National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Porto or Tondela that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Olympiakos Piraeus.
Porto form and stats
Porto have collected 12 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 4-0-1. There’s a good atmosphere here at Estádio Do Dragão after three straight home wins.
Porto enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Olympiakos Piraeus's place. The match ended 2-0 with Otávio and Mateus Uribe scoring. Before that, Porto had a Primeira Liga home game versus Tondela which ended with a victory 4-3.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Cup game versus Pacos de Ferreira in only three days. This game is also played here at Estádio Do Dragão.
Porto are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estádio Do Dragão in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Porto defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Tondela form and stats
Tondela's mission in Taça De Portugal last season failed in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Primeira Liga travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Tondela has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Two away games in a row for Tondela, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 3-4 versus Porto in the Primeira Liga. A 0-2 loss hosting Vitoria Guimaraes before that.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Porto was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
Tondela have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Tondela concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Porto victories, one draw and one Tondela win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Relvas de Oliveira 4 goals |  M. Marega 4 goals |   M. González Gutiérrez 3 goals |
Porto missing players
Tondela missing players
| Porto | Tondela | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 59 | 35 | Scored | S | 11 | 22 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.7 | ||
| 5 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 48% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| 2 | Benfica | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Porto | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Pacos de Ferreira | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Belenenses | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Nacional | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Famalicao | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Farense | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Boavista | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Tondela | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 8 |
| 17 | Marítimo | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Portimonense | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |