Primeira Liga forecast and guide: Famalicão moderate thought to beat Paços de Ferreira

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 16.January
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho (10000 seats)

Paços de Ferreira know they are in for a grim journey to Famalicão and their Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho. This preview has all the information you require before the game.

Insights:
  • Famalicão have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Primeira Liga
  • Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

The hosts Famalicão saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Primeira Liga. Thankfully the previous game, versus Belenenses, was also a home game here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho. The away team is better rested.

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Famalicão form and stats

Famalicão's struggle is real here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho with only 6 points collected from 8 Primeira Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-4.

A nice win for Famalicão last time playing, versus Belenenses. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Riccieli scoring for the victors. Riccieli, defender, was given a rating of 7.64/10 in that game, top of the team. Riccieli scored one goal and won 3 of 6 duels.

Before that, Famalicão played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Sporting Braga.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Famalicão handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and three defeats.

Famalicão aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

There's been little loot from Paços de Ferreira's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Primeira Liga. Paços de Ferreira only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Paços de Ferreira, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Benfica (placed 3rd). Ferreira was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.15. The agile goalkeeper Ferreira stopped the opponent with four saves.

Before that, Ferreira secured a home win against Santa Clara with the score 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Paços de Ferreira have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were zero victories, one draw and zero defeats.

The attacking power of Paços de Ferreira when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Paços de Ferreira have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Paços de Ferreira - Famalicão 2-0 was the scoreline in these sides' previous head-to-head match, earlier this season. Head to head statistics (for the former nine meetings): Famalicão won five games, zero matches ended with a tie and Paços de Ferreira got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / five

Top Goalscorers

FamalicãoS. Banza
S. Banza
8 goals
Paços de FerreiraD. Pereira Júnior
D. Pereira Júnior
5 goals
Paços de FerreiraN. Valente Santos
N. Valente Santos
3 goals

Famalicão missing players

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Famalicão Paços de Ferreira
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 8 17
3 1 0 Won W 0 2 4
6 3 1 Drew D 2 2 5
8 4 2 Lost L 0 4 8
22 6 1 Scored S 2 5 13
32 13 5 Conceded C 2 11 22
94% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
88% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 71%
65% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 35%
41% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
65% 62% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 38% 41%
18% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 29%
24% 25% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 41%
 
4.4 5.4 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5 5.1
4.3 3.4 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.9 5.6
2.9 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 3.1 3.1
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.8 14.1 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.2 10.7
4.6 4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 2.9
28% 19% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 19% 26%
 
11.8 8.5 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15 15.5 14.4
4.3 3.5 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.9 5.1
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Famalicão have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Famalicão have the fewest points (6) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Famalicão have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Primeira Liga
  • Famalicão have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Paços de Ferreira haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 17 15 2 0 44 11 8 8 0 0 22 4 9 7 2 0 22 7 33 47
2 Sporting CP 17 14 2 1 32 10 9 8 1 0 16 3 8 6 1 1 16 7 22 44
3 Benfica 17 13 1 3 49 15 8 6 0 2 23 8 9 7 1 1 26 7 34 40
4 Sporting Braga 17 9 5 3 32 18 9 5 3 1 18 8 8 4 2 2 14 10 14 32
5 Gil Vicente 17 7 5 5 26 20 9 3 2 4 14 13 8 4 3 1 12 7 6 26
6 Estoril 17 6 7 4 23 19 8 1 5 2 11 12 9 5 2 2 12 7 4 25
7 Portimonense 17 7 3 7 18 18 9 2 2 5 6 11 8 5 1 2 12 7 0 24
8 Vitoria Guimaraes 17 6 5 6 24 20 8 4 2 2 15 9 9 2 3 4 9 11 4 23
9 Maritimo 17 5 5 7 22 27 8 3 3 2 12 8 9 2 2 5 10 19 -5 20
10 Boavista 17 3 8 6 19 27 9 3 5 1 12 9 8 0 3 5 7 18 -8 17
11 Paços de Ferreira 17 4 5 8 13 22 9 2 3 4 8 11 8 2 2 4 5 11 -9 17
12 Tondela 17 5 1 11 22 34 9 4 0 5 14 17 8 1 1 6 8 17 -12 16
13 Vizela 17 3 7 7 16 28 9 2 4 3 8 11 8 1 3 4 8 17 -12 16
14 Santa Clara 17 4 4 9 17 34 9 4 2 3 10 16 8 0 2 6 7 18 -17 16
15 Moreirense 17 3 6 8 17 26 8 2 3 3 11 12 9 1 3 5 6 14 -9 15
16 Famalicão 17 3 6 8 22 32 8 1 3 4 6 13 9 2 3 4 16 19 -10 15
17 Arouca 17 3 5 9 17 33 8 3 1 4 10 18 9 0 4 5 7 15 -16 14
18 Belenenses 17 2 5 10 9 28 8 2 2 4 7 16 9 0 3 6 2 12 -19 11

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.