Can Boavista beat Porto in Estádio do Bessa Século XXI clash?

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (28263 seats)

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.

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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.

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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 top Statistics Stat vs mid 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

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.