Football betting preview: Paços de Ferreira vs Belenenses

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 04.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio da Capital do Móvel (6404 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Primeira Liga, Paços de Ferreira holding 16th place and Belenenses lying 13th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

Overall Primeira Liga stats at home this season for Paços de Ferreira are 4-2-7 (wins-draw-losses).

The Paços de Ferreira fans got no joy from their last match, a Primeira Liga game also here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel: A 1-2 defeat against Vitória SC (placed 6th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Desportivo Aves with a 3-1 scoreline.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Paços de Ferreira here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 13 games). Paços de Ferreira's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Belenenses form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Belenenses so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Belenenses are looking to quickly end their 231 minutes long goal drought in the Primeira Liga. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Belenenses goalkeeper Andre Campos Moreira is eager to challenge this, with his 275 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Belenenses delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Famalicão (placed 7th) in their previous match; a Primeira Liga game. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Rio Ave.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Belenenses have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Belenenses - Paços de Ferreira 1-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Paços de Ferreira wins - draws - Belenenses wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BelenensesL. Pereira Carneiro
L. Pereira Carneiro
6 goals
Paços de FerreiraD. da Silva Souza
D. da Silva Souza
4 goals
Paços de FerreiraH. Castro Ferreira
H. Castro Ferreira
3 goals

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Belenenses missing players

Paços de Ferreira Belenenses
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 13 3 Played P 3 12 24
6 4 2 Won W 2 3 7
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
14 7 1 Lost L 0 6 12
18 10 3 Scored S 4 10 19
34 14 2 Conceded C 1 19 38
88% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 83%
54% 46% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 62%
42% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 38%
17% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 25%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
38% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 38%
25% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 29%
50% 46% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 50%
 
5.8 6.5 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.8 4.5
4.7 3.8 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.7 6.1
3.2 3.1 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.7 2.8
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
289 185 46 Total Shots T S 33 108 232
74 46 7 Shots on Target S O 12 34 64
24% 22% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 30%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Belenenses have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 Vitoria Setubal 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 Maritimo 24 5 9 10 22 32 12 3 5 4 16 16 12 2 4 6 6 16 -10 24
16 Paços 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.