8 November 2026, 18:00 UTC

Vitória SC vs FC Porto Primeira Liga prediction & result

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
Referee: David Rafael Oliveira da Silva
Full time1 – 2

Final score: Vitória SC 1-2 FC Porto.

Before kick-off the model made it 16% Vitória SC, 24% draw, 60% FC Porto — fair odds of 6.25, 4.17 and 1.67.

Most likely scoreline: 0-1.

The model called the result correctly.

Published · updated

Has the model earned this number?

FC Porto at 60%: of 1,648 settled 50–65% forecasts, 58.6% came in (average 55.4%). It can be read literally. The full record.

How the model saw it, minute by minute

Vitória SC0%Draw2%FC Porto98%

Rebuilt after the match from the model's pre-match expected goals, frozen in the log before kick-off, plus the score and cards as they stood at each minute — never anything later. A ball marks each of the 3 goals. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.

Match analysis

Match timeline

Tiago Miguel Carvalho Margarido
19'
Toni Borevković
33'
João Mendes
33'
38'
⚽Borja Sainzassist: Alberto Costa
38'
Borja Sainz
43'
Pablo Rosario
58'
🔁Samuel Aghehowaout: André Silva
58'
🔁Pablo Rosarioout: Alan Gonzalo Varela
58'
🔁Borja Sainzout: Martim Fernandes
🔁Fábio Samuel Amorim Silvaout: Alan de Souza Guimarães
64'
66'
🔁Jan Bednarekout: Nehuén Pérez
66'
🔁Gabri Veigaout: Hwang In-Beom
67'
Hwang In-Beom
🔁Arnel Jakupovićout: Alioune Ndoye
71'
⚽Alan de Souza Guimarãesassist: Gustavo Silva
77'
78'
🔁Alberto Costaout: Santiago Giménez
🔁Gustavo Silvaout: Miguel Nogueira
80'
🔁Ahmed Sidibéout: Balieiro Thiago
80'
🔁Beni Mukendiout: Lohann Doucet
84'
86'
⚽Martim Fernandesassist: Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa
🔁Toni Borevkovićout: Patrick Ouotro
90+2'
90+4'
🔁Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossaout: Dominik Prpić
90+7'
Alan Gonzalo Varela

Match stats — Vitória SC vs FC Porto

47%Possession53%
16Shots12
6On target4
4Corners5
0.74xG1.64

Goals against chances

Vitória SC1 from 0.74 xGabout what the chances were worth
FC Porto2 from 1.64 xGabout what the chances were worth

Expected goals totals what the openings were worth, so the gap between it and the score is the finishing — and the luck. Under half a goal either way is called level: xG is an estimate and a smaller gap than that is inside its own error.

Line-ups

Vitória SC 4-2-3-1
  • 98Lucas FurtadoG
  • 23T. StrataD
  • 21T. BorevkovićD
  • 5A. SidibéD
  • 13João MendesD
  • 8Gonçalo NogueiraM
  • 16BeniM
  • 7O. CamaraM
  • 20SamuM
  • 11GustavoM
  • 9A. JakupovicF
Substitutes
  • 10AlanM
  • 44L. DoucetM
  • 2Miguel MagaD
  • 6M. MitrovićM
  • 24A. NdoyeF
  • 17Miguel NogueiraF
  • 29V. OuotroF
  • 4Óscar RivasD
  • 28Thiago BalieiroD
Coach: Tiago Margarido
FC Porto 4-3-3
  • 99Diogo CostaG
  • 20Alberto BaioD
  • 5J. BednarekD
  • 4J. KiwiorD
  • 12Z. SanusiD
  • 8Victor Mow FroholdtM
  • 13P. RosarioM
  • 10Gabri VeigaM
  • 11Pepê AquinoF
  • 9SamuF
  • 17Borja SainzF
Substitutes
  • 22A. VarelaM
  • 14Cláudio RamosG
  • 33SouzaD
  • 21D. PrpićD
  • 77O. PietuszewskiF
  • 18N. PérezD
  • 74Francisco MouraD
  • 16Hwang In-BeomM
  • 29S. GiménezF
Coach: F. Farioli

Form going into Vitória SC vs FC Porto

Vitória SC

Primeira Liga

  • D0-0away to GIL Vicente2 November 2026
  • W5-0Maritimo23 October 2026
  • L0-2away to Benfica11 October 2026
  • D1-1Moreirense20 September 2026

FC Porto

Primeira Liga

  • W4-0Estoril31 October 2026
  • W1-0away to GIL Vicente24 October 2026
  • W2-1away to Maritimo10 October 2026
  • W3-1Benfica20 September 2026

What these results say

Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first; context, not the model's input. How to read this.

Primeira Liga table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPts
14Vitória SC112361112-19
1FC Porto111100275+2233

Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table

Head-to-head: Vitória SC vs FC Porto

  • 18 January 2026Vitória SC 0–1 FC PortoPrimeira Liga
  • 4 December 2025FC Porto 1–3 Vitória SCTaça da Liga
  • 11 August 2025FC Porto 3–0 Vitória SCPrimeira Liga
  • 24 February 2025FC Porto 1–1 Vitória SCPrimeira Liga
  • 21 September 2024Vitória SC 0–3 FC PortoPrimeira Liga
  • 17 April 2024FC Porto 3–1 Vitória SCTaça de Portugal

The full Vitória SC vs FC Porto record →

Leading scorers: Vitória SC and FC Porto

Vitória SC

No player in Primeira Liga's leading scorers — 11 league goals as a side.

FC Porto

GoalsAssists

  • Borja Sainz61
  • Gabri Veiga54
  • André Silva42

Top 3 by league goals this season; player availability is not in the model. How to read this.

The result against the call

FC Porto won 2–1 at Vitória SC. The model had made a win for FC Porto its most likely outcome, at 60%, so the call held; the score it named was 1–0. The goals: Borja Sainz 38' for FC Porto, Alan de Souza Guimarães 77' for Vitória SC, Martim Fernandes 86' for FC Porto. On expected goals it finished 0.74–1.64.

What this result changed

Before kick-off the season simulation gave Vitória SC a 6.4% chance to finish in the bottom three: 2.7% after a win, 5.8% after a draw, 7.1% after a defeat. The defeat was the worst of those results for them, and left the figure at 7.1%, 0.7 points higher than before the match.

For FC Porto the question was the chance to finish top of the regular season, 69.4% going in: 72.6% after a win, 62.3% after a draw, 60.6% after a defeat. The win was the best of those results for them, and left the figure at 72.6%, 3.2 points higher than before the match.

Read from our Primeira Liga season simulation as it stood before this match (10,000 runs), counting this result alone. Every result since then has moved the table again, so today's figure is on the competition page.

How the call on Vitória SC v FC Porto has moved

First published on 25 Oct at 17% / 25% / 58% (home / draw / away). By kick-off, after 4 updates, it read 16% / 24% / 60%: the biggest move is FC Porto's chance of winning, up 2 points.

  1. Vitória SC win16%▼ −1
  2. Draw24%▼ −1
  3. FC Porto win60%▲ +2

Each update is a full rebuild of both sides' ratings from the latest results, and now and then a change to the model itself. The thin mark is the first published figure.

Statistical estimate, not betting advice This prediction is generated from a statistical model for entertainment and informational purposes only. It does not guarantee any outcome and should not be used as the basis for placing a bet.