The league table in Primeira Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Porto leading Paços de Ferreira by 20 points. Match preview to follow:
The hosts Porto saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Young Boys, so at least Porto are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Porto form and stats
Porto, who have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Primeira Liga, have collected 15 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 5-0-0. Porto has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Gil Vicente defeat 114 days ago. Porto has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio do Dragao. We remember; it was Vitória FC.
The Porto goalkeeper Diogo Meireles Costa is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 259 minutes without conceding a goal.
Happy days for Porto in their previous game, a Europa League match away at Young Boys that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Porto had a Taça De Portugal home game versus Vitória FC which ended with a victory 4-0.
There will be little rest for Porto after this match as they are travelling to Casa Pia for a League Cup game in only three days.
Porto are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio do Dragao in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Porto have only let in 0 goals at home.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Paços de Ferreira playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Pepa, the Paços de Ferreira manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
The supporters enjoyed Paços de Ferreira's previous game versus Sanjoanense, a Taça De Portugal 1-0 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Tondela.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Paços de Ferreira's match history for similar games we find two matches. The home team won 2 of these as expected, 2 of them by at least two goals. Paços de Ferreira managed 0 draws and 0 surprise wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Paços de Ferreira as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Paços de Ferreira have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 7 wins for Porto, 1 draw and 2 wins for Paços de Ferreira. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.Top Goalscorers
 
Zé Luís
6 goals
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M. Marega
4 goals
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Alex Telles
3 goals
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Porto missing players
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| Porto | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 22 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 10 | 12 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 73% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 45% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 36% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 18% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 40% | 18% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 36% |
| 73% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 60% | 55% |
| 7 | 7 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 182 | 93 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 54 | 148 |
| 64 | 38 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 12 | 30 |
| 34% | 34% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 25% | 23% |
- Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Paços de Ferreira have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Paços de Ferreira have yet to win a game away.
- Paços de Ferreira haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
- Porto has the most scored goals in the first half (12)
- Porto has the the best goal difference (+13) at home
- Porto have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- 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 in all their matches so far.
- Porto have scored more than double the goals of Paços de Ferreira.
- Porto have won all their matches at home 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 | Benfica | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 30 |
| 2 | Porto | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Famalicao | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Tondela | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Boavista | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Sporting Braga | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Vitória FC | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 8 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 3 |