Porto perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Nacional can look both up and down from their 10th position.
- Porto has the most points from losing position (10) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have scored more than double the goals of Nacional.
The hosts Porto saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League Cup. This match was also played here at Estádio Do Dragão. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Nacional have had more rest.
Porto form and stats
Porto, who have the most scored goals (13) at home in Primeira Liga, have collected 12 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 4-0-1. Porto are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
A nice win for Porto last time playing, versus Paços de Ferreira. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Malang Sarr and Luis Díaz scoring for the victors. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Tondela.
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 seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew zero and lost zero.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Benfica are coming to town in three days.
Porto are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (13 goals in 5 games). Porto have conceded 8 from these games.
Nacional form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primeira Liga travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Primeira Liga home defeat versus Santa Clara with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Nacional manager C. Simões faced defeat when travelling to Portimonense and losing 0-1.
You'll want to know how Nacional managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
After this away game Nacional return home for a Taça De Portugal game against Leixoes. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Goals are few and far between in Nacional's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. It's not easy to score on Nacional as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Porto wins - draws - Nacional wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Relvas de Oliveira 4 goals |  M. Marega 4 goals |   J. Riascos Valencia 3 goals |
Porto missing players
Nacional missing players
| Porto | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 78% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 25% | 56% |
| 78% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 44% |
| 78% | 80% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 67% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 56% |
| 33% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.8 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.9 | 19 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.8 | 11.3 |
| 5.9 | 7.4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 3.7 |
| 43% | 35% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 20% | 27% |
- Porto has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Primeira Liga
- Porto has the most matches over the total-line (7) in Primeira Liga
- Porto has the most points from losing position (10) in Primeira Liga
- Porto has the most scored goals (13) at home in Primeira Liga
- Porto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Porto have scored in all their matches so far.
- Porto have scored more than double the goals of Nacional.
- 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 | Sporting CP | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| 2 | Benfica | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Porto | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Paços de Ferreira | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Belenenses | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Nacional | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Famalicao | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Farense | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Boavista | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Tondela | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 8 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Portimonense | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |