Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Porto welcomes Farense

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Mon 10.May
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Dragão (50033 seats)

The league table in Primeira Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Porto leading Farense by 43 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Porto have the most scored goals (62) in Primeira Liga
  • Farense have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Primeira Liga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Porto and Farense.

The season is still full of potential for Porto as they can still win the whole Primeira Liga. Farense are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Porto form and stats

Porto, who have the most scored goals (62) in Primeira Liga, are steadily winning Primeira Liga games and points here at Estádio Do Dragão. 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 15 games. Porto has a nice streak going on as they have played 25 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Pacos de Ferreira defeat 191 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Porto tasted defeat here at Estádio Do Dragão, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.

The home team returns to Estádio Do Dragão after being equal after 90 minutes with Benfica (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the Primeira Liga game ended 1-1. Before that, Porto had a home game versus Famalicao which ended with a victory 3-2.

Porto are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won ten, drew one and lost zero.

Porto can score goals in their home matches. After 15 league matches they have found the net 31 times. Porto have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Farense form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Farense, who have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Primeira Liga, so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-8 (win-draw-lose). With three draws in a row for Farense the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

Farense delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Vitoria Guimaraes (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Primeira Liga game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Gil Vicente that ended 0-0.

You'll want to know how Farense managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and three home wins.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Farense have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Farense - Porto 0-1 earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

PortoM. Taremi
M. Taremi
14 goals
PortoS. Relvas de Oliveira
S. Relvas de Oliveira
12 goals
FarenseR. Gauld
R. Gauld
8 goals

Porto missing players

Farense missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Porto Farense
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
21 11 3 Won W 1 3 6
8 3 1 Drew D 1 4 10
2 1 1 Lost L 3 8 15
62 31 11 Scored S 6 11 29
28 14 7 Conceded C 7 19 39
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
77% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 60% 61%
52% 53% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 20% 32%
39% 40% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 20% 23%
23% 20% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 13% 10%
55% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 27% 45%
45% 47% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 16%
6% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 60% 48%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.6 2.3
4 3 0 Red cards R C 2 5 6
 
14.5 15.9 17.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 10.1 10.7
5.3 5.7 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 3.4
38% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 24% 27%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Farense have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Porto have scored more than double the goals of Farense.
  • Porto have the most points from losing position (17) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the most scored goals (31) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the most scored goals (62) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Primeira Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 31 24 7 0 56 15 15 11 4 0 28 9 16 13 3 0 28 6 41 79
2 Porto 31 21 8 2 62 28 15 11 3 1 31 14 16 10 5 1 31 14 34 71
3 Benfica 31 20 7 4 59 22 16 11 3 2 27 12 15 9 4 2 32 10 37 67
4 Sporting Braga 31 18 5 8 50 31 16 10 3 3 25 14 15 8 2 5 25 17 19 59
5 Pacos de Ferreira 31 14 7 10 36 36 15 10 2 3 22 16 16 4 5 7 14 20 0 49
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 31 12 6 13 35 39 15 7 1 7 19 22 16 5 5 6 16 17 -4 42
7 Belenenses 31 8 13 10 22 28 16 6 5 5 15 16 15 2 8 5 7 12 -6 37
8 Moreirense 31 8 13 10 31 40 16 3 10 3 21 23 15 5 3 7 10 17 -9 37
9 Santa Clara 30 10 7 13 37 35 15 5 5 5 21 16 15 5 2 8 16 19 2 37
10 Tondela 30 10 5 15 32 49 15 8 2 5 15 15 15 2 3 10 17 34 -17 35
11 Gil Vicente 31 10 5 16 29 39 15 4 3 8 11 17 16 6 2 8 18 22 -10 35
12 Portimonense 31 9 7 15 33 38 15 6 4 5 19 15 16 3 3 10 14 23 -5 34
13 Maritimo 31 10 3 18 25 41 16 5 2 9 10 21 15 5 1 9 15 20 -16 33
14 Famalicao 30 7 10 13 34 44 15 2 7 6 15 24 15 5 3 7 19 20 -10 31
15 Rio Ave 31 6 13 12 23 35 16 4 6 6 12 15 15 2 7 6 11 20 -12 31
16 Boavista 30 6 11 13 35 46 15 4 3 8 15 21 15 2 8 5 20 25 -11 29
17 Farense 31 6 10 15 29 39 16 3 6 7 18 20 15 3 4 8 11 19 -10 28
18 Nacional 31 6 7 18 28 51 15 4 3 8 17 25 16 2 4 10 11 26 -23 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 31 24 7 0 56 15 15 11 4 0 28 9 16 13 3 0 28 6 41 79
2 Porto 31 21 8 2 62 28 15 11 3 1 31 14 16 10 5 1 31 14 34 71
3 Benfica 31 20 7 4 59 22 16 11 3 2 27 12 15 9 4 2 32 10 37 67
4 Sporting Braga 31 18 5 8 50 31 16 10 3 3 25 14 15 8 2 5 25 17 19 59
5 Pacos de Ferreira 31 14 7 10 36 36 15 10 2 3 22 16 16 4 5 7 14 20 0 49
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 31 12 6 13 35 39 15 7 1 7 19 22 16 5 5 6 16 17 -4 42
7 Belenenses 31 8 13 10 22 28 16 6 5 5 15 16 15 2 8 5 7 12 -6 37
8 Moreirense 31 8 13 10 31 40 16 3 10 3 21 23 15 5 3 7 10 17 -9 37
9 Santa Clara 30 10 7 13 37 35 15 5 5 5 21 16 15 5 2 8 16 19 2 37
10 Tondela 30 10 5 15 32 49 15 8 2 5 15 15 15 2 3 10 17 34 -17 35
11 Gil Vicente 31 10 5 16 29 39 15 4 3 8 11 17 16 6 2 8 18 22 -10 35
12 Portimonense 31 9 7 15 33 38 15 6 4 5 19 15 16 3 3 10 14 23 -5 34
13 Maritimo 31 10 3 18 25 41 16 5 2 9 10 21 15 5 1 9 15 20 -16 33
14 Famalicao 30 7 10 13 34 44 15 2 7 6 15 24 15 5 3 7 19 20 -10 31
15 Rio Ave 31 6 13 12 23 35 16 4 6 6 12 15 15 2 7 6 11 20 -12 31
16 Boavista 30 6 11 13 35 46 15 4 3 8 15 21 15 2 8 5 20 25 -11 29
17 Farense 31 6 10 15 29 39 16 3 6 7 18 20 15 3 4 8 11 19 -10 28
18 Nacional 31 6 7 18 28 51 15 4 3 8 17 25 16 2 4 10 11 26 -23 25

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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.