Soccer betting preview: Chaves welcomes Vizela in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira (9000 seats)

Chaves prepare to fight against Vizela in this Primeira Liga fixture. All you need to learn about the match is found right here!

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!

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Chaves form and stats

When playing at home in the Primeira Liga, Chaves have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 1 games.

Happy days for Chaves in their previous game, a fixture away at Maritimo (placed 17th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Midfielder Bachi was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.02 (out of ten) in that game. Bachi scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

Ahead of that match, Chaves lost 0-1 at home to Vitoria Guimaraes.

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 Chaves have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 4.

Early season league goal statistics from Chaves's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.

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Vizela form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Primeira Liga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats from 17 matches.

Vizela might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Porto proved too strong as Vizela slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans. The attacker Moreira got a match rating of 7.32 in that game. Moreira hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Rio Ave at their stadium, the result 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Vizela in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Vizela, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Vizela have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Chaves have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (1-3-0) when playing Vizela.

Top Goalscorers

ChavesJ. Brito Teixeira
J. Brito Teixeira
1 goals
ChavesJ. Fortes Bachiessa
J. Fortes Bachiessa
1 goals
VizelaN. Rocha Moreira
N. Rocha Moreira
1 goals

Chaves missing players

Vizela missing players

Chaves Vizela
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 1 1
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 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%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
4 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 4
4 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 8
1.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17.5 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 8.5
6 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 3.5
17% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 14%
 
13 14 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 11
6 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2.5
Chaves Last season Vizela
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
2 1   Played P   17 34
1 1   Won W   3 7
0 0   Drew D   5 12
1 0   Lost L   9 15
2 2   Scored S   21 37
1 0   Conceded C   37 58
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
50% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 82%
0% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 47%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 32%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 18%
0% 0%   BTTS BTTS   71% 65%
50% 100%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 6%
50% 0%   Failed to Score F T   29% 32%
 
7 6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.4
5.5 5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 5.9
1.5 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.9
0 0   Red cards R C   4 6
 
9.5 10   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 13.4
2 2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.7
50% 100%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 29%
 
11 13   Shots against (avg) S A   15.2 13.4
2 1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.6

  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 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
2 Benfica 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
3 Boavista 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Sporting Braga 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
6 Sporting CP 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 3 4
7 Portimonense 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
8 Estoril 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
9 Chaves 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
10 Gil Vicente 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
11 Vizela 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
12 Arouca 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -3 3
13 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 Casa Pia 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Pacos de Ferreira 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
16 Rio Ave 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
17 Maritimo 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -5 0
18 Famalicao 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 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 Porto 34 29 4 1 86 22 17 15 2 0 50 11 17 14 2 1 36 11 64 91
2 Sporting CP 34 27 4 3 73 23 17 14 1 2 34 8 17 13 3 1 39 15 50 85
3 Benfica 34 23 5 6 78 30 17 10 3 4 36 16 17 13 2 2 42 14 48 74
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 8 7 52 31 17 10 4 3 27 13 17 9 4 4 25 18 21 65
5 Gil Vicente 34 13 12 9 47 42 17 6 6 5 25 19 17 7 6 4 22 23 5 51
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 13 9 12 50 41 17 9 3 5 34 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 9 48
7 Santa Clara 34 9 13 12 38 54 17 8 6 3 24 23 17 1 7 9 14 31 -16 40
8 Famalicao 34 9 12 13 45 51 17 5 7 5 22 21 17 4 5 8 23 30 -6 39
9 Estoril 34 9 12 13 36 43 17 4 8 5 21 21 17 5 4 8 15 22 -7 39
10 Maritimo 34 9 11 14 39 44 17 4 6 7 19 17 17 5 5 7 20 27 -5 38
11 Pacos de Ferreira 34 9 11 14 29 44 17 5 6 6 19 22 17 4 5 8 10 22 -15 38
12 Boavista 34 7 17 10 39 52 17 4 10 3 20 20 17 3 7 7 19 32 -13 38
13 Portimonense 34 10 8 16 31 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 17 6 4 7 16 23 -14 38
14 Vizela 34 7 12 15 37 58 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 3 5 9 21 37 -21 33
15 Arouca 34 7 10 17 30 54 17 5 4 8 15 29 17 2 6 9 15 25 -24 31
16 Moreirense 34 7 8 19 33 51 17 5 3 9 22 23 17 2 5 10 11 28 -18 29
17 Tondela 34 7 7 20 41 67 17 4 4 9 24 33 17 3 3 11 17 34 -26 28
18 Belenenses 34 5 11 18 23 55 17 5 3 9 15 30 17 0 8 9 8 25 -32 26

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.