Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Porto 3rd with 71 points, Farense 16th with 27, 44 apart. The last five rounds placed Farense 8th in the league for form — higher than their 16th in the standings. Per game in the league, Farense were scoring 0.74 and conceding 1.35, Porto 1.91 and 0.88, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Farense. Porto had drawn their last three.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Farense 0, draws 0, Porto 5, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
Estádio de São Lúis in Faro staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
Goal scorers
Porto: Francisco Moura (48')