Soccer betting preview: Farense welcomes Vizela in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio de São Lúis (12000 seats)

Farense have achieved 2 home triumphs up until now, Vizela have won 0 away. Who betters their standings after this meeting?

Insights:
  • Farense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vizela have yet to win a game away.

Both teams have had ample time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic game!

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Farense form and stats

Farense have collected 6 points from their Liga Portugal home games so far after 2-0-2.

Farense played out a slightly shocking loss 2-3 against Sporting CP in their previous match, also a home game. Farense's goalkeeper Velho was extremely busy against Sporting CP, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. Midfielder Mattheus was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.0 (out of ten) in that game. Mattheus scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that game, a home victory against Tondela in the League Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Farense have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Goals decide football matches and Farense are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 4 league matches. Farense have conceded 7 from these games.

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Vizela form and stats

The Liga Portugal season is young and Vizela have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

Vizela might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Portimonense proved too strong as Vizela slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans. Midfielder Samu was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.13. Samu hit eight key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 41 successful passes (of 50 total).

A 2-2 draw at Estoril's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vizela playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Vizela wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Vizela find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Vizela have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

VizelaS. Essende
S. Essende
4 goals
FarenseM. Andrade Gama de Oliveira
M. Andrade Gama de Oliveira
3 goals
FarenseR. Silva Costa
R. Silva Costa
2 goals

Farense missing players

Vizela missing players

Farense Vizela
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 1 3 7
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
5 2 0 Lost L 1 2 4
11 10 5 Scored S 0 4 10
11 7 0 Conceded C 2 7 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
71% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 71%
43% 75% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 57%
29% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 29%
43% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 71%
14% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
43% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 14%
 
4.6 5.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.3 5
8.9 5.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.3 3.9
3 3.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.3 13.5 17 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.7 14.3
4.1 5.5 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.3 4.6
38% 45% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 31%
 
21 19.5 19 Shots against (avg) S A 8 16 13.4
6.3 7 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.3 3.9
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • All of Farense's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Vizela's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Farense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Farense have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vizela have scored away.
  • Farense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vizela have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vizela have yet to win a game away.
  • Vizela haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 7 6 1 0 15 6 4 4 0 0 9 2 3 2 1 0 6 4 9 19
2 Benfica 7 6 0 1 17 7 3 3 0 0 7 0 4 3 0 1 10 7 10 18
3 Porto 7 5 1 1 10 6 3 2 1 0 5 3 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 16
4 Boavista 7 4 2 1 17 12 4 2 2 0 10 6 3 2 0 1 7 6 5 14
5 Sporting Braga 7 4 1 2 18 13 3 1 1 1 6 4 4 3 0 1 12 9 5 13
6 Famalicao 7 3 3 1 7 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 12
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 6 3 1 2 6 7 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 4 -1 10
8 Casa Pia 6 2 3 1 7 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 9
9 Portimonense 7 2 2 3 9 17 3 0 1 2 3 8 4 2 1 1 6 9 -8 8
10 Moreirense 6 2 1 3 6 9 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 2 4 -3 7
11 Gil Vicente 6 2 0 4 14 11 3 2 0 1 12 6 3 0 0 3 2 5 3 6
12 Farense 7 2 0 5 11 11 4 2 0 2 10 7 3 0 0 3 1 4 0 6
13 Arouca 6 1 3 2 8 9 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 6
14 Rio Ave 6 1 2 3 5 8 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 0 1 2 1 5 -3 5
15 Vizela 7 1 2 4 10 14 4 1 1 2 6 7 3 0 1 2 4 7 -4 5
16 Estrela Amadora 7 1 2 4 7 12 4 1 0 3 4 7 3 0 2 1 3 5 -5 5
17 Estoril 6 1 1 4 12 15 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 0 0 3 7 11 -3 4
18 Chaves 6 0 1 5 6 19 3 0 1 2 5 8 3 0 0 3 1 11 -13 1

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.