Struggling Penalva Castelo will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Paredes in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Penalva Castelo form and stats
When playing at home, Penalva Castelo have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Penalva Castelo with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Sporting Meda game, 41 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Penalva Castelo, their manager Filipe Amaral and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.Penalva Castelo lost their last game at Cinfães after a 1-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Espinho that was lost 1-3.
Penalva Castelo has scored 15 goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Penalva Castelo have conceded 18 from these games.
Paredes form and stats
As the visiting team Paredes have produced an overall stat of 3-2-5 so far.It might be tough going out on the road again for Paredes, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Amarante. A 1-2 loss hosting Cinfães before that.
The attacking power of Paredes when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored in 10 matches. As opposed to that, Paredes have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Paredes - Penalva Castelo 2-0 earlier this season. Last one meeting between the teams: Penalva Castelo won 0, Paredes won 1 and 0 draws.Top Goalscorers
  Madureira 13 goals |   A. Kokora 9 goals |  V. Shpitalnyi 6 goals |
Penalva Castelo missing players
Paredes missing players
| Penalva Castelo | Paredes | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | Played | 15 | 31 |
| 27 | 19 | Scored | 12 | 41 |
| 62 | 28 | Conceded | 16 | 32 |
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 94% |
| 87% | 93% | Over 1.5 | 53% | 68% |
| 61% | 67% | Over 2.5 | 27% | 45% |
| 29% | 27% | Over 3.5 | 7% | 16% |
| 10% | 13% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 10% |
| 55% | 80% | Both teams to score | 40% | 45% |
| 13% | 7% | Clean Sheet | 13% | 23% |
| 39% | 13% | Failed To Score | 53% | 39% |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | Corners For (avg) | 3.9 | 4 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners Against (avg) | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 2 |
- Penalva Castelo hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Penalva Castelo is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Gondomar | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 44 |
| 2 | Lusitania FC Lourosa | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 42 |
| 3 | Lusitano FCV | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 39 |
| 4 | Espinho | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 5 | Paredes | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 37 |
| 6 | Sanjoanense | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 37 |
| 7 | Águeda | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 35 |
| 8 | Amarante | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 33 |
| 9 | Coimbrões | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | União Madeira | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 31 |
| 11 | Gafanha | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 31 |
| 12 | Marítimo II | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 13 | Cinfães | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 25 |
| 14 | Pedras Rubras | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Penalva Castelo | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -19 | 23 |
| 16 | Leca | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -14 | 20 |
| 17 | Cesarense | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 18 |
| 18 | Sporting Meda | 22 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 30 | -53 | 1 |
