Belenenses will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 17 points behind Porto.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the League Cup. That game was also an away game, at Casa Pia. 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.
Belenenses form and stats
Overall Primeira Liga stats at home this season for Belenenses are 2-0-3 (wins-draw-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Belenenses after consecutive victories at their own ground.
A good away victory last time out for Belenenses, who won 1-0 against Tondela (placed 6th). A Taça De Portugal defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Chaves.
No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Belenenses had similar winning odds as today, and found five games. In these, the hosts won 2, drew 0 and lost 3. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Belenenses lost 1 similar game by at least two goals.
Belenenses have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. 7 goals have been conceded.
Porto form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Primeira Liga. Things are running smoothly for Porto who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Gil Vicente.
349 minutes! That's how long the Porto goalkeeper Agustin Federico Marchesin and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two travels in a row for Porto, whose manager Sérgio Conceição could celebrate last time after the League Cup win against Casa Pia. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Paços de Ferreira in the Primeira Liga.
As mentioned earlier, Porto will not be satisfied unless they get maximum points from this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 9 wins (4 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 3 surprising defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Feyenoord in just four days.
Porto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Belenenses won 1 game, 2 matches ended with a draw and Porto has 7 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5Top Goalscorers
  Zé Luís 7 goals |  M. Marega 4 goals |   Licá 3 goals |
Belenenses missing players
Porto missing players
| Belenenses | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 18 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 58% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 7 | 7.1 |
| 5.8 | 4.2 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| 2.8 | 3.4 | 5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 113 | 49 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 89 | 192 |
| 35 | 14 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 26 | 70 |
| 26% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 35% | 34% |
- Belenenses haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
- Porto has the most scored goals in the first half (13)
- Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Porto have scored in all their matches so far.
- Porto have scored more than double the goals of Belenenses.
- Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 28 | 36 |
| 2 | Porto | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 31 |
| 3 | Famalicao | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Boavista | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | Tondela | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Sporting Braga | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Vitória SC | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Belenenses | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Moreirense | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | Vitória FC | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Marítimo | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 8 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 6 |