Vizela stubborn opponents but Porto expect victory

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Dragão (50033 seats)

Neutral parties would believe there's a noteworthy difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Porto leading Vizela by 50 points.

Insights:
  • Porto have the most scored goals (79) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have scored more than double the goals of Vizela.

Both teams have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an enthusiastic match!

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Porto form and stats

This stadium, Estádio Do Dragão, has been a fortress for Porto in the Primeira Liga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 13-2-0. 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.

No payout for Porto in their previous match, an away game at Sporting Braga that ended in defeat 0-1. Midfielder Vitinha was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Vitinha hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 88 successful passes (of 100 total).

Everyone expects Porto to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 15 games: 13 home wins, one draw and one defeat. Porto have won with at least two goals margin eight times in similar situations.

Porto are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estádio Do Dragão in their league games, having scored an impressive 44 goals in 15 matches. From these home matches, Porto have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Vizela form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vizela so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-7 (win-draw-lose).

Vizela had fun at their own home (Estádio Do Dragão) last time out, beating Arouca 2-1. Schettine (2) scored. Attacker Schettine got a player rating of 8.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Schettine scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, the Vizela manager Pacheco faced defeat when travelling to Belenenses and losing 0-1.

Nobody expects Vizela to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath nine times before, with the overall statistics of won four, draw one and lost four. When defeated, two matches have been lost by two or more goals.

Vizela find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Vizela rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 29 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Vizela has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

These competitors have met earlier this season: Vizela - Porto 0-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Porto two wins, zero draws and Vizela zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

PortoM. Taremi
M. Taremi
18 goals
PortoF. de Lima Barbosa
F. de Lima Barbosa
13 goals
VizelaG. Schettine Guimarães
G. Schettine Guimarães
8 goals

Porto missing players

Vizela missing players

Porto Vizela
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
26 13 5 Won W 0 3 7
4 2 0 Drew D 2 5 11
1 0 0 Lost L 3 7 13
79 44 17 Scored S 4 18 33
20 9 1 Conceded C 14 29 49
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
84% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 81%
68% 80% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 67% 45%
39% 47% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 47% 29%
19% 20% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 20% 13%
52% 53% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 67% 61%
45% 47% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 6%
3% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 35%
 
6.4 6.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.5 5.5
3 3.3 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6.5 5.9
2.5 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.3 3
6 4 1 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
17.5 18 18 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 12.3 14.1
6.1 6.9 7.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.7 3.8
42% 43% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 33% 28%
 
6.9 6.8 6.6 Shots against (avg) S A 19.4 15.6 13.6
2.1 1.6 0.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.1 4.5
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Porto have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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 scored more than double the goals of Vizela.
  • Porto have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the most points (41) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the most points from losing position (18) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the most scored goals (44) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the most scored goals (79) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the the best goal difference (+35) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the the best goal difference (+59) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Porto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vizela have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vizela have won significantly less corners away then at 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 26 4 1 79 20 15 13 2 0 44 9 16 13 2 1 35 11 59 82
2 Sporting CP 31 24 4 3 62 20 15 12 1 2 26 7 16 12 3 1 36 13 42 76
3 Benfica 31 21 5 5 75 29 16 10 3 3 36 15 15 11 2 2 39 14 46 68
4 Sporting Braga 31 17 8 6 48 28 16 9 4 3 26 13 15 8 4 3 22 15 20 59
5 Gil Vicente 31 12 12 7 43 33 16 5 6 5 22 19 15 7 6 2 21 14 10 48
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 31 12 7 12 43 39 15 8 2 5 28 19 16 4 5 7 15 20 4 43
7 Maritimo 31 9 10 12 38 41 15 4 6 5 19 15 16 5 4 7 19 26 -3 37
8 Pacos de Ferreira 31 9 10 12 28 39 15 5 5 5 18 19 16 4 5 7 10 20 -11 37
9 Estoril 31 8 12 11 34 38 16 3 8 5 20 21 15 5 4 6 14 17 -4 36
10 Santa Clara 31 8 12 11 35 49 16 7 6 3 22 23 15 1 6 8 13 26 -14 36
11 Portimonense 31 9 8 14 28 41 16 4 4 8 13 19 15 5 4 6 15 22 -13 35
12 Boavista 31 6 15 10 34 48 16 4 9 3 19 19 15 2 6 7 15 29 -14 33
13 Vizela 31 7 11 13 33 49 16 4 6 6 15 20 15 3 5 7 18 29 -16 32
14 Famalicao 31 6 12 13 36 46 15 3 7 5 16 18 16 3 5 8 20 28 -10 30
15 Arouca 31 6 9 16 29 53 15 4 3 8 14 29 16 2 6 8 15 24 -24 27
16 Moreirense 31 6 8 17 28 47 15 4 3 8 17 20 16 2 5 9 11 27 -19 26
17 Tondela 31 7 5 19 38 61 16 4 3 9 22 31 15 3 2 10 16 30 -23 26
18 Belenenses 31 5 10 16 21 51 15 5 3 7 13 26 16 0 7 9 8 25 -30 25

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.