FC Porto are getting a large share of their end product from Spain. The club's 29 goals in 2026-27 have already included 15 direct interventions from Gabri Veiga, Borja Sainz or Samu, and the latest example was the 4-0 win over Estoril, their biggest win of the season.
Gabri Veiga and Borja Sainz are ahead of last season's pace
Gabri Veiga has 9 goal involvements in all competitions, with 5 goals, while Borja Sainz has 6 goal involvements and 5 goals. That puts both players ahead of the output they delivered last season, and it is why Porto's attack has leaned so heavily on the two of them.
The numbers from the Estoril game fit the same pattern. Veiga and Sainz both scored, and each supplied an assist for the other, which is about as direct a sign as Porto could ask for that the pair are not just finishing moves, they are creating them too.
Porto's attack is being built around the Spanish link
The cleanest version of this story is simple enough. Porto are first in the Primeira Liga after 10 wins from 10, and the goals are coming from the same lane again and again. That includes the Spanish trio's 15 direct interventions, which make up more than half of the team's scoring output.
Sainz and Veiga are not carrying the attack on their own, but they are the clearest drivers of it right now. If Porto keep getting goals from both in the same matches, the balance of this team looks very different from the one that started the season.
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