League Cup betting previews: Predictions and stats for the Boavista - Vilafranquense game

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Competition: Portugal League Cup
Competition: Sun 27.November
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (28263 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Boavista or Vilafranquense that keep their silverware dream alive.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Vilafranquense have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-10-17 (win-draw-loss) from 38 matches.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Boavista form and stats

Boavista was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the League Cup.

Boavista have collected 11 points from their Liga Portugal home games so far after 3-2-2.

Boavista's previous fixture was a League Cup game also played at their home, finishing 1-0 against Vilafranquense. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.

Before that game, a strong away win at Belenenses. A League Cup match. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Boavista handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

Boavista are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Boavista defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Vilafranquense form and stats

Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Two away matches in a row for Vilafranquense, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Boavista in the League Cup.

One match before, 0-0 at home hosting Vitoria Guimaraes in the League Cup. Vilafranquense are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Vilafranquense have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Vilafranquense as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head meeting ended Boavista - Vilafranquense 1-0, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

VilafranquenseÂ. da Silva
Â. da Silva
6 goals
BoavistaY. Njie
Y. Njie
3 goals
VilafranquenseE. Rodrigues Farias
E. Rodrigues Farias
3 goals

Boavista missing players

Vilafranquense missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Boavista Vilafranquense
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   15 25
11 5   Won W   6 10
5 4   Drew D   3 5
9 3   Lost L   6 10
31 15   Scored S   15 28
42 19   Conceded C   16 31
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
76% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 60%
64% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 44%
32% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 20%
16% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 12%
56% 58%   BTTS BTTS   47% 56%
16% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 24%
28% 17%   Failed to Score F T   27% 24%
 
4.8 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.5
4.5 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.6
3 3.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 3.2
6 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.3 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.6 9.8
3.6 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.9
33% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 27%
 
10.9 12.1   Shots against (avg) S A   10.4 9.9
4 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Boavista 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 6
2 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Vilafranquense 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
4 Belenenses 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
  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 13 12 1 0 37 7 7 7 0 0 26 6 6 5 1 0 11 1 30 37
2 Porto 13 9 2 2 31 9 6 5 0 1 19 3 7 4 2 1 12 6 22 29
3 Sporting Braga 13 9 1 3 29 12 6 3 1 2 11 5 7 6 0 1 18 7 17 28
4 Sporting CP 13 8 1 4 26 15 6 5 0 1 16 4 7 3 1 3 10 11 11 25
5 Casa Pia 13 7 2 4 13 10 7 3 1 3 5 4 6 4 1 1 8 6 3 23
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 13 7 2 4 14 13 7 5 1 1 9 5 6 2 1 3 5 8 1 23
7 Portimonense 13 6 1 6 12 14 7 3 1 3 6 7 6 3 0 3 6 7 -2 19
8 Chaves 13 5 4 4 13 16 6 1 4 1 6 5 7 4 0 3 7 11 -3 19
9 Arouca 13 5 4 4 14 19 7 3 1 3 9 12 6 2 3 1 5 7 -5 19
10 Rio Ave 13 5 3 5 16 18 6 4 0 2 8 5 7 1 3 3 8 13 -2 18
11 Boavista 13 5 2 6 14 23 7 3 2 2 9 12 6 2 0 4 5 11 -9 17
12 Estoril 13 4 4 5 14 18 6 1 2 3 6 12 7 3 2 2 8 6 -4 16
13 Vizela 13 4 3 6 11 13 6 1 1 4 3 6 7 3 2 2 8 7 -2 15
14 Santa Clara 13 3 4 6 11 13 7 2 3 2 9 8 6 1 1 4 2 5 -2 13
15 Famalicao 13 3 2 8 11 18 6 3 0 3 8 7 7 0 2 5 3 11 -7 11
16 Gil Vicente 13 2 3 8 11 21 7 1 2 4 4 8 6 1 1 4 7 13 -10 9
17 Maritimo 13 1 3 9 8 27 6 0 2 4 4 8 7 1 1 5 4 19 -19 6
18 Pacos de Ferreira 13 0 2 11 7 26 7 0 1 6 3 14 6 0 1 5 4 12 -19 2
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Moreirense 13 10 2 1 31 14 6 6 0 0 17 6 7 4 2 1 14 8 17 32
2 Farense 13 8 4 1 25 13 7 4 3 0 13 7 6 4 1 1 12 6 12 28
3 Benfica II 13 6 4 3 25 15 7 4 1 2 16 8 6 2 3 1 9 7 10 22
4 Estrela Amadora 13 5 7 1 19 14 7 3 4 0 10 7 6 2 3 1 9 7 5 22
5 Vilafranquense 13 6 3 4 16 14 6 3 1 2 8 8 7 3 2 2 8 6 2 21
6 Academico Viseu 13 5 5 3 24 20 7 3 2 2 13 11 6 2 3 1 11 9 4 20
7 Feirense 13 4 7 2 14 9 6 1 4 1 7 7 7 3 3 1 7 2 5 19
8 Leixoes 13 4 7 2 15 11 6 3 2 1 6 2 7 1 5 1 9 9 4 19
9 Porto II 13 5 4 4 14 12 6 2 2 2 4 2 7 3 2 2 10 10 2 19
10 Tondela 13 3 9 1 17 13 7 1 5 1 8 8 6 2 4 0 9 5 4 18
11 Penafiel 13 4 6 3 14 13 6 1 3 2 7 7 7 3 3 1 7 6 1 18
12 Mafra 13 4 4 5 15 20 7 2 3 2 10 10 6 2 1 3 5 10 -5 16
13 Nacional 13 3 4 6 13 17 7 1 2 4 7 9 6 2 2 2 6 8 -4 13
14 UD Oliveirense 13 2 5 6 15 21 6 1 5 0 8 6 7 1 0 6 7 15 -6 11
15 Torreense 13 3 1 9 7 17 7 1 1 5 1 8 6 2 0 4 6 9 -10 10
16 Belenenses 13 2 3 8 20 28 6 0 1 5 8 15 7 2 2 3 12 13 -8 9
17 Trofense 13 2 2 9 9 27 6 1 0 5 5 16 7 1 2 4 4 11 -18 8
18 Sporting Covilha 13 1 3 9 12 27 7 0 1 6 5 15 6 1 2 3 7 12 -15 6

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Boavista 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 6
2 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Vilafranquense 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
4 Belenenses 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0

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