Primeira Liga: Belenenses - Vitória SC preview and statistics

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 22.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nacional (37593 seats)

The visiting Vitória SC side should be favourites in this visit to Belenenses, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.

Belenenses and Vitória SC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Belenenses form and stats

Overall Primeira Liga stats at home this season for Belenenses are 4-2-6 (wins-draw-losses).

Stress levels are on the rise for Belenenses's attacking players as they have now played 231 minutes without scoring in a league game. Lica was their last goal scorer. Nothing to worry about in defence for Belenenses, as their goalkeeper Andre Campos Moreira has completely shut out the opponents for 275 minutes in the Primeira Liga.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Belenenses, who played 0-0 against Famalicão. That match was also played at this venue (Estádio Nacional). A 0-0 draw away before that, with Rio Ave the opponent.

Belenenses aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Nacional in the league, with only 9 goals from 12 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Belenenses defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Vitória SC form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Vitória SC playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. Having won their last three away games Vitória SC has no reason to fear anyone.

Vitória SC play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Pacos de Ferreira (placed 16th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Tondela.

João Teixeira came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Pacos de Ferreira last time out, making the manager I. Abreu Vieira feel like a tactical genius.

Vitória SC are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 12 away games so far. Vitória SC have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Vitória SC - Belenenses 5-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Belenenses victories, five draws and three Vitória SC wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BelenensesL. Pereira Carneiro
L. Pereira Carneiro
6 goals
Vitória SCJ. Vilaça Teixeira
J. Vilaça Teixeira
6 goals
Vitória SCD. da Luz Pereira
D. da Luz Pereira
5 goals

Belenenses missing players

Vitória SC missing players

Belenenses Vitória SC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 12 24
7 4 0 Won W 3 4 10
5 2 1 Drew D 1 5 7
12 6 3 Lost L 0 3 7
19 9 2 Scored S 7 20 40
38 19 12 Conceded C 2 15 25
83% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
62% 58% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 83%
38% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 42%
25% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 25%
17% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
38% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 50%
29% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 33%
50% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 21%
 
4.5 4.2 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7.8 7.3 7.7
6.1 4.5 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.8 4.3
2.8 3 5.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2.1
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
232 124 33 Total Shots T S 69 190 383
64 30 9 Shots on Target S O 22 64 122
30% 30% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 31% 33%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Belenenses has the the worst goal difference (-10) at home
  • Belenenses have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Vitória SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vitória SC have scored more than double the goals of Belenenses.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 24 19 3 2 50 16 12 10 1 1 26 6 12 9 2 1 24 10 34 60
2 Benfica 24 19 2 3 52 14 12 9 1 2 28 7 12 10 1 1 24 7 38 59
3 Sporting Braga 24 14 4 6 41 26 12 7 3 2 22 15 12 7 1 4 19 11 15 46
4 Sporting CP 24 13 3 8 37 26 12 8 0 4 19 12 12 5 3 4 18 14 11 42
5 Rio Ave 24 10 8 6 32 23 12 4 5 3 16 12 12 6 3 3 16 11 9 38
6 Vitória SC 24 10 7 7 40 25 12 6 2 4 20 10 12 4 5 3 20 15 15 37
7 Famalicão 24 10 7 7 38 40 12 6 3 3 23 21 12 4 4 4 15 19 -2 37
8 Moreirense 24 7 9 8 34 32 12 6 3 3 20 15 12 1 6 5 14 17 2 30
9 Santa Clara 24 8 6 10 19 26 12 4 2 6 9 15 12 4 4 4 10 11 -7 30
10 Gil Vicente 24 7 9 8 25 29 12 4 6 2 15 13 12 3 3 6 10 16 -4 30
11 Boavista 24 7 8 9 19 23 12 3 4 5 11 13 12 4 4 4 8 10 -4 29
12 Vitória FC 24 6 10 8 17 27 12 3 6 3 7 11 12 3 4 5 10 16 -10 28
13 Belenenses 24 7 5 12 19 38 12 4 2 6 9 19 12 3 3 6 10 19 -19 26
14 Tondela 24 6 7 11 20 30 12 1 5 6 7 15 12 5 2 5 13 15 -10 25
15 Marítimo 24 5 9 10 22 32 12 3 5 4 16 16 12 2 4 6 6 16 -10 24
16 Pacos de Ferreira 24 6 4 14 18 34 13 4 2 7 10 14 11 2 2 7 8 20 -16 22
17 Portimonense 24 2 10 12 16 34 11 1 6 4 8 12 13 1 4 8 8 22 -18 16
18 Desportivo Aves 24 4 1 19 23 47 12 3 0 9 11 19 12 1 1 10 12 28 -24 13

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.