FC Porto 2-0 VfB Stuttgart
Key numbers
- Possession 36% – 64%
- Shots 10 (4 on target) – 20 (6)
- Decisive moment: 21' William Gomes, FN xPts +0.8
William Gomes 21'
Victor Froholdt 72'
Victor Froholdt 72'
HT 1:0
VfB Stuttgart edged xG (1.5–1.71) but FC Porto took the win.
Player of the matchDiogo CostaDecisive moment21' William Gomes+0.8
Player of the match
Diogo Costa Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.0 (Dominant)
Game state
FC Porto ahead 69 min · level 21 min · VfB Stuttgart ahead 0 min
- VfB Stuttgart: Red card 77' → ~13 min a player down
- Victor Froholdt — off the bench 45 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
21'
William Gomes
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Borja Sainz +0.2
+0.8
72'
Victor Froholdt
Goal
+0.5
77'
Nikolas Nartey
Red card
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for FC Porto is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
FC PortoVfB Stuttgart
36%Possession64%
1.5Expected goals (xG)1.71
0.15xG per shot0.09
10Shots20
4Shots on target6
40%Shots on target %30%
7Shots in box13
282Passes486
73%Pass accuracy81%
4Corners11
6Saves2
6Fouls16
3Yellow cards5
1Offsides0
Compared with usual
FC Porto
9 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.7 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.89 | |
| xG | 1.5 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 1.71 | 0.84 | |
| Shots | 10 | 15 | |
| On target | 4 | 5.3 | |
| Shots faced | 20 | 9.6 | high |
| xG per shot | 0.15 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 36% | 54.9% | low |
| Passes | 282 | 459.9 | low |
| Pass accuracy | 73% | 84.3% | low |
| Corners | 4 | 5.7 | |
| Fouls | 6 | 12.6 | low |
VfB Stuttgart
41 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 1.71 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 1.5 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 20 | 16.1 | |
| On target | 6 | 6 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 12.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 64% | 59.1% | |
| Passes | 486 | 534.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 84.3% | |
| Corners | 11 | 5.5 | |
| Fouls | 16 | 10.6 |
Timeline
- 7' Yellow Pablo Rosario
- 21' Goal William Gomes competition goal #3 assist Borja Sainz
- 23' Yellow Zaidu Sanusi
- 25' Yellow Rodrigo Mora
- 35' Yellow Ermedin Demirović
- 46' Sub Rodrigo Mora → Victor Froholdt
- 58' Sub Zaidu Sanusi → Jakub Kiwior
- 58' Sub William Gomes → Pepê
- 61' Sub Maximilian Mittelstädt → Tiago Tomás
- 62' Sub Atakan Karazor → Nikolas Nartey
- 63' Yellow Luca Jaquez
- 66' Sub Borja Sainz → Martim Fernandes
- 72' Goal Victor Froholdt competition goal #1
- 73' Sub Seko Fofana → Alan Varela
- 76' Yellow Nikolas Nartey
- 77' Second yellow Nikolas Nartey
- 78' Sub Deniz Undav → Badredine Bouanani
- 78' Sub Chris Führich → Lorenz Assignon
- 79' Sub Angelo Stiller → Chema Andrés
- 89' Yellow Lorenz Assignon
Category leaders
- Key passesBorja Sainz3
- Duels wonJeff Chabot9/12
- DribblesSeko Fofana3/4
- Defensive actionsAlberto Costa5
- ShotsJeff Chabot4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonBorja Sainz4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.