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

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

After two less positive results – a defeat against Casa Pia and a draw at home against Sporting – the team led by Francesco Farioli returned to winning ways by claiming all three points away at Nacional.

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

To begin with, it was the 13th win by the minimum margin for FC Porto this season. Taking into account that Porto have recorded 28 victories in 2025/26 (in 35 matches played), 46 percent of Farioli’s team’s wins this season have been by a single goal difference.

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

In this regard, FC Porto’s great defensive cohesion stands out.

In Madeira, the team captained by Diogo Costa achieved their 21st clean sheet of the season, in the aforementioned 35 matches (60 percent of games without conceding a goal).

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