It's advantage Porto so far with their 2nd position in the Primeira Liga table, welcoming Tondela who are placed 7th.
Porto have less rest than Tondela in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Estadio do Dragao. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Tondela have had more rest.
Porto form and stats
Porto have been very solid at home in the Primeira Liga so far, with 18 points collected from 6 matches (6-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. Porto haven’t lost a game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Gil Vicente, 128 days ago.
Porto's last game was hosting Feyenoord and winning 3-2. A 1-1 draw away in the Primeira Liga before that, with Belenenses the opponent.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Porto, as the Taça De Portugal home game vs Santa Clara is only three days away.
Porto are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (15 goals in 6 games). As for guarding their own goal, Porto have only let in 0 goals at home.
Tondela form and stats
Tondela's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Tondela collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the Primeira Liga. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Two travels in a row for Tondela, whose manager Natxo González could celebrate last time after the Primeira Liga win against Famalicao. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Belenenses.
Goalkeeper Cláudio Ramos was absolutely vital in the Tondela victory against Famalicao, making 9 saves.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Tondela's match history for similar games we find two matches. The home team won 1 of these as expected, 1 of them by at least two goals. Tondela managed 1 draw and 0 surprise wins.
The travelling fans enjoy Tondela's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. 7 goals have been conceded by Tondela in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Porto won 6 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Tondela has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 6Top Goalscorers
  Zé Luís 7 goals |  M. Marega 4 goals |  Alex Telles 4 goals |
Porto missing players
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| Porto | Tondela | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 25 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 71% | 77% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 15% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | 23% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 69% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 46% |
| 6.8 | 7.2 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 1.8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.7 | 6 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 5.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 208 | 103 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 57 | 111 |
| 75 | 44 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 24 | 45 |
| 33% | 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 46% | 31% |
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home
- Porto has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Porto has the most scored goals in the first half (14)
- 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 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.
- Tondela 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 | Benfica | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 28 | 36 |
| 2 | Porto | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Famalicao | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Boavista | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Tondela | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Sporting Braga | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Vitoria Setubal | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 6 |