Porto and Sporting CP are both riding high in the Primeira Liga with their 1st and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Porto are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. For Sporting CP most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Porto form and stats
Porto, who have the most scored goals (65) in Primeira Liga, have been outstanding at home so far in the Primeira Liga with 13 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Porto has won four games in a row. The Desportivo Aves match was the last time out without a victory. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Porto, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Happy days for Porto in their previous game, a Primeira Liga match away at Tondela (placed 15th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Belenenses in a game that was won 5-0.
The Porto manager S. Marceneiro Conceição has got the team scoring with 36 from 15 home games in the league. Porto have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.
Sporting CP form and stats
6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Sporting CP playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season.
Sporting CP have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Luis Manuel Arantes Maximiano. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Primeira Liga.
Sporting CP are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Primeira Liga against Santa Clara (placed 10th). A 0-0 draw at Moreirense's stadium before that.
Sporting CP are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 15 away games so far. Sporting CP have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Sporting CP - Porto 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Porto won four games, five matches ended with a draw and Sporting CP has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  M. Marega 10 goals |  A. Telles 10 goals |  F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 8 goals |
Porto missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Porto | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 24 | 13 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 65 | 36 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 23 | 48 |
| 19 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 30 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 77% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 74% |
| 55% | 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 53% | 48% |
| 26% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 47% | 29% |
| 13% | 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 42% | 27% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 55% |
| 58% | 73% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 35% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 13% |
| 6.4 | 6.9 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 485 | 256 | 79 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 203 | 436 |
| 167 | 90 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 61 | 125 |
| 39% | 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 38% | 38% |
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals (19)
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9)
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10)
- Porto has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Porto has the most clean sheets (11) at home
- Porto has the most clean sheets (18)
- Porto has the most points (40) at home
- Porto has the most scored goals (36) at home
- Porto has the most scored goals (65)
- Porto has the most scored goals in the first half (31)
- Porto has the the best goal difference (+30) at home
- Porto has the the best goal difference (+46)
- 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 home matches so far.
- Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Porto haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sporting CP have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 65 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 46 | 76 |
| 2 | Benfica | 31 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 38 | 68 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 59 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 21 | 56 |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 50 |
| 6 | Famalicão | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 49 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 46 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 42 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 22 | -4 | 39 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -8 | 38 |
| 11 | Boavista | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 38 |
| 12 | Marítimo | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 37 |
| 13 | Paços de Ferreira | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -17 | 34 |
| 14 | Belenenses | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -26 | 31 |
| 15 | Tondela | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -15 | 30 |
| 16 | Vitória FC | 31 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -17 | 30 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 31 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -17 | 27 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 31 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 59 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 37 | -35 | 17 |