Fasten your seatbelt before the show! The starring roles are Sporting CP and Porto, victory is the target and 90 minutes the duration.
- Sporting CP have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Liga Portugal
- Porto have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Liga Portugal
Porto could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Taça De Portugal game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Academico Viseu. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Sporting CP form and stats
Home games in the Liga Portugal have been a walk in the park for Sporting CP so far, with 24 points won from 9 matches; 8 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. After failing to beat Chaves here at Estádio José Alvalade, Sporting CP has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Sporting CP, as their goalkeeper Antonio Adan Garrido has completely shut out the opponents for 195 minutes in the Liga Portugal.
A strong away win for Sporting CP against Rio Ave the last match, as Chermiti were on target. Juste was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Juste won 9 of 12 duels.
Before that, Sporting CP had a home game versus Sporting Braga which ended with a victory 5-0.Lots of goals and action? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 11 of the 14 latest league games with this side has contained three goals or more.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sporting CP, as the Europa League home game vs Midtjylland is only four days away.
Sporting CP are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (26 goals in 9 games). From these home matches, Sporting CP have conceded only 5 goals.
Porto form and stats
Porto's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Porto collect 21 points from their 10 away matches in the Liga Portugal. 6 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Porto are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
Porto have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Diogo Meireles Costa. It's been 308 minutes since they last conceded in Liga Portugal.
Two trips in a row for Porto, whose manager Conceição could celebrate last time after the Taça De Portugal win against Academico Viseu.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Vizela in the Liga Portugal.Porto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. It's not easy to score on Porto as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Porto have won every one of the 4 latest matches versus this opponent. Something to take note of?Sporting CP and Porto have met previously this season: Porto - Sporting CP 3-0. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 9 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Taremi 11 goals |   P. Pereira Gonçalves 10 goals |  W. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno 8 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Porto missing players
| Sporting CP | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 39 | 26 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 45 |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 90% | 95% |
| 84% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 70% | 79% |
| 74% | 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 47% |
| 32% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 37% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 26% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 37% | 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 53% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 10% | 11% |
| 6.7 | 7.9 | 9.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16.5 | 20.2 | 21.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20.5 | 17.7 | 17.3 |
| 5.7 | 7.4 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| 36% | 39% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 27% | 38% |
| 8.6 | 6.4 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 7.2 | 8.3 |
| 3.3 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
- All of Sporting CP's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Porto have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Liga Portugal
- Porto have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting CP have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting CP have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting CP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sporting CP 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 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 39 | 53 |
| 2 | Porto | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 34 | 45 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 43 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 38 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 30 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 30 |
| 7 | Arouca | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | Chaves | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 | Boavista | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 25 |
| 10 | Vizela | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Portimonense | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 23 |
| 12 | Estoril | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 22 |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Gil Vicente | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 15 |
| 17 | Marítimo | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -23 | 13 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -24 | 9 |
