Soccer match preview: Porto confident before travelling to Famalicao

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 15.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho (10000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Famalicao have their presumed home advantage while Porto are ahead 23 points in the Primeira Liga table.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Famalicão form and stats

The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Famalicão, who have the most conceded goals (21) at home in Primeira Liga, at their home stadium (Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

An away draw last time out for Famalicão, facing Belenenses in a game that ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Famalicão won a home game hosting Sporting CP (3-1).

The Famalicão fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 12 league matches. Famalicão have conceded 21 from these games.

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Porto form and stats

Porto's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Porto collect 29 points from their 12 away matches in the Primeira Liga. 9 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Porto are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eleven in a row without losing.

Porto delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Rio Ave (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Primeira Liga game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Santa Clara with the score of 2-0.

The Porto manager S. Marceneiro Conceição has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 12 league matches. Porto are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Porto - Famalicão 3-0. Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for Famalicão, zero draws and one win for Porto. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Famalicão
A. Martínez López
8 goals
PortoA. Telles
A. Telles
8 goals
Famalicão
A. Oliveira Silva
7 goals

Famalicão missing players

Porto missing players

Famalicão Porto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 5 12 24
10 6 2 Won W 4 9 19
7 3 0 Drew D 0 2 3
7 3 1 Lost L 1 1 2
38 23 4 Scored S 12 24 50
40 21 8 Conceded C 4 10 16
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 83% 83%
67% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 54%
42% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 25% 21%
21% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 17% 12%
62% 67% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 58% 46%
21% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 42% 54%
21% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 5.4 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 5.8 6.5
5.6 4 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 3.2 2.8
2.8 2.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 3 2.5
7 3 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
333 190 33 Total Shots T S 69 168 376
126 69 11 Shots on Target S O 20 55 123
30% 33% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 44% 41%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Famalicão has the fewest matches under the total-line (9)
  • Famalicão has the most conceded goals (21) at home
  • Famalicão has the most matches over the total-line (14)
  • Famalicão haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Porto has the most scored goals in the first half (28)
  • Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Porto have scored in all their matches so far.
  • 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 Porto 24 19 3 2 50 16 12 10 1 1 26 6 12 9 2 1 24 10 34 60
2 Benfica 24 19 2 3 52 14 12 9 1 2 28 7 12 10 1 1 24 7 38 59
3 Sporting Braga 24 14 4 6 41 26 12 7 3 2 22 15 12 7 1 4 19 11 15 46
4 Sporting CP 24 13 3 8 37 26 12 8 0 4 19 12 12 5 3 4 18 14 11 42
5 Rio Ave 24 10 8 6 32 23 12 4 5 3 16 12 12 6 3 3 16 11 9 38
6 Vitória SC 24 10 7 7 40 25 12 6 2 4 20 10 12 4 5 3 20 15 15 37
7 Famalicão 24 10 7 7 38 40 12 6 3 3 23 21 12 4 4 4 15 19 -2 37
8 Moreirense 24 7 9 8 34 32 12 6 3 3 20 15 12 1 6 5 14 17 2 30
9 Santa Clara 24 8 6 10 19 26 12 4 2 6 9 15 12 4 4 4 10 11 -7 30
10 Gil Vicente 24 7 9 8 25 29 12 4 6 2 15 13 12 3 3 6 10 16 -4 30
11 Boavista 24 7 8 9 19 23 12 3 4 5 11 13 12 4 4 4 8 10 -4 29
12 Vitória FC 24 6 10 8 17 27 12 3 6 3 7 11 12 3 4 5 10 16 -10 28
13 Belenenses 24 7 5 12 19 38 12 4 2 6 9 19 12 3 3 6 10 19 -19 26
14 Tondela 24 6 7 11 20 30 12 1 5 6 7 15 12 5 2 5 13 15 -10 25
15 Marítimo 24 5 9 10 22 32 12 3 5 4 16 16 12 2 4 6 6 16 -10 24
16 Paços de Ferreira 24 6 4 14 18 34 13 4 2 7 10 14 11 2 2 7 8 20 -16 22
17 Portimonense 24 2 10 12 16 34 11 1 6 4 8 12 13 1 4 8 8 22 -18 16
18 Desportivo Aves 24 4 1 19 23 47 12 3 0 9 11 19 12 1 1 10 12 28 -24 13

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.