FC Porto vs Academico Viseu — Taça da Liga: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
play_arrow1 clip- 15′FC Porto, yellow card:Tripping
- 39′Academico Viseu, yellow card:Holding
- 45′FC Porto, penalty goal:1–0Penalty
- Half-time1 – 0
- 54′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 61′Academico Viseu, substitution:off
- 61′Academico Viseu, substitution:off
- 61′Academico Viseu, substitution:off
- 63′Academico Viseu, yellow card:Unsportsmanlike conduct
- 70′Academico Viseu, substitution:off
- 70′Academico Viseu, substitution:off
- 73′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 73′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 78′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 78′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 90+5′Academico Viseu, yellow card:Elbowing
- Full-time1 – 0
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Match report
Giménez penalty takes FC Porto past Academico Viseu in Taça da Liga
FC Porto won 1-0 against Academico Viseu in the quarter-finals of the Taça da Liga, with a first-half penalty from Santiago Giménez the only goal of the match. The spot-kick came on 45 minutes and sent the home side into the break ahead.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The second half brought no further goals, and Porto, managed by Francesco Farioli, held on to their narrow lead against a side coached by Bruno Pinheiro. Academico Viseu, who had won four of their previous five games, could not find an equaliser.
Porto had arrived on the back of a 1-0 win away to GIL Vicente, having lost their two games before that, to Real Betis and PSV Eindhoven. Academico Viseu's last outing had been a 2-1 victory away to Sporting CP.
Porto's next game is a Primeira Liga fixture at home to Estoril on Saturday 31 October. Academico Viseu return to league action on Sunday 1 November, at home to Rio Ave.
FC Porto beat Academico Viseu 1–0 (half-time 1–0).
FC Porto met Academico Viseu in the Taça da Liga (Quarter-finals). Kick-off was Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 20:30 UTC. Referee: Sergio Guelho.
Team pages: FC Porto · Academico Viseu · Taça da Liga
Key moments
- 45' Goal (penalty): Santiago Giménez — 1–0 · Watch Santiago Giménez's goal video (45')
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FC Porto
Academico Viseu
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave FC Porto 74%, the draw 21%, Academico Viseu 5%. It finished FC Porto 1–0 Academico Viseu.
Porto's big strength edge makes this one-sided — We give FC Porto 74% mainly because they sit 286 points higher on our strength rating, 1816 to 1530, with the usual home advantage adding to that. The draw sits at 21%, starting from about 20% for a gap this size and nudged up slightly because both sides' own recent games average 2.7 goals.
Why FC Porto at 74%?
FC Porto sit 286 points higher on our strength rating — 1816 to 1530. Sides with a more than 240-point rating edge at home won 79.6% of 5,967 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 74–22–4.
Why not higher?
No scored evidence points the other way. 74% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 21% and Academico Viseu at 5%.
Why is the draw only 21%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 19.7%. These teams' recent games average 2.7 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.4% of 30,336.
What did we measure but not count?
FC Porto have averaged 7 percentage points more possession than Academico Viseu in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. FC Porto are 286 rating points stronger, but this is a cup tie between sides from the same division — the kind heavy favorites have not put away at their league-day rate. Same-division cup favorites this heavy won 57.2% of 761 ties where the class table expected 58.9% — worst early in the season and, oddly, at home, where the usual cup home edge shrinks.
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About this match
On this page: the FC Porto vs Academico Viseu final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Taça da Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from FC Porto 1–0 Academico Viseu. Explore more on the FC Porto and Academico Viseu team pages or the Taça da Liga page.