Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sintrense & Porto face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
Sintrense and Porto should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sintrense form and stats
Action has already taken place for Sintrense in Taça De Portugal as they have defeated Macedo Cavaleiros and Desportos de Gloria to reach the 3rd Round. Sintrense participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the 1st round.In general it's been a long time since Sintrense tasted defeat here at Estadio do Sport União Sintrense, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Rabo Peixe in the 2. Division: Group E last time out and are looking for a win here. The hometeam coach H. Gomes Falcão made a successful contribution in the game against Rabo Peixe, bringing on David Teles who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
In the match before that, Sintrense hosted Macedo Cavaleiros and drew the Taça De Portugal game 1-1.Porto form and stats
They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when Sporting Braga drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W2-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga. Things are running smoothly for Porto who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 36 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Pacos de Ferreira.
Porto go into this game after a win, the home game against Pacos de Ferreira that ended 2-1. Midfield player Vitinha was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.61/10. Vitinha hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 79 successful passes (of 84 total).
Preceding that, the 1-5 home loss versus Liverpool.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Milan in just four days.
Porto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. As opposed to that, Porto have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Díaz Marulanda 6 goals |  M. Taremi 4 goals |  A. Martínez López 3 goals |
Sintrense missing players
Porto missing players
| Sintrense | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 35 | 25 | Scored | S | 15 | 52 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7.4 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 13.5 | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 26% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Porto | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Estoril | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Portimonense | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Sporting Braga | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Boavista | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Tondela | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Pacos de Ferreira | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Vizela | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Maritimo | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 6 |
| 16 | Arouca | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 17 | Belenenses | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Famalicão | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 3 |