Boavista vs Famalicão match preview: Even contest expected at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 19.March
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (28263 seats)

This is the game, this is Liga Portugal and this is Boavista - Famalicão. Get our broad match preview!

Insights:
  • Boavista have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in Liga Portugal
  • Famalicão have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga Portugal

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Boavista form and stats

Boavista have played 12 Liga Portugal games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). Boavista have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Gorré was the last player to score a league goal for Boavista and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Boavista haven't scored in 213 minutes.

Boavista faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sporting CP (0-3). Defender Abascal got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.21/10. Abascal hit one key pass and won 8 of 11 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Arouca.

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 Boavista have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 6 and lost 2.

The Boavista fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Famalicão form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Famalicão so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-8 (win-draw-lose).

Famalicão are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Casa Pia (placed 7th). Defender Riccieli was the best team player with a rating of 7.72. Riccieli won 4 of 9 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Benfica's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Famalicão playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 5 Famalicão wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

The attacking power of Famalicão when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. As for defending, Famalicão rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 22 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Famalicão - Boavista 4-0. Head-to-head totals (for the previous nine meetings): Boavista won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Famalicão managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / one. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 7 sending-offs from the last nine encounters.

Top Goalscorers

BoavistaY. Njie
Y. Njie
10 goals
FamalicãoI. Jaime Pajuelo
I. Jaime Pajuelo
5 goals
BoavistaV. Sasso
V. Sasso
4 goals

Boavista missing players

Famalicão missing players

Boavista Famalicão
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 2 12 24
8 5 1 Won W 0 2 9
6 5 2 Drew D 1 2 3
10 2 0 Lost L 1 8 12
27 15 3 Scored S 0 10 23
38 15 2 Conceded C 1 22 31
92% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 88%
71% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 54%
58% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 42% 42%
33% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 42% 25%
12% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 17%
54% 58% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 42% 33%
21% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 38%
33% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 42%
 
5.3 6.7 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.2
5.2 5.1 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 4.8 5.2
3.1 3.1 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.6
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.1 12 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.8 12.4
3.2 3.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.5
36% 33% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 27%
 
11.9 10.3 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 15.2 14.9
4.3 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.2 5
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Boavista have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in Liga Portugal
  • Boavista have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Famalicão have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Famalicão have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga Portugal

  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 24 21 2 1 61 13 12 11 1 0 37 9 12 10 1 1 24 4 48 65
2 Porto 24 18 3 3 55 17 12 10 0 2 35 9 12 8 3 1 20 8 38 57
3 Sporting Braga 24 18 1 5 54 22 11 8 1 2 23 6 13 10 0 3 31 16 32 55
4 Sporting CP 24 16 2 6 49 23 12 10 0 2 32 7 12 6 2 4 17 16 26 50
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 24 12 4 8 24 24 13 8 2 3 14 10 11 4 2 5 10 14 0 40
6 Arouca 24 10 7 7 28 31 12 7 1 4 18 15 12 3 6 3 10 16 -3 37
7 Casa Pia 24 10 5 9 20 24 12 5 3 4 10 9 12 5 2 5 10 15 -4 35
8 Famalicão 24 9 3 12 23 31 12 7 1 4 13 9 12 2 2 8 10 22 -8 30
9 Rio Ave 24 8 6 10 23 28 12 7 1 4 14 9 12 1 5 6 9 19 -5 30
10 Boavista 24 8 6 10 27 38 12 5 5 2 15 15 12 3 1 8 12 23 -11 30
11 Vizela 24 8 5 11 26 27 12 4 2 6 12 13 12 4 3 5 14 14 -1 29
12 Gil Vicente 24 8 5 11 26 31 12 4 4 4 11 11 12 4 1 7 15 20 -5 29
13 Chaves 24 7 8 9 24 31 12 3 5 4 14 15 12 4 3 5 10 16 -7 29
14 Portimonense 24 8 2 14 18 31 12 5 2 5 10 11 12 3 0 9 8 20 -13 26
15 Estoril 24 6 4 14 21 37 11 3 2 6 11 20 13 3 2 8 10 17 -16 22
16 Marítimo 24 4 4 16 17 45 12 3 2 7 10 16 12 1 2 9 7 29 -28 16
17 Pacos de Ferreira 24 4 3 17 18 42 13 2 2 9 9 23 11 2 1 8 9 19 -24 15
18 Santa Clara 24 3 6 15 17 36 12 2 4 6 13 23 12 1 2 9 4 13 -19 15

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.