Betting preview: Famalicão vs Vitória SC should be interesting

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Fri 01.October
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho (10000 seats)

Primeira Liga: Famalicão are 4 points short of Vitória SC, but are inspired to go full throttle. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Famalicão have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Primeira Liga
  • Vitória SC have not yet lost a game away.

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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Famalicão form and stats

Three Primeira Liga home games done for Famalicão, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

In their previous game, the manager I. Abreu Vieira led his Famalicão to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Tondela. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho. Defender Adrián Marín got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.63/10. Marín scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match, Famalicão won a home game hosting Penafiel (5-0).

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

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Famalicão here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Famalicão have conceded 3 in these home matches.

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Vitória SC form and stats

Vitória SC are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primeira Liga, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (0 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses). It's three draws from Vitória's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

The manager P. Marques da Costa Filipe was unhappy after their last game, a Primeira Liga match played at their home ground Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques. Vitória SC suffered a 1-3 loss to Benfica (placed 1st). Defender Rafa Soares was the best team player with a rating of 7.11. Soares hit four key passes and won 1 of 1 duels.

Preceding that game was the away League Cup victory against Sporting Covilha with the score of 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Vitória in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Vitória SC, one draw and one defeat.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Vitória SC as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the former five meetings between these two contenders are: one win for Famalicão, two draws and two wins for Vitória SC. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

FamalicãoS. Banza
S. Banza
2 goals
FamalicãoR. da Silva Junior
R. da Silva Junior
1 goals
FamalicãoI. Jaime Pajuelo
I. Jaime Pajuelo
1 goals

Famalicão missing players

Vitória SC missing players

Famalicão Vitória SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 3 7
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 4
4 1 0 Lost L 0 0 2
7 2 0 Scored S 2 2 7
12 3 0 Conceded C 2 2 6
86% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 33% 57%
86% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 33% 43%
57% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 43%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
71% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 29%
14% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 57%
29% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 57%
 
4.4 4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.3 6.7
5.7 5.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.3 5
3.7 3.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.7 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12.4 12.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.3 13.6
5 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 1.7 3.1
20% 13% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 40% 32%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Famalicão have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Primeira Liga
  • Famalicão have yet to win a game.
  • Vitória SC have not yet lost a game away.
  • Vitória SC have yet to win a 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 Benfica 7 7 0 0 19 4 3 3 0 0 7 2 4 4 0 0 12 2 15 21
2 Porto 7 5 2 0 16 4 3 3 0 0 10 0 4 2 2 0 6 4 12 17
3 Sporting CP 7 5 2 0 11 3 4 3 1 0 7 1 3 2 1 0 4 2 8 17
4 Estoril 6 4 1 1 9 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 7 2 5 13
5 Sporting Braga 6 3 2 1 9 5 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 11
6 Portimonense 6 3 1 2 7 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 10
7 Boavista 6 2 2 2 8 8 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 0 8
8 Gil Vicente 7 2 2 3 8 8 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 8
9 Pacos de Ferreira 6 2 2 2 5 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 4 -2 8
10 Vitória SC 7 1 4 2 7 6 4 1 1 2 5 4 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 7
11 Marítimo 7 1 3 3 6 9 3 0 2 1 3 5 4 1 1 2 3 4 -3 6
12 Tondela 7 2 0 5 10 14 4 2 0 2 7 7 3 0 0 3 3 7 -4 6
13 Moreirense 7 1 3 3 10 16 4 1 1 2 7 8 3 0 2 1 3 8 -6 6
14 Vizela 6 1 3 2 6 12 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 0 1 2 2 9 -6 6
15 Arouca 7 1 2 4 7 14 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 0 1 3 3 9 -7 5
16 Santa Clara 6 1 1 4 4 14 3 1 1 1 3 7 3 0 0 3 1 7 -10 4
17 Famalicão 7 0 3 4 7 12 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 0 1 3 5 9 -5 3
18 Belenenses 6 0 3 3 3 8 3 0 2 1 3 4 3 0 1 2 0 4 -5 3

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.