Famalicão favourites for feisty fight facing Portimonense

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Fri 24.February
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho (10000 seats)

13th- against 11th spot might not seem all that steamy. But: Tipsway has the facts that makes Famalicão - Portimonense (even) more interesting!

Insights:
  • Famalicão have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga Portugal
  • Portimonense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Famalicão and Portimonense should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Famalicão form and stats

The Liga Portugal statistics at home this season for Famalicão are 5-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Famalicão enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Santa Clara's place. The match ended 3-1 with Penetra and Jaime scoring. Júnior loved the game against Santa Clara. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory. The goalie Júnior was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.63 out of ten. Júnior saved a penalty.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Gil Vicente (0-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Famalicão have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Famalicão has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Famalicão have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Portimonense form and stats

There's been little loot from Portimonense's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Liga Portugal. Portimonense only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Portimonense, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Junior and Maurício scored in Portimonense's previous match, the home game against Maritimo that ended 2-1. Late drama in the previous game, when Junior scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Maritimo. Moufi was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.42. The defender Moufi hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.

A 0-1 defeat away at Vitoria Guimaraes before that.

Portimonense are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Portimonense as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Portimonense have conceded 17 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Portimonense have not lost in the last 10 games (8-2-0) versus Famalicão.

Famalicão and Portimonense have faced off already this season: Portimonense - Famalicão 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

FamalicãoI. Jaime Pajuelo
I. Jaime Pajuelo
4 goals
PortimonenseW. Ferreira dos Santos
W. Ferreira dos Santos
4 goals
FamalicãoA. Penetra Correia
A. Penetra Correia
2 goals

Famalicão missing players

Portimonense missing players

Famalicão Portimonense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
7 5 2 Won W 3 3 8
3 1 1 Drew D 0 0 2
11 4 0 Lost L 0 7 11
21 11 6 Scored S 6 8 18
29 9 1 Conceded C 1 17 27
86% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
57% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 52%
48% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 43%
29% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 14%
19% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
38% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 20% 33%
33% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 67% 20% 29%
43% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 43%
 
4.2 4 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.8 5.5
5 5.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.7 5.5
2.6 2.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.1 12 12 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10 12
3.6 3.6 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.2 3.5
28% 31% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 25% 25%
 
14.8 14.6 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 17.7 17.6 15.4
4.9 4.7 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 6.8 5.7
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Famalicão have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Famalicão have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga Portugal
  • Portimonense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Portimonense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Portimonense haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benfica 20 17 2 1 51 12 10 9 1 0 32 8 10 8 1 1 19 4 39 53
2 Porto 21 16 3 2 48 12 10 9 0 1 31 5 11 7 3 1 17 7 36 51
3 Sporting Braga 21 16 1 4 47 20 10 7 1 2 21 6 11 9 0 2 26 14 27 49
4 Sporting CP 20 12 2 6 40 21 10 8 0 2 27 7 10 4 2 4 13 14 19 38
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 21 10 4 7 19 20 11 7 2 2 12 7 10 3 2 5 7 13 -1 34
6 Casa Pia 21 9 5 7 18 20 11 4 3 4 8 8 10 5 2 3 10 12 -2 32
7 Arouca 21 8 6 7 24 31 11 6 1 4 16 15 10 2 5 3 8 16 -7 30
8 Vizela 21 7 5 9 23 21 10 4 2 4 12 7 11 3 3 5 11 14 2 26
9 Chaves 20 6 8 6 19 24 9 2 5 2 9 9 11 4 3 4 10 15 -5 26
10 Boavista 20 7 5 8 23 31 11 5 4 2 15 15 9 2 1 6 8 16 -8 26
11 Portimonense 21 8 2 11 18 27 11 5 2 4 10 10 10 3 0 7 8 17 -9 26
12 Rio Ave 21 6 6 9 20 25 10 5 1 4 11 8 11 1 5 5 9 17 -5 24
13 Famalicão 21 7 3 11 21 29 10 5 1 4 11 9 11 2 2 7 10 20 -8 24
14 Gil Vicente 21 6 5 10 21 28 11 3 4 4 9 11 10 3 1 6 12 17 -7 23
15 Estoril 21 6 4 11 19 29 10 3 2 5 11 17 11 3 2 6 8 12 -10 22
16 Santa Clara 21 3 6 12 15 29 11 2 4 5 12 20 10 1 2 7 3 9 -14 15
17 Maritimo 21 3 4 14 14 39 10 2 2 6 7 12 11 1 2 8 7 27 -25 13
18 Pacos de Ferreira 21 3 3 15 15 37 11 1 2 8 7 20 10 2 1 7 8 17 -22 12

Read more about Liga Portugal

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.