Porto continued their preparation for Sunday's match against Arouca, in the 3rd round of the League, with another training session at the CTFD Jorge Costa, in Olival. Francesco Farioli is still without the seven players listed on the medical report, and it's unclear if any will recover in time to face Arouca. These players are Cláudio Ramos, Martim Fernandes, Alan Varela, Vasco Sousa, André Miranda, Oskar Pietuszewski, and Samu. To compensate for the numerous absences, the Italian coach called up three players from the B team to Thursday's morning training session: midfielder Tiago Silva, winger Tiago Andrade, and forward Eduardo Ferreira, who was on the bench against Rio Ave last Saturday. The national champions will regroup on Thursday morning, again at Olival, after a start to the season that saw them score 66 goals and concede 18, with a goal difference of +48, leading the table with a 6-point advantage over Sporting CP, and coming off a 1-0 win over Santa Clara on May 16, 2026, with a recent form of 4 wins, 0 draws, and 1 loss in their last 5 games.