A win is the only result that will please the Vitória SC club members in this Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques battle with Paços de Ferreira, having a solid lead on their opponents in the Liga Portugal table.
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (2) 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!
Vitória SC form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 13 Liga Portugal games here at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques for Vitória SC. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
Vitória SC lost their last game at Benfica (placed 1st) after a 1-5 scoreline. Vitória were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The forward Luz was announced as "man of the match" for Vitória SC with the rating of 7.1/10. Luz dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
Ahead of that match, Vitória SC lost 0-2 at home to Arouca.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vitória have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 20 games) they have won 14 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Vitória SC has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Vitória SC have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Paços de Ferreira have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga Portugal, after 2-2-8 (12 played).
Paços de Ferreira are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Arouca (placed 6th). The attacker Gaitán got a match rating of 8.4 in that game. Gaitán scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, Ferreira secured a home win against Santa Clara with the score 1-0.Paços de Ferreira are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Paços de Ferreira have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. Ferreira has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Paços de Ferreira - Vitória SC 0-1 was the result in these sides' previous h2h fixture, played this season. Statistics for the prior ten meetings involving these two squads are: seven wins for Vitória SC, one draw and two wins for Paços de Ferreira. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pelegrini Safira 5 goals |   A. Butzke Benavides 5 goals |  T. Silva 4 goals |
Vitória SC missing players
Paços de Ferreira missing players
| Vitória SC | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 25 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 29 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | 43 |
| 88% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 48% | 38% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 72% |
| 44% | 31% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 48% |
| 20% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 20% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 8% |
| 36% | 31% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 48% |
| 40% | 46% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 36% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 44% |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 12.1 | 12.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.7 | 12.1 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 21% |
| 12 | 9.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.5 | 15.6 | 14.5 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
- 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 (2) in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Paços de Ferreira haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 52 | 68 |
| 2 | Porto | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 38 | 58 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 32 | 56 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 26 | 50 |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 40 |
| 6 | Arouca | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 38 |
| 7 | Casa Pia | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 38 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 33 |
| 9 | Famalicao | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 33 |
| 10 | Vizela | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Chaves | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 32 |
| 12 | Boavista | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -12 | 30 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 29 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 25 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 15 | Estoril | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -18 | 22 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 31 | -30 | 16 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -24 | 16 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 25 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 13 | -21 | 15 |
