Can Farense surprise Porto in their own stadium?

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Dragão (50033 seats)

It's only the second fixture in the Liga Portugal for these teams. And there's points to play for here at Estádio Do Dragão as Porto greet Farense. Read this preview!

Porto and Farense 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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Porto form and stats

The season before, Porto's league results were 27 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, leading to 2nd position in the Liga Portugal. During these 34 matches they scored {73 goals} and conceded 22. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Porto managed 15-0-2 (win-draw-lost) with {44 goals} and 11 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for Porto, who won 2-1 against Moreirense (placed 13th). Pepê (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.93/10. Pepê hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).

Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Benfica in the Super Cup. Porto are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Estádio Do Dragão with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 9 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Porto has won 9 times, drawn 0 and lost 0. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Porto has won by at least two goals 7 times when in this position.

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Farense form and stats

Let's have a look at how Farense performed last season in the Segunda Liga: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded {34 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 20/20 goals scored/conceded.

Gauld was the last player to score for the away team. Farense haven't scored a league goal in the last 191 minutes.

Farense failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Casa Pia (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-3. Midfielder Mattheus was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.13. Mattheus hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 26 total).

Before that match, the victory at home against UD Oliveirense in the League Cup (3-2).

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Porto victories, zero draws and zero Farense wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. One of the profiles has been Taremi with 3 goals scored against Farense in these 2 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

PortoW. Nascimento Borges
W. Nascimento Borges
1 goals
PortoA. Martínez López
A. Martínez López
1 goals

Porto missing players

Farense missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Porto Farense
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 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%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
10 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
29% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
9 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 15
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 7
Porto Last season Farense
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
27 15   Won W   8 21
4 0   Drew D   2 6
3 2   Lost L   7 7
73 44   Scored S   20 57
22 11   Conceded C   20 34
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
74% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 71%
53% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 53%
29% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 32%
21% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 9%
47% 47%   BTTS BTTS   41% 50%
50% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 35%
9% 6%   Failed to Score F T   29% 18%
 
5.8 6   Corners for (avg) C F   6.9 6.4
3.6 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.8
2.2 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.8
5 4   Red cards R C   2 7
 
15.5 16.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 11.7
5.7 6.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.9
38% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 34%
 
8.7 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 9.8
2.3 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Casa Pia 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Rio Ave 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Arouca 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Boavista 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sporting CP 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Famalicao 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Porto 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Estoril 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
11 Benfica 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Vizela 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 Moreirense 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Sporting Braga 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Estrela Amadora 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Chaves 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Farense 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Portimonense 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 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 Benfica 34 28 3 3 82 20 17 15 1 1 48 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 62 87
2 Porto 34 27 4 3 73 22 17 15 0 2 44 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 51 85
3 Sporting Braga 34 25 3 6 75 30 17 13 2 2 40 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 45 78
4 Sporting CP 34 23 5 6 71 32 17 13 2 2 42 12 17 10 3 4 29 20 39 74
5 Arouca 34 15 9 10 36 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 17 5 7 5 14 20 -1 54
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 16 5 13 34 39 17 10 3 4 18 12 17 6 2 9 16 27 -5 53
7 Chaves 34 12 10 12 35 40 17 6 5 6 20 21 17 6 5 6 15 19 -5 46
8 Famalicao 34 13 5 16 39 47 17 9 1 7 21 19 17 4 4 9 18 28 -8 44
9 Boavista 34 12 8 14 43 54 17 8 6 3 23 21 17 4 2 11 20 33 -11 44
10 Casa Pia 34 11 8 15 31 40 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 5 3 9 13 23 -9 41
11 Vizela 34 11 7 16 34 38 17 5 4 8 18 19 17 6 3 8 16 19 -4 40
12 Rio Ave 34 10 10 14 36 43 17 8 3 6 18 14 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 40
13 Gil Vicente 34 10 7 17 32 41 17 6 6 5 15 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -9 37
14 Estoril 34 10 5 19 33 49 17 7 2 8 20 24 17 3 3 11 13 25 -16 35
15 Portimonense 34 10 4 20 25 48 17 6 3 8 14 21 17 4 1 12 11 27 -23 34
16 Maritimo 34 7 5 22 32 63 17 6 3 8 21 23 17 1 2 14 11 40 -31 26
17 Pacos de Ferreira 34 6 5 23 26 62 17 3 2 12 13 33 17 3 3 11 13 29 -36 23
18 Santa Clara 34 5 7 22 26 58 17 4 5 8 18 29 17 1 2 14 8 29 -32 22
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 Moreirense 34 24 7 3 77 38 17 15 2 0 49 21 17 9 5 3 28 17 39 79
2 Farense 34 21 6 7 57 34 17 13 4 0 37 14 17 8 2 7 20 20 23 69
3 Estrela Amadora 34 16 15 3 55 35 17 8 7 2 28 18 17 8 8 1 27 17 20 63
4 Academico Viseu 34 14 11 9 51 45 17 9 5 3 27 19 17 5 6 6 24 26 6 53
5 Porto II 34 14 9 11 48 40 17 7 6 4 27 13 17 7 3 7 21 27 8 51
6 Mafra 34 12 11 11 46 49 17 6 6 5 23 22 17 6 5 6 23 27 -3 47
7 Feirense 34 11 13 10 43 37 17 5 6 6 22 20 17 6 7 4 21 17 6 46
8 Vilafranquense 34 12 10 12 42 36 17 6 5 6 23 19 17 6 5 6 19 17 6 46
9 Torreense 34 13 5 16 38 41 17 8 3 6 22 15 17 5 2 10 16 26 -3 44
10 UD Oliveirense 34 11 10 13 51 50 17 6 8 3 27 21 17 5 2 10 24 29 1 43
11 Tondela 34 8 16 10 35 35 17 4 8 5 17 18 17 4 8 5 18 17 0 40
12 Penafiel 34 9 12 13 36 47 17 4 7 6 19 21 17 5 5 7 17 26 -11 39
13 Nacional 34 10 9 15 35 46 17 5 3 9 18 21 17 5 6 6 17 25 -11 39
14 Benfica II 34 10 8 16 52 58 17 6 3 8 27 25 17 4 5 8 25 33 -6 38
15 Leixoes 34 10 9 15 38 49 17 6 4 7 18 18 17 4 5 8 20 31 -11 38
16 Belenenses 34 9 8 17 41 59 17 2 5 10 19 32 17 7 3 7 22 27 -18 35
17 Trofense 34 8 8 18 31 51 17 5 2 10 19 30 17 3 6 8 12 21 -20 32
18 Sporting Covilha 34 7 7 20 31 57 17 4 3 10 13 25 17 3 4 10 18 32 -26 28

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 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Casa Pia 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Rio Ave 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Arouca 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Boavista 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sporting CP 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Famalicao 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Porto 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Estoril 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
11 Benfica 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Vizela 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 Moreirense 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Sporting Braga 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Estrela Amadora 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Chaves 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Farense 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Portimonense 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0

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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.