National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nacional or Porto that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nacional and Porto.
Nacional form and stats
Last season, Nacional's Taça De Portugal journey ended in the 2nd round.2-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Nacional so far this season.
The Nacional crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Sporting CP here at Estádio da Madeira in a Primeira Liga match. Before that, Nacional had a Primeira Liga home game versus Tondela which ended with a victory 2-0.
Nacional has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Nacional's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Porto form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Porto, as they won the Taça De Portugal.3-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Porto in their Primeira Liga matches away. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Nacional. Having won their last three away games Porto has no reason to fear anyone.
Two travels in a row for Porto, whose manager S. Marceneiro Conceição could celebrate last time after the Primeira Liga win against Famalicao. Before that, Porto secured a home win against Moreirense with the score 3-0.
A new game in only three days for Porto, the Primeira Liga home match versus Benfica. Busy days.
Porto create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 13 goals in 5 travels. As opposed to that, Porto have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nacional one win, one draw and Porto eight victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Relvas de Oliveira 6 goals |  M. Marega 5 goals |   J. Riascos Valencia 4 goals |
Nacional missing players
Porto missing players
| Nacional | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 33 | 22 | Scored | S | 25 | 54 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 46% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 35 |
| 2 | Benfica | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | Porto | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Pacos de Ferreira | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Maritimo | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Nacional | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Moreirense | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 12 |
| 14 | Tondela | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 17 | Boavista | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Farense | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 9 |