Betting preview: Boavista vs Paços de Ferreira should be interesting

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Mon 16.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (28263 seats)

Match week two of the Primeira Liga season and the participants have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Boavista - Paços de Ferreira preview:

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.

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Boavista form and stats

Last season, Boavista's league statistics were 8 wins, 12 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the Primeira Liga. Over these 34 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 49. Playing at home last season Boavista managed 5-4-8 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 22 conceded.

Boavista lost their last game at Gil Vicente (placed 1st) after a 0-3 scoreline. Attacking player Gustavo Sauer bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.13 out of 10. Sauer hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Before that, Boavista had a League Cup home game versus Portimonense which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 Boavista have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn two and lost four.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

Let's have a look at how Paços de Ferreira performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 8 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 17/22 goals scored/conceded.

Lucas Silva and Nuno Santos scored in Paços de Ferreira's previous match, the home game against Famalicao that ended 2-0. Midfield player Stephen Eustáquio was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.0/10. Eustáquio dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 70 successful passes (of 79 total).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Gil Vicente (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) in the League Cup.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Paços de Ferreira in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Ferreira, five draws and five defeats.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Boavista wins - draws - Paços de Ferreira wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Paços de FerreiraL. da Silva de Jesus
L. da Silva de Jesus
1 goals
Paços de FerreiraN. Valente Santos
N. Valente Santos
1 goals

Boavista missing players

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Boavista Paços de Ferreira
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
1 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 19
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
Boavista Last season Paços de Ferreira
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
8 5   Won W   5 15
12 4   Drew D   5 8
14 8   Lost L   7 11
39 17   Scored S   17 40
49 22   Conceded C   22 41
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
71% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 88%
47% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 35%
26% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 9%
15% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
50% 29%   BTTS BTTS   47% 44%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 26%
32% 41%   Failed to Score F T   35% 32%
 
3.9 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.4
6.3 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.8
2.5 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
10 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
11 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 11.1
3.9 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 3.8
29% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Sporting CP 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Tondela 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Estoril 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Paços de Ferreira 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Porto 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Sporting Braga 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
8 Benfica 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Portimonense 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Moreirense 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
13 Belenenses 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
14 Famalicao 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Boavista 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
17 Santa Clara 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
18 Vizela 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 34 26 7 1 65 20 17 13 4 0 34 10 17 13 3 1 31 10 45 85
2 Porto 34 24 8 2 74 29 17 13 3 1 40 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 45 80
3 Benfica 34 23 7 4 69 27 17 12 3 2 31 15 17 11 4 2 38 12 42 76
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 7 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 17 8 4 5 26 18 20 64
5 Paços de Ferreira 34 15 8 11 40 41 17 10 3 4 23 19 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 53
6 Santa Clara 34 13 7 14 44 36 17 7 5 5 26 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 8 46
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 7 1 9 21 27 17 5 6 6 16 17 -7 43
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 4 10 3 24 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -6 43
9 Famalicao 34 10 10 14 40 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 17 6 3 8 21 24 -8 40
10 Belenenses 34 9 13 12 25 35 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 3 8 6 10 17 -10 40
11 Gil Vicente 34 11 6 17 33 42 17 4 4 9 13 20 17 7 2 8 20 22 -9 39
12 Tondela 34 10 6 18 36 57 17 8 2 7 18 21 17 2 4 11 18 36 -21 36
13 Boavista 34 8 12 14 39 49 17 5 4 8 17 22 17 3 8 6 22 27 -10 36
14 Portimonense 34 9 8 17 34 41 17 6 5 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 35
15 Maritimo 34 10 5 19 27 47 17 5 3 9 10 21 17 5 2 10 17 26 -20 35
16 Rio Ave 34 7 13 14 25 40 17 4 6 7 12 18 17 3 7 7 13 22 -15 34
17 Farense 34 7 10 17 31 48 17 4 6 7 19 20 17 3 4 10 12 28 -17 31
18 Nacional 34 6 7 21 30 59 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 2 4 11 11 29 -29 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Sporting CP 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Tondela 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Estoril 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Paços de Ferreira 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Porto 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Sporting Braga 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
8 Benfica 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Portimonense 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Moreirense 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
13 Belenenses 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
14 Famalicao 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Boavista 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
17 Santa Clara 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
18 Vizela 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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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.