Porto fights Sporting CP in Primeira Liga battle

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Dragão (50033 seats)

Porto will clash heads with Sporting CP in this Primeira Liga match. All you must know about the game can be found right here!

Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an animated match!

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Porto form and stats

Porto have only played one Primeira Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 15 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 17 matches.

Porto are returning here after visiting Vizela and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Marcano scored the goal(s). Sanusi was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.05 out of 10. The defender Sanusi hit three key passes and won 9 of 12 duels.

Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Maritimo.

At Estádio Do Dragão, Porto has the goal stats of 5-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Sporting CP form and stats

One match played away so far in the Primeira Liga for Sporting CP and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 13 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss from 17 games.

Sporting CP won their last game, 3-0 versus Rio Ave played at home. Gonçalves has found the net for this side three matches in a row. The skill! Attacker Gonçalves got a player rating of 8.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Gonçalves scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit six key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 49 total).

A 3-3 draw at Sporting Braga's stadium before that.

It's early days yet, but Sporting CP has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Porto have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when playing Sporting CP.

The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CPP. Pereira Gonçalves
P. Pereira Gonçalves
3 goals
PortoI. Marcano Sierra
I. Marcano Sierra
2 goals
PortoM. Taremi
M. Taremi
2 goals

Porto missing players

Sporting CP missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Porto Sporting CP
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
6 5 0 Scored S 3 3 6
1 1 0 Conceded C 3 3 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 5
2.5 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 2
2.5 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 21 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11 17
6 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 6.5
50% 71% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 60% 46%
 
6.5 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 17 17 10
2.5 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 7 4
Porto Last season Sporting CP
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
29 15   Won W   13 27
4 2   Drew D   3 4
1 0   Lost L   1 3
86 50   Scored S   39 73
22 11   Conceded C   15 23
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
82% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 88%
65% 76%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 50%
38% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 29%
21% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 15%
50% 53%   BTTS BTTS   65% 44%
47% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 53%
3% 0%   Failed to Score F T   0% 3%
 
6.5 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 6.1
3.1 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.2 2.9
2.4 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 2.9
6 4   Red cards R C   6 6
 
17.3 17.9   Shots (avg) S (   14.6 16
6.1 6.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.1 6.4
42% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 33%
 
6.9 6.5   Shots against (avg) S A   9.8 8
2.1 1.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 2.6

  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 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
2 Benfica 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
3 Boavista 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Sporting Braga 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
6 Sporting CP 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 3 4
7 Estoril 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Vizela 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
11 Casa Pia 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
12 Chaves 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Pacos de Ferreira 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Portimonense 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
16 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
17 Rio Ave 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
18 Famalicao 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 0
Last season 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 34 29 4 1 86 22 17 15 2 0 50 11 17 14 2 1 36 11 64 91
2 Sporting CP 34 27 4 3 73 23 17 14 1 2 34 8 17 13 3 1 39 15 50 85
3 Benfica 34 23 5 6 78 30 17 10 3 4 36 16 17 13 2 2 42 14 48 74
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 8 7 52 31 17 10 4 3 27 13 17 9 4 4 25 18 21 65
5 Gil Vicente 34 13 12 9 47 42 17 6 6 5 25 19 17 7 6 4 22 23 5 51
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 13 9 12 50 41 17 9 3 5 34 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 9 48
7 Santa Clara 34 9 13 12 38 54 17 8 6 3 24 23 17 1 7 9 14 31 -16 40
8 Famalicao 34 9 12 13 45 51 17 5 7 5 22 21 17 4 5 8 23 30 -6 39
9 Estoril 34 9 12 13 36 43 17 4 8 5 21 21 17 5 4 8 15 22 -7 39
10 Maritimo 34 9 11 14 39 44 17 4 6 7 19 17 17 5 5 7 20 27 -5 38
11 Pacos de Ferreira 34 9 11 14 29 44 17 5 6 6 19 22 17 4 5 8 10 22 -15 38
12 Boavista 34 7 17 10 39 52 17 4 10 3 20 20 17 3 7 7 19 32 -13 38
13 Portimonense 34 10 8 16 31 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 17 6 4 7 16 23 -14 38
14 Vizela 34 7 12 15 37 58 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 3 5 9 21 37 -21 33
15 Arouca 34 7 10 17 30 54 17 5 4 8 15 29 17 2 6 9 15 25 -24 31
16 Moreirense 34 7 8 19 33 51 17 5 3 9 22 23 17 2 5 10 11 28 -18 29
17 Tondela 34 7 7 20 41 67 17 4 4 9 24 33 17 3 3 11 17 34 -26 28
18 Belenenses 34 5 11 18 23 55 17 5 3 9 15 30 17 0 8 9 8 25 -32 26

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 Porto 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
2 Benfica 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
3 Boavista 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Sporting Braga 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
6 Sporting CP 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 3 4
7 Estoril 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Vizela 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
11 Casa Pia 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
12 Chaves 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Pacos de Ferreira 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Portimonense 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
16 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
17 Rio Ave 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
18 Famalicao 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 0

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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.