FC Porto off to a perfect start away from home, just like in 1996 | OneFootball

The victory was hard-fought, achieved near the final whistle, but FC Porto maintained their perfect record of away wins in this championship: five trips, five successes, including challenging matches in Moreira de Cónegos, Alvalade, and Barcelos. To assess the magnitude of the achievement by Francesco Farioli's team, it's enough to recall that this has only happened three more times in their 92 appearances in the top tier: 1939/40, 1990/91, and 1996/97.

This means that the Porto team hasn't had such a positive start as visitors for almost 30 years. At that time, António Oliveira led a team with Mário Jardel as the main attacking reference, only dropping points in the 12th away game at Antas. In 90/91, it was Artur Jorge who led a series of seven victories, as did Miguel Siska in 39/40. Only in the "King Artur" season did that start not end with winning the title.

In the Porto team's calendar away from the Dragão, the next trip is to Famalicão (November 9), which precedes another break for the national teams – yet another demanding test for Farioli to try to achieve the sixth consecutive victory.

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