The odds favour Chaves in this game versus Paços de Ferreira, but the away side will fight to the finish. Here's our match preview!
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga Portugal
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.
Chaves form and stats
5-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Chaves so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira.
Chaves enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Famalicão's place. The match ended 2-1 with Teixeira and Hernandez scoring. Chaves goalkeeper Vítor did an outstanding job against Famalicão with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Langa, defender, was given a rating of 7.81/10 in that game, top of the team. Langa hit two key passes and won 9 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match, Chaves won a home game hosting Casa Pia (1-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chaves handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Chaves has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. On the other hand, Chaves have conceded 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Paços de Ferreira have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Liga Portugal, after 3-3-9 (15 played).
Home advantage was not enough for Ferreira in their previous game as they lost hosting Sporting CP, 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Sporting CP was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. It is probably bad news for Paços de Ferreira that their goalie Marafona managed eight saves in the Sporting CP fixture, but still were unable to hinder a loss.
Prior to that result Paços de Ferreira won their away game at Vizela. The scoreline was 2-1.We have checked recent matches where Paços de Ferreira have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
The attacking power of Ferreira when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Paços de Ferreira's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the participants met earlier this season; Paços de Ferreira - Chaves 1-1. Previous eight meetings between these participants: Chaves won three, Paços de Ferreira triumphed in two and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. de Sousa Vitoria 7 goals |  H. Hernández Marrero 6 goals |   A. Butzke Benavides 6 goals |
Chaves missing players
Paços de Ferreira missing players
| Chaves | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 32 | 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 35 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | 56 |
| 90% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 71% | 73% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 74% |
| 35% | 33% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 53% | 52% |
| 13% | 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 6% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| 52% | 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 48% |
| 29% | 27% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 13% | 10% |
| 29% | 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 40% | 45% |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 7.4 | 6.7 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 13.4 | 14.5 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 9.5 | 11.5 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 23% | 22% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 28% | 21% |
| 16.3 | 15.9 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 15.4 | 14.4 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
- Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the the worst goal difference (-33) 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 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 72 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 55 | 80 |
| 2 | Porto | 31 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 45 | 76 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 31 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 66 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 40 | 71 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 65 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 37 | 67 |
| 5 | Arouca | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 48 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -4 | 47 |
| 7 | Chaves | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 43 |
| 8 | Famalicão | 31 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 35 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -6 | 42 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 40 |
| 10 | Boavista | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 49 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 29 | -12 | 40 |
| 11 | Vizela | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 39 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -4 | 39 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 34 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 26 | -11 | 31 |
| 15 | Estoril | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 28 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 31 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 35 | -29 | 23 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 31 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 56 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -33 | 20 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 31 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 50 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 21 | -28 | 19 |
