5th position in the Primeira Liga table for Paços de Ferreira so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 12th-placed Nacional visits Estádio da Capital do Móvel.
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Primeira Liga
- Paços de Ferreira have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nacional have scored away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 10 Primeira Liga games here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel for Paços de Ferreira. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Ferreira faced defeat in their previous match, away at Santa Clara (0-3). Before that, Ferreira had a home game versus Vitoria Guimaraes which ended with a victory 2-1.
Ferreira have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel with 16 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Ferreira have conceded only 8 goals.
Nacional form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nacional so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Three has not been a lucky number for Nacional as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Boavista match.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Primeira Liga home defeat versus Sporting Braga with 1-2 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Belenenses wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
The attacking power of Nacional when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, Nacional have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Nacional - Ferreira 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Paços de Ferreira, three draws and five wins for Nacional. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  D. da Silva Souza 6 goals |   J. Riascos Valencia 5 goals |  B. Almeida Costa 4 goals |
Paços de Ferreira missing players
Nacional missing players
| Paços de Ferreira | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 28 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 11 | 28 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 38% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 30% | 43% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 10% | 19% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 48% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 40% | 52% |
| 33% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 10.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 9.7 | 11.1 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 33% | 50% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 19% | 26% |
- Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Paços de Ferreira have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nacional have scored away.
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Primeira Liga
| 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 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 32 | 55 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 46 |
| 3 | Porto | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 23 | 45 |
| 4 | Benfica | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 39 |
| 5 | Paços de Ferreira | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 25 |
| 9 | Tondela | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -12 | 24 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Belenenses | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Nacional | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Farense | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Gil Vicente | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -14 | 19 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -11 | 18 |
| 18 | Boavista | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -13 | 18 |