Belenenses will cross fingers that their home advantage is enough to get something from this strenuous encounter, against high-octane Porto.
- Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (9) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the most points from losing position (13) in Primeira Liga
It's no vacation for neither Belenenses nor Porto as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Belenenses form and stats
Belenenses's results here at Estádio Nacional in the Primeira Liga have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Belenenses faced defeat in their previous match, away at Famalicão (0-1). The forward Nuno was declared "man of the match" for Belenenses with the rating of 7.33/10. Nuno hit the woodwork once.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Arouca in a game that was won 2-1.The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Porto to win. Let's see if Belenenses are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: three games found revealing zero Belenenses wins, one draw and two defeats.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Belenenses here at Estádio Nacional in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games).
Porto form and stats
The away performances of Porto have been very solid so far with 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the Primeira Liga. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Things are running smoothly for Porto who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 17 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Belenenses.
Porto play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Vizela (placed 13th).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Estoril at their stadium, the result 3-2.As mentioned earlier, Porto will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in eight wins (seven by two or more goals winning margin), two draws and zero surprising defeats.
The Porto manager Conceição has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 9 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The most recent reported match involving both these squads is the Porto - Belenenses 2-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Belenenses wins - draws - Porto wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Díaz Marulanda 13 goals |  M. Taremi 9 goals |  A. Martínez López 3 goals |
Belenenses missing players
Porto missing players
| Belenenses | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | 44 |
| 28 | 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 29% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 76% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 6% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 35% | 62% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 59% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 41% |
| 65% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 8.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.4 | 8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.3 | 17.6 | 17.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 20% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 47% | 44% |
| 15.8 | 14.5 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.2 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 8.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
- All of Porto's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Belenenses have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Belenenses have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Belenenses have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Belenenses have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Belenenses have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Primeira Liga
- Belenenses have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Primeira Liga
- Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (9) in Primeira Liga
- Belenenses have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Primeira Liga
- Belenenses have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Primeira Liga
- Belenenses have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Primeira Liga
- Belenenses have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Primeira Liga
- Belenenses haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Belenenses is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Porto have not yet lost a game.
- Porto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the most points (23) away in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the most points from losing position (13) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Porto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Porto is in the best form (6-0-0) in Primeira Liga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 33 | 47 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 44 |
| 3 | Benfica | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 34 | 40 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Estoril | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Portimonense | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Boavista | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 17 |
| 11 | Paços de Ferreira | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Tondela | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 16 |
| 13 | Vizela | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -17 | 16 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Famalicão | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -10 | 15 |
| 17 | Arouca | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -16 | 14 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -19 | 11 |
