FC Porto vs Portimonese Predictions

• Porto have won six of their last seven matches against Portimonense.
• Each of the pair’s last seven competitive encounters have produced over 2.5 goals.
• Porto have won four of their last six matches in all competitions and over 2.5 goals have been scored in five of those games.
• Portimonense have lost four of their last six matches and over 2.5 goals have been scored in three of those games.

Porto have a fantastic home record in the Primeira Liga

Porto lost 2-1 at Leverkusen in the Europa League on Thursday night but won their last Primeira Liga match 2-1 at Guimaraes, while Portimonense could only manage a 1-1 draw at home with Maritimo as their winless run continued. A whopping 38 points separates title-challenging Porto and relegation-battlers Portimonense ahead of Sunday’s clash. Hosts and favourites Porto have form in their favour.

Porto have won four of their last six matches, five of which have produced over 2.5 goals, while Portimonense have lost four of their last six matches, with each of their last three away games producing over 2.5 goals. Porto enjoy playing against Portimonense, having won six of the duo’s last seven encounters with over 2.5 goals being scored on each occasion.

The hosts have won nine of their 10 home games in the league so far this term, while Portimonense have lost six and only won one of their 11 away trips. Porto average 2.70 points per home game and Portimonense average just 0.64 points per away game, which points heavily towards the most likely result this weekend being a victory for Porto.

Portimonense sit in the relegation zone and are in a poor run of form

Porto score an average of 2.40 goals per home game while Portimonense score an average of 0.64 points per away game, which is why we have backed a 3-1 final scoreline in the hosts’ favour this Sunday. Over 2.5 goals have been scored in 70% of Porto’s home games and both teams have scored in 55% of Portimonense’s matches on the road.

The hosts are yet to fail to score in their own backyard this season, where 20% of their games have produced four or more goals. Portimonense have only kept clean sheets in 9% of their away games but have only lost to nil in 29% of their Primeira Liga matches. A majority of Porto’s wins this campaign (9) have been obtained with a margin of two goals or more, while Portimonense have lost on four separate occasions in the Primeira Liga via a margin of two goals or more.

We’re confident Porto will win and over 2.5 goals will be produced in Sunday’s clash. Porto have an excellent record against their guests and head into this match as the clear form favourites against an out-of-sorts Portimonense side. This match feels more like a case of how many the hosts will win by, rather than if they will win at all. But it will be interesting to see how Porto perform after a midweek trip to Germany.