Vilafranquense ended up with a 3-4 scoreline facing Penafiel last fixture, a fixture to learn from. Next up is this strong Nacional side.
- Vilafranquense have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Nacional have the most points from losing position (10) in Segunda Liga
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Nacional have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-0-1 (win-draw-loss) from two matches.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Vilafranquense form and stats
With 1 Segunda Liga win, 5 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Vilafranquense are certainly not brimming with confidence.
In their previous game, the manager Gouveia led his Vilafranquense to a defeat in the Segunda Liga match away at Penafiel. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior.
Before that match, a win away at Trofense.The Vilafranquense fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vilafranquense defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Nacional form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Nacional playing as the away team in the Segunda Liga this season.
Nacional might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Benfica II proved too strong as Nacional slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio da Madeira.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Feirense.The visiting Nacional have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. As opposed to that, Nacional have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides faced each other earlier on this match year: Nacional - Vilafranquense 4-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Vilafranquense zero wins, zero draws and Nacional three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Rochez Mejia 11 goals |   Â. da Silva 5 goals |  J. Gomes Camacho 4 goals |
Vilafranquense missing players
Nacional missing players
| Vilafranquense | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 13 | 30 |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 89% |
| 50% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 56% | 61% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 22% | 17% |
| 61% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 61% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 33% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| 6.7 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.2 | 10.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 34% | 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | 40% |
| 12.4 | 10.4 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 12.9 | 10.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
- Nacional have the most points from losing position (10) in Segunda Liga
- Nacional have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Segunda Liga
- Nacional have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vilafranquense have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Vilafranquense have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vilafranquense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 II | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Casa Pia | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Feirense | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Rio Ave | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Nacional | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Porto II | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Penafiel | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Chaves | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Estrela Amadora | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Mafra | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Leixoes | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 12 | Trofense | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Academico Viseu | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 21 |
| 14 | Vilafranquense | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
| 15 | Sporting Covilha | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 16 |
| 16 | Farense | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | Académica | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | Varzim | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 8 |
