Casa Pia vs Famalicão match preview: Even contest expected at Estádio Nacional

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 18.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nacional (37593 seats)

Casa Pia are chasing the top league spots while Famalicão are more involved in escaping relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?

Insights:
  • Casa Pia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Famalicão have the fewest scored goals (1) in Liga Portugal

This should be an action-packed game with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get ready!

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Casa Pia form and stats

1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Casa Pia so far this season.

Casa Pia enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Paços de Ferreira's place. The match ended 3-2 with Godwin, Clayton and Neto scoring. Casa goalkeeper Batista did an outstanding job against Paços de Ferreira with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Defender Varela got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.32/10. Varela won 4 of 9 duels.

Before that, Casa Pia drew at home 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 Casa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Casa Pia aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Nacional in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Defensively Casa have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Famalicão form and stats

The Liga Portugal season is young and Famalicão 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.

Famalicão have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 250 minutes ago. Youssouf was the goal scorer.

Famalicão failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Benfica (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. It is not a good sign for Famalicão that their goalkeeper Júnior managed six saves in the Benfica match, but still couldn't save them from a loss.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Portimonense'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 16 relevant matches. Results were 7 Famalicão wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Something to take note of for sports bettors wanting to bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this fixture: This club have played 6 consecutive league games with just one or no side finding the net.

0 goals so far away for Famalicão, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 3 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Casa PiaS. Godwin
S. Godwin
2 goals
Casa PiaNeto
Neto
1 goals
Casa PiaR. Martins
R. Martins
1 goals

Casa Pia missing players

Famalicão missing players

Casa Pia Famalicão
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 1 3 6
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
6 2 0 Scored S 0 0 1
3 1 0 Conceded C 1 3 7
67% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 83%
33% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 33%
17% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 17%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
67% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
50% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 83%
 
4 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.7 4.2
6 4.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.3 5.3
3.2 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.5 6.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.7 10.8
2.5 2.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.3 3.5
40% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 5%
 
12.2 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11.3 14
3.5 2.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3.3 4.7
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Casa Pia have scored more than double the goals of Famalicão.
  • Casa Pia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Famalicão have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Famalicão have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Famalicão have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Liga Portugal
  • Famalicão have the fewest scored goals (1) in Liga Portugal
  • Famalicão have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Liga Portugal
  • Famalicão have yet to win a game away.

  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 6 6 0 0 14 3 3 3 0 0 9 3 3 3 0 0 5 0 11 18
2 Sporting Braga 6 5 1 0 21 5 3 2 1 0 9 3 3 3 0 0 12 2 16 16
3 Porto 6 5 0 1 15 4 3 3 0 0 11 1 3 2 0 1 4 3 11 15
4 Portimonense 6 4 0 2 7 6 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 2 0 1 4 4 1 12
5 Boavista 6 4 0 2 6 7 3 2 0 1 3 4 3 2 0 1 3 3 -1 12
6 Casa Pia 6 3 2 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 11
7 Sporting CP 6 3 1 2 12 8 3 2 0 1 7 2 3 1 1 1 5 6 4 10
8 Vitória SC 6 3 0 3 4 4 3 2 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 2 2 3 0 9
9 Chaves 6 2 2 2 6 7 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 4 4 -1 8
10 Gil Vicente 6 2 2 2 5 6 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 -1 8
11 Estoril 5 2 1 2 7 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 7
12 Arouca 6 2 1 3 4 13 3 1 0 2 2 8 3 1 1 1 2 5 -9 7
13 Vizela 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 -1 5
14 Rio Ave 6 1 2 3 8 11 3 1 0 2 5 5 3 0 2 1 3 6 -3 5
15 Santa Clara 6 1 1 4 4 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 3 1 4 -3 4
16 Famalicão 6 1 1 4 1 7 3 1 0 2 1 4 3 0 1 2 0 3 -6 4
17 Paços de Ferreira 6 0 0 6 4 14 3 0 0 3 2 9 3 0 0 3 2 5 -10 0
18 Maritimo 6 0 0 6 4 17 3 0 0 3 2 5 3 0 0 3 2 12 -13 0

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.