ferreira.

  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 28 23 2 3 68 17 14 12 1 1 43 12 14 11 1 2 25 5 51 71
2 Porto 28 21 4 3 60 19 14 12 0 2 38 10 14 9 4 1 22 9 41 67
3 Sporting Braga 28 21 2 5 61 24 14 10 2 2 28 7 14 11 0 3 33 17 37 65
4 Sporting CP 28 18 4 6 57 27 14 11 1 2 36 8 14 7 3 4 21 19 30 58
5 Arouca 28 12 9 7 32 33 14 8 2 4 20 16 14 4 7 3 12 17 -1 45
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 28 12 5 11 27 33 14 8 3 3 14 10 14 4 2 8 13 23 -6 41
7 Famalicao 28 12 3 13 30 35 14 8 1 5 15 11 14 4 2 8 15 24 -5 39
8 Casa Pia 28 11 6 11 27 32 14 6 3 5 15 13 14 5 3 6 12 19 -5 39
9 Vizela 27 11 5 11 31 28 13 5 2 6 15 14 14 6 3 5 16 14 3 38
10 Chaves 28 9 9 10 28 33 14 4 5 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 12 16 -5 36
11 Rio Ave 28 9 8 11 28 32 14 7 2 5 15 11 14 2 6 6 13 21 -4 35
12 Boavista 27 9 6 12 32 45 14 6 5 3 18 18 13 3 1 9 14 27 -13 33
13 Gil Vicente 28 8 7 13 26 33 14 4 6 4 11 11 14 4 1 9 15 22 -7 31
14 Portimonense 28 9 3 16 21 35 14 5 3 6 12 14 14 4 0 10 9 21 -14 30
15 Estoril 28 7 4 17 23 44 14 4 2 8 12 23 14 3 2 9 11 21 -21 25
16 Maritimo 28 6 4 18 24 51 14 5 2 7 17 19 14 1 2 11 7 32 -27 22
17 Paços de Ferreira 28 4 5 19 21 49 14 2 2 10 10 26 14 2 3 9 11 23 -28 17
18 Santa Clara 28 3 6 19 18 44 14 2 4 8 13 26 14 1 2 11 5 18 -26 15

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.