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

The victory was hard-fought, achieved close to the final whistle, but FC Porto maintained their perfect record away from home in this championship: five trips, five wins, including tough matches in Moreira de Cónegos, Alvalade, and Barcelos. To gauge the significance of the feat accomplished by Francesco Farioli's team, it is enough to recall that this has only happened three other times in their 92 appearances in the top division: 1939/40, 1990/91, and 1996/97.

This means that Porto have not had such a positive start as visitors for almost 30 years. Back then, António Oliveira managed a team with Mário Jardel as the main attacking reference, who only dropped points in the 12th away game at Antas. In 90/91, it was Artur Jorge who led a run of seven victories, as did Miguel Siska in 39/40. Only in the season of “King Artur” did that start not end with winning the title.

On Porto’s away calendar after leaving the Dragão is a trip to Famalicão (November 9), which comes before another break for the national teams – yet another tough test for Farioli to try to claim a sixth consecutive victory.

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