Sporting CP get ready to welcome Porto for something different than the ordinary league football: The Taça De Portugal Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
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 Sporting CP and Porto.
Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Taça De Portugal.Home games in the Primeira Liga have been a walk in the park for Sporting CP so far, with 31 points won from 12 matches; 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
An away draw last time out for Sporting CP, facing Maritimo in a game that ended 1-1. Reis was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.84 out of 10. The defender Reis served one assist, hit three key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.
Previous to that game, a Primeira Liga home match hosting Estoril in a game that was won 3-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Arouca are coming to town in three days.
The Sporting CP fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 12 league matches. Sporting CP have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
Porto form and stats
Porto's mission in Taça De Portugal last season failed in the semi-finals against Sporting Braga.Porto have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 32 points collected from 12 Primeira Liga games. 10 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far.
There were no winners in Porto's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Gil Vicente. Midfielder Pepê was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.04. Pepê hit the woodwork once, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Porto in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Porto, three draws and one defeat.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Primeira Liga trip to Pacos de Ferreira.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Porto are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Porto as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sporting CP one win, six draws and Porto three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  M. Taremi 12 goals |   J. Dias Fernandes 9 goals |  F. de Lima Barbosa 9 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Porto missing players
| Sporting CP | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 55 | 25 | Scored | S | 27 | 57 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 7 | ||
| 14.5 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.7 | 17.8 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | ||
| 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 8.4 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 8.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 42 | 64 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 31 | 58 |
| 3 | Benfica | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 41 | 54 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 45 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 41 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Estoril | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 30 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | -2 | 29 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Famalicao | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -7 | 26 |
| 12 | Santa Clara | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 26 |
| 13 | Boavista | 24 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -8 | 25 |
| 14 | Vizela | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | -14 | 24 |
| 15 | Arouca | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -20 | 22 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -16 | 20 |
| 17 | Tondela | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 30 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 20 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -31 | 15 |
