This could be an interesting match as Santa Clara have their presumed home advantage while Porto are ahead 27 points in the Primeira Liga table.
Porto could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only four sleeps ago.
Santa Clara form and stats
Santa Clara have collected 14 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 4-2-5. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Santa Clara after consecutive victories at their own ground.
In their previous game, the manager J. Oliveira Nunes Henriques led his Santa Clara to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Moreirense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio de São Miguel. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Tondela.
Santa Clara aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio de São Miguel in the league, with only 9 goals from 11 games. 13 goals have been conceded.
Porto form and stats
Porto have an excellent away record in the Primeira Liga so far with 8-2-1 from 11 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Gil Vicente game have they lost an away game, meaning Porto has taken points from ten away matches in a row. Porto have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Europa League home defeat versus Bayer Leverkusen with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Portimonense in the Primeira Liga.
The Porto manager S. Marceneiro Conceição has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 11 league matches. It's not easy to score on Porto as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Santa Clara and Porto have met before this season: Porto - Santa Clara 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Santa Clara zero wins, zero draws and Porto six victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Telles 8 goals | F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 7 goals |  J. Mendes Andrade 7 goals |
Santa Clara missing players
Porto missing players
| Santa Clara | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 12 | 22 | 47 |
| 23 | 13 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 59% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 82% | 82% |
| 27% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 55% | 59% |
| 9% | 9% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 27% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | 14% |
| 32% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | 45% |
| 41% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 55% |
| 36% | 36% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 6.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 5.6 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 263 | 174 | 60 | Total Shots | T S | 73 | 163 | 348 |
| 74 | 46 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 53 | 118 |
| 24% | 20% | 6% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 42% | 40% |
- Porto has the most scored goals in the first half (26)
- 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 Santa Clara.
- Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Porto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 38 | 57 |
| 2 | Porto | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 56 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 39 |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Famalicão | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 33 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 31 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 29 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Boavista | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Vitória FC | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 27 |
| 12 | Moreirense | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -19 | 25 |
| 14 | Tondela | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -8 | 24 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 16 | Pacos de Ferreira | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 23 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 16 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 23 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -22 | 13 |