Flashy Porto land at Paços de Ferreira after their 2-1-result vs Sporting CP. Get out our complete preview!
- Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Porto have the the best goal difference (+42) in Primeira Liga
Porto could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Taça De Portugal game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Sporting CP. 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.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Paços de Ferreira at their home stadium (Estádio da Capital do Móvel) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Paços de Ferreira, who won 2-0 against Belenenses (placed 18th). The striker Denílson bettered all others in that game and got a match rating of 8.04 out of 10. Denílson scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 22 successful passes (of 23 total).
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Vizela.14 goals have been conceded.
Porto form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Porto so far, with 10-2-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Primeira Liga statistics. Things are running smoothly for Porto who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 24 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Belenenses.
The attacker Taremi got a match rating of 8.01 in that game. Taremi scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Gil Vicente in the Primeira Liga.A quick return to home after this game, as Porto are hosting Olympique Lyonnais in the Europa League only three days away.
The Porto manager Conceição has got the team scoring on the road, with 29 away goals in 12 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
Porto - Ferreira 2-1 was the story when these two squads formerly met, earlier this season. Data for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Paços de Ferreira, zero draws and eight wins for Porto. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  M. Taremi 12 goals |  F. de Lima Barbosa 9 goals |   D. Pereira Júnior 6 goals |
Paços de Ferreira missing players
Porto missing players
| Paços de Ferreira | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 12 | 29 | 59 |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 83% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 33% | 42% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 67% | 71% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 33% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 46% | 58% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 58% | 62% |
| 33% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 42% | 38% |
| 38% | 33% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11.2 | 12.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.4 | 17.9 | 18 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| 26% | 32% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | 40% |
| 14.1 | 13.9 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
- Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Porto have not yet lost a game.
- 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 Paços de Ferreira.
- Porto have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the most points (32) away in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the most points from losing position (18) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the the best goal difference (+42) in Primeira Liga
- 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 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 42 | 64 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 31 | 58 |
| 3 | Benfica | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 41 | 54 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 45 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 41 |
| 6 | Vitória SC | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Estoril | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 30 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | -2 | 29 |
| 9 | Marítimo | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | Paços de Ferreira | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Famalicão | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -7 | 26 |
| 12 | Santa Clara | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 26 |
| 13 | Boavista | 24 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -8 | 25 |
| 14 | Vizela | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | -14 | 24 |
| 15 | Arouca | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -20 | 22 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -16 | 20 |
| 17 | Tondela | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 30 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 20 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -31 | 15 |
