Paços de Ferreira - Boavista: Small difference between teams in Primeira Liga clash

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio da Capital do Móvel (6404 seats)

The league table in Primeira Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Paços de Ferreira leading Boavista by 6 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Boavista has the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Primeira Liga

Ferreira have less rest than Boavista in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Cup game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Porto, so at least Ferreira are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Paços de Ferreira so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel after three straight home wins.

Ferreira are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Porto. A Taça De Portugal defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Sporting CP.

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 Paços de Ferreira have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn zero and lost two.

A decent goal production from Ferreira in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. Ferreira's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Boavista form and stats

As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Boavista have produced an overall stat of 0-4-1 so far.

Boavista aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 227 league minutes without a goal. A. Gomes was the last player to find the net. 217 minutes! That's how long the Boavista goalkeeper Leonardo Cesar Jardim and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Boavista are travelling again after losing away to Estoril in their previous match (1-2). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Rio Ave.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Boavista in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Boavista, seven draws and seven defeats.

Boavista have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Boavista have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Paços de Ferreira four wins, two draws and Boavista four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BoavistaA. Gomes
A. Gomes
3 goals
FerreiraO. Reabciuk
O. Reabciuk
2 goals
Paços de FerreiraD. da Silva Souza
D. da Silva Souza
2 goals

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Boavista missing players

Paços de Ferreira Boavista
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 0 5 9
4 3 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 4 5
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
11 7 0 Scored S 0 7 10
10 5 0 Conceded C 0 9 15
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 78%
78% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 67%
33% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 56%
11% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 44%
11% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 22%
56% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 44%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 33%
22% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.6 12.6
4.6 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.2 4.4
27% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 25%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • All of Paços de Ferreira's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Boavista has the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Primeira Liga
  • Boavista have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Boavista have yet to win a game away.
  • Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paços de Ferreira haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 9 7 2 0 23 7 4 3 1 0 11 4 5 4 1 0 12 3 16 23
2 Benfica 9 7 0 2 21 11 5 4 0 1 11 6 4 3 0 1 10 5 10 21
3 Porto 9 6 1 2 23 13 5 4 0 1 13 8 4 2 1 1 10 5 10 19
4 Sporting Braga 9 6 0 3 14 9 4 3 0 1 4 2 5 3 0 2 10 7 5 18
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 9 5 1 3 7 7 5 2 0 3 2 6 4 3 1 0 5 1 0 16
6 Paços de Ferreira 9 4 2 3 11 10 4 3 0 1 7 5 5 1 2 2 4 5 1 14
7 Santa Clara 9 4 1 4 10 9 4 1 1 2 3 3 5 3 0 2 7 6 1 13
8 Belenenses 9 2 5 2 5 6 5 1 3 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 2 -1 11
9 Rio Ave 9 2 5 2 5 7 4 1 2 1 2 3 5 1 3 1 3 4 -2 11
10 Nacional 9 2 4 3 9 11 5 1 3 1 7 8 4 1 1 2 2 3 -2 10
11 Famalicao 9 2 4 3 13 18 5 1 3 1 8 11 4 1 1 2 5 7 -5 10
12 Gil Vicente 9 2 3 4 8 10 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 0 2 3 3 7 -2 9
13 Moreirense 9 2 3 4 7 10 5 2 2 1 6 4 4 0 1 3 1 6 -3 9
14 Farense 9 2 2 5 11 14 5 2 1 2 8 7 4 0 1 3 3 7 -3 8
15 Boavista 9 1 5 3 10 15 4 1 1 2 3 6 5 0 4 1 7 9 -5 8
16 Tondela 9 2 2 5 9 18 5 2 1 2 4 7 4 0 1 3 5 11 -9 8
17 Maritimo 9 2 1 6 10 15 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 1 0 4 6 10 -5 7
18 Portimonense 9 2 1 6 6 12 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 1 0 4 3 7 -6 7

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.