Porto match third-best league start, such runs always win title | OneFootball

With Monday's triumph in Arouca, FC Porto recorded its third-best start to the season in the I League, in 92 editions, by adding seven victories in the first seven rounds.

The 'blue and whites' only had better starts in 1939/40, under the command of Hungarian Mihaly Siska, when they strung together 13 straight wins, and in 2007/08, with eight consecutive victories led by Jesualdo Ferreira, campaigns that culminated in the title win.

In 1939/40 the streak only ended in the 14th round, with a 4-3 defeat at Sporting's ground. In 2007/08 it was Jorge Jesus, then at the helm of Belenenses, who stopped the dragons' perfect sequence, with a 1-1 draw.

With seven victories in the first seven rounds of this season, Francesco Farioli matched the record achieved by Sérgio Conceição in 2017/18, when the team also started the I League with seven victories, being then stopped by Sporting with a goalless draw in Alvalade, but also ending up as national champions.

Eight victories to start in all competitions also in the top-10 best starts

In the overall tally of competitions, Farioli's eleven now count eight victories in eight matches, as they also won in their debut in the Europa League group stage (1-0 in Salzburg).

The initial eight victories equal the record of 1927/28 and place them in 9th place in the ranking of FC Porto's best season starts, being the best mark since 2010/11, when the coach was André Villas-Boas.

The club's most impressive starts continue to be 14 victories, recorded in 1932/33 and 1937/38.

Defensive record also impresses

At the same time, FC Porto maintains a remarkable defensive performance: only one goal conceded this season – an own goal by Nehuen Pérez (in the 2-1 victory in Alvalade, against Sporting).

This is the fourth occasion that FC Porto ends the 7th round of the I League with only one goal conceded, after 1983/84, 1991/92 and 2017/18. Only on the first of these occasions did the team not celebrate the title (despite having finished that championship with only nine goals conceded).

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