Match Report
The table read 2nd (Porto, 12 pts) against 3rd (Shakhtar Donetsk, 9 pts), 3 points apart. Porto ranked just 9th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, Porto were scoring 2.5 and conceding 1.33, Shakhtar Donetsk 1.67 and 2, against a competition average of 1.54 goals per team per game.
Shakhtar Donetsk entered with three wins in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 3 Porto wins, 0 for Shakhtar Donetsk, 2 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. Only 20% of these meetings ended in a home win. 60% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
The referee was I. Kovacs, with 100 matches in our database and 3.1 yellows per game on average. The match was played at Estádio Do Dragão (capacity 50,033). On the scoreboard, Porto led 2-1 at the break; 5 second-half goals set the final 5-3.
Goal scorers
Porto: Wenderson Galeno (9'), Wenderson Galeno (43'), Mehdi Taremi (62'), Pepe (75'), Francisco Conceição (82') · Shakhtar Donetsk: Danylo Sikan (29'), Stephen Eustáquio (72' og), Eguinaldo (88')
Key stats
Possession: Porto 49% · Shakhtar Donetsk 51% · Total shots: 20-9 · On target: 9-6 · Corners: 5-1