Famalicão manager de Sousa looking for three points in Chaves showdown

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Mon 08.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho (10000 seats)

All the points stay with the home side, the away team steals it or a tactical 0-0 draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table inhabitants Famalicão and Chaves duel at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho.

These are busy days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the Taça De Portugal. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Porto.

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Famalicão form and stats

All-inclusive Liga Portugal stats at home this season for Famalicão are 9-1-5 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho.

The club members are hoping that Famalicão will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away defeat in the Taça De Portugal fixture against Porto. Midfielder Jaime was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.04 (out of ten) in that game. Jaime scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 7 of 11 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).

Heartbreak before that as Famalicão lost 1-2 at Sporting CP's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Famalicão handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Famalicão are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. From these home matches, Famalicão have conceded only 13 goals.

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Chaves form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga Portugal matches, Chaves have produced an overall stat of 5-5-5 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Chaves, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Impressive finishing from Vitória secured the home win 1-0 against Casa Pia in their previous game. Midfield player Teixeira was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.13/10. Teixeira served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Santa Clara that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Chaves have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Chaves have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Famalicão have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when facing Chaves.

The latest head to head meeting ended Chaves - Famalicão 0-2, played this season. The matches between these teams have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 red cards from the last eight encounters.

Top Goalscorers

FamalicãoI. Jaime Pajuelo
I. Jaime Pajuelo
8 goals
ChavesS. de Sousa Vitoria
S. de Sousa Vitoria
7 goals
ChavesH. Hernández Marrero
H. Hernández Marrero
6 goals

Famalicão missing players

Chaves missing players

Famalicão Chaves
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
13 9 3 Won W 1 5 10
3 1 1 Drew D 2 5 10
14 5 0 Lost L 1 5 10
34 18 7 Scored S 3 13 30
39 13 1 Conceded C 3 17 34
90% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 90%
60% 47% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 70%
50% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 33%
27% 13% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 13%
17% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
43% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 50%
30% 40% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 30%
37% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 30%
 
4.3 4.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.8 4.8
5.6 5.5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 7.9 7.3
2.4 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 3.2
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
12.6 14 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 12.1 13.3
3.6 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.1 4.6
32% 32% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 21% 22%
 
14.4 13.8 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 16.3 16.1
4.9 4.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 5.1 4.9

  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 30 25 2 3 71 17 15 13 1 1 44 12 15 12 1 2 27 5 54 77
2 Porto 30 23 4 3 63 19 15 13 0 2 39 10 15 10 4 1 24 9 44 73
3 Sporting Braga 30 23 2 5 66 25 15 11 2 2 32 8 15 12 0 3 34 17 41 71
4 Sporting CP 30 20 4 6 61 28 15 12 1 2 38 9 15 8 3 4 23 19 33 64
5 Arouca 30 13 9 8 33 34 15 9 2 4 21 16 15 4 7 4 12 18 -1 48
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 30 13 5 12 29 36 15 8 3 4 14 12 15 5 2 8 15 24 -7 44
7 Famalicão 30 13 3 14 34 39 15 9 1 5 18 13 15 4 2 9 16 26 -5 42
8 Chaves 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 5 5 5 17 17 15 5 5 5 13 17 -4 40
9 Vizela 30 11 6 13 33 32 15 5 3 7 17 17 15 6 3 6 16 15 1 39
10 Casa Pia 30 11 6 13 27 34 15 6 3 6 15 14 15 5 3 7 12 20 -7 39
11 Rio Ave 30 10 8 12 31 35 15 8 2 5 16 11 15 2 6 7 15 24 -4 38
12 Boavista 30 10 7 13 36 49 15 7 5 3 21 20 15 3 2 10 15 29 -13 37
13 Portimonense 30 10 3 17 23 39 15 6 3 6 13 14 15 4 0 11 10 25 -16 33
14 Gil Vicente 30 8 7 15 26 36 15 4 6 5 11 13 15 4 1 10 15 23 -10 31
15 Estoril 30 8 4 18 26 45 15 5 2 8 15 23 15 3 2 10 11 22 -19 28
16 Maritimo 30 6 4 20 27 56 15 5 2 8 18 21 15 1 2 12 9 35 -29 22
17 Pacos de Ferreira 30 5 5 20 23 52 15 2 2 11 10 28 15 3 3 9 13 24 -29 20
18 Santa Clara 30 3 7 20 19 48 15 2 5 8 14 27 15 1 2 12 5 21 -29 16

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.