FC Porto clinch 13th narrow win of the season | OneFootball

Pragmatic, effective, and extremely victorious. This is the best way to characterize FC Porto in the 2025/26 season.

After two less positive results – a defeat against Casa Pia and a draw at home to Sporting –, the team led by Francesco Farioli returned to winning ways with three points on their visit to Nacional's ground.

While the three points secured by the blue and whites is naturally the most highlighted aspect of the match, there are other indicators that also deserve attention.

To start with, it was the 13th victory of FC Porto by the narrowest margin this season. Considering that the team has 28 wins in 2025/26 (in 35 matches played), 46 percent of Farioli's team's victories this season were by a one-goal difference.

Continuing the analysis, with the three points obtained in Madeira, FC Porto achieved the eighth win by the exact score of 1-0. This outcome had already been repeated in the first-round match with the islanders and in the clashes with Salzburg (Europa League), Estoril, FC Famalicão, Santa Clara, Vitória SC (Liga Portugal Betclic), and Benfica (Portuguese Cup).

In this regard, the great defensive cohesion demonstrated by FC Porto stands out.

In Madeira, the team captained by Diogo Costa achieved the 21st ‘clean sheet’ of the season, in the already mentioned 35 games (60 percent of the matches without conceding goals).

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