Paços de Ferreira will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 36 points behind Porto.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Overall Primeira Liga stats at home this season for Paços de Ferreira are 5-2-7 (wins-draw-losses).
A strong away win for Paços de Ferreira against Tondela the last match, as Douglas Tanque (2) were on target. Before that, Ferreira had a home game versus Belenenses which ended with a victory 2-1.
Ferreira aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel in the league, with only 12 goals from 14 games. Paços de Ferreira's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Porto form and stats
Porto's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Porto, who have the most clean sheets (16) in Primeira Liga, collect 30 points from their 14 away matches in the Primeira Liga. 9 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
The Porto goalkeeper Agustin Federico Marchesin is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 282 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Alex Telles, Sérgio Oliveira and Moussa Marega (2) scored in Porto's previous match, the home game against Boavista that ended 4-0. Before that, Porto travelled to Desportivo Aves and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
As mentioned above, Porto was the only team on the pitch versus Boavista in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Porto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 14 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Porto - Ferreira 2-0 played earlier this season. Paços de Ferreira-Porto H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ferreira two wins, Porto seven wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Telles 9 goals |   D. da Silva Souza 8 goals |  M. Marega 8 goals |
Paços de Ferreira missing players
Porto missing players
| Paços de Ferreira | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 10 | 25 | 56 |
| 39 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 89% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 57% | 50% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| 46% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 54% |
| 21% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 21% | 21% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 14% | 11% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 57% | 43% |
| 21% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 43% | 57% |
| 46% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 4% |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| 5 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 341 | 202 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 59 | 208 | 446 |
| 93 | 50 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 68 | 150 |
| 28% | 24% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 37% | 37% |
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals (18)
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9)
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Porto has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Porto has the most clean sheets (16)
- Porto has the most scored goals in the first half (29)
- Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Porto have scored more than double the goals of Paços de Ferreira.
- Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 38 | 67 |
| 2 | Benfica | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 59 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 64 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 52 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 50 |
| 5 | Famalicão | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 45 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 44 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 40 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -5 | 38 |
| 9 | Moreirense | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 35 |
| 10 | Boavista | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 35 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 33 |
| 12 | Paços de Ferreira | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -13 | 31 |
| 13 | Vitória FC | 28 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -13 | 30 |
| 14 | Belenenses | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -20 | 30 |
| 15 | Tondela | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -12 | 29 |
| 16 | Marítimo | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 28 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 28 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 24 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 28 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 23 | 54 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 33 | -31 | 14 |