Only the second game in the Primeira Liga for these teams and it's all to play for here at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI as Boavista welcomes Porto. Check out this preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Boavista form and stats
Boavista shared the glory with Nacional in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. Ahead of that match, Boavista lost 0-2 at home to Rio Ave.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Last season, Boavista's league statistics were 10 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Primeira Liga. Over these 34 matches they scored 28 goals and conceded 39. Playing at home last season Boavista managed 5-4-8 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 18 conceded.
Porto form and stats
Alex Telles (2) and Sérgio Oliveira scored in Porto's previous match, the home game against Sporting Braga that ended 3-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Benfica.
Let's have a look at how Porto performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 26 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 74 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 30/15 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - zero - ten (Boavista wins - draws - Porto wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Boavista missing players
Porto missing players
| Boavista | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| Boavista | Last season | Porto | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 11 | 26 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Scored | S | 30 | 74 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 15 | 22 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 59% | 59% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 79% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 56% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 26% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 15% | ||
| 41% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 44% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 41% | 56% | ||
| 38% | 41% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 3% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 399 | 214 | Total Shots | T S | 239 | 519 | ||
| 118 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 81 | 182 | ||
| 24% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Porto | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Belenenses | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Boavista | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Nacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Sporting Braga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Famalicao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 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 | Porto | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 74 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 52 | 82 |
| 2 | Benfica | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 45 | 77 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 20 | 21 | 60 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 60 |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 55 |
| 6 | Famalicao | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 54 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 50 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -2 | 43 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 43 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -5 | 43 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -8 | 39 |
| 12 | Boavista | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -11 | 39 |
| 13 | Pacos de Ferreira | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -16 | 39 |
| 14 | Tondela | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -14 | 36 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -27 | 35 |
| 16 | Vitoria Setubal | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -16 | 34 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 27 | -15 | 33 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 34 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 24 | 68 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 42 | -44 | 17 |