Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Vizela & Porto face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Vizela nor Porto as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Vizela form and stats
Vizela participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.When playing at home in the Primeira Liga, Vizela have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. This match is a Taça De Portugal match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Vizela's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Moreirense. Wilson was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.33 out of 10. The defender Wilson won 5 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match, Vizela won a home game hosting Belenenses (2-0).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primeira Liga game versus Sporting CP in only four days. This game is also played here at Estádio Do Vizela.
Vizela aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Do Vizela in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. On the other hand, Vizela have conceded 11 goals.
Porto form and stats
Porto's mission in Taça De Portugal last season failed in the semi-finals against Sporting Braga.The strength of Porto on their travels this season is incredible with 23 points collected from 9 Primeira Liga away games. Porto has 7-2-0 on the road, with 22 goals scored and 7 conceded. Total Taça De Portugal statistics for Porto: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Porto play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Estoril. An amazing comeback from Porto last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Conceição scoring the winning goal in the 89th minute. Conceição came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Estoril last time out, making the manager Marceneiro Conceição feel like a tactical genius. Díaz got a match rating of 9.11 in that game, top player of the team. Díaz scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, Porto secured a home win against Benfica with the score 3-1.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Primeira Liga trip to Belenenses.
The Porto manager Marceneiro Conceição has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 9 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Díaz Marulanda 13 goals |  M. Taremi 9 goals |   G. Schettine Guimarães 5 goals |
Vizela missing players
Porto missing players
| Vizela | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Scored | S | 26 | 58 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 13.2 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.6 | 16 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 24% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 42% | ||
| 13.3 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 7.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 33 | 47 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 44 |
| 3 | Benfica | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 32 | 37 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 31 |
| 5 | Estoril | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Gil Vicente | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | Boavista | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 17 |
| 12 | Tondela | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 16 |
| 13 | Vizela | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -17 | 16 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Arouca | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -15 | 14 |
| 17 | Famalicao | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -11 | 11 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 8 |
