Liga Portugal fixture sneak peek: Vizela vs Vitória SC

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Fri 30.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Vizela (3500 seats)

The guesting Vitória SC side are probably favourites at Vizela, as the guests hold a 8 point edge from their twelve league games this season.

Insights:
  • Vizela have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Liga Portugal
  • Vitória SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both sides have had plentiful rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an in-your-face fixture!

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Vizela form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Liga Portugal this season. Vizela have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Estádio Do Vizela. The Vizela manager da Silva might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The fans are hoping that Vizela will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the League Cup fixture against Porto.

In the match before, 1-1 away to Mafra (League Cup). 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 Vizela have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 6 and lost 2.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 13 league games, 10 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

Vizela aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Do Vizela in the league, with only {3 goals} from 6 games.

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Vitória SC form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Vitória SC playing as the away team in the Liga Portugal this season.

It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Boavista in their previous outing. The League Cup fixture ended 0-0.

A 2-2 in a home game in the League Cup before that, facing Belenenses. The club were dissatisfied with the result, being solid pre-match favourites. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vitória playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 0 Vitória SC wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

The attacking power of Vitória SC when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Vitória SC have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Vizela-Vitória SC H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Vizela two wins, Vitória SC four wins, zero draws. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Vitória SCN. Luz
N. Luz
3 goals
VizelaK. Zohi
K. Zohi
2 goals
VizelaA. de Jesus Santos
A. de Jesus Santos
2 goals

Vizela missing players

Vitória SC missing players

Vizela Vitória SC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 1 6 13
4 1 0 Won W 1 2 7
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
6 4 1 Lost L 0 3 4
11 3 0 Scored S 1 5 14
13 6 1 Conceded C 0 8 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
46% 17% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 38%
23% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 38%
15% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 23%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
31% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 31%
31% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 46%
38% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 31%
 
5.5 7.2 1 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.7 4.9
7.1 5.8 10 Corners against (avg) C A 14 6.8 5.7
3.6 3 6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 7 5.7 4.3
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
15.5 18.7 4 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11 11.4
5.6 6 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.7 4.1
15% 8% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 23% 26%
 
14.8 12.5 15 Shots against (avg) S A 25 16.5 11.5
4.4 3.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.7 3.6
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Vitória SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vitória SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vizela have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Liga Portugal
  • Vizela have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Liga Portugal
  • Vizela have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vizela 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 12 11 1 0 34 6 6 6 0 0 23 5 6 5 1 0 11 1 28 34
2 Porto 12 8 2 2 27 8 6 5 0 1 19 3 6 3 2 1 8 5 19 26
3 Sporting Braga 12 8 1 3 27 11 6 3 1 2 11 5 6 5 0 1 16 6 16 25
4 Casa Pia 12 7 2 3 12 8 6 3 1 2 4 2 6 4 1 1 8 6 4 23
5 Sporting CP 12 7 1 4 24 14 6 5 0 1 16 4 6 2 1 3 8 10 10 22
6 Vitória SC 12 6 2 4 13 13 6 4 1 1 8 5 6 2 1 3 5 8 0 20
7 Portimonense 12 6 1 5 11 12 6 3 1 2 5 5 6 3 0 3 6 7 -1 19
8 Arouca 12 5 4 3 14 18 6 3 1 2 9 11 6 2 3 1 5 7 -4 19
9 Boavista 12 5 2 5 13 19 6 3 2 1 8 8 6 2 0 4 5 11 -6 17
10 Estoril 12 4 4 4 13 15 6 1 2 3 6 12 6 3 2 1 7 3 -2 16
11 Rio Ave 13 4 4 5 16 19 7 4 1 2 9 6 6 0 3 3 7 13 -3 16
12 Chaves 12 4 4 4 11 15 6 1 4 1 6 5 6 3 0 3 5 10 -4 16
13 Vizela 12 3 3 6 9 13 6 1 1 4 3 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 -4 12
14 Famalicão 12 3 2 7 10 16 5 3 0 2 7 5 7 0 2 5 3 11 -6 11
15 Santa Clara 12 2 4 6 8 12 6 1 3 2 6 7 6 1 1 4 2 5 -4 10
16 Gil Vicente 12 2 3 7 10 18 7 1 2 4 4 8 5 1 1 3 6 10 -8 9
17 Maritimo 13 1 4 8 9 27 6 0 2 4 4 8 7 1 2 4 5 19 -18 7
18 Pacos de Ferreira 12 0 2 10 7 24 6 0 1 5 3 12 6 0 1 5 4 12 -17 2

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.