Primeira Liga match prediction: Little separates Paços de Ferreira and Portimonense in quality

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio da Capital do Móvel (6404 seats)

Plenty of ups and downs for these participants so far this campaign, sitting in positions near the midsection of the Primeira Liga table. Here's the Paços de Ferreira - Portimonense latest:

Insights:
  • Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portimonense have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Primeira Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

Paços de Ferreira's struggle is real here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel with only 10 points collected from 10 Primeira Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-4. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Paços de Ferreira.

Paços de Ferreira shared the glory with Estoril in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Goalkeeper Ferreira got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.64 out of ten. Ferreira topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Ferreira drew at home versus Boavista.

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 seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost three.

Paços de Ferreira have scored 9 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Paços de Ferreira's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Portimonense form and stats

As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Portimonense have produced an overall stat of 5-1-3 so far. Portimonense has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Portimonense failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Tondela (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfield player Angulo was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. Angulo scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Gil Vicente's place.

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

Portimonense are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Portimonense are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head encounter ended Portimonense - Paços de Ferreira 0-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Paços de Ferreira three wins, five draws and Portimonense two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Paços de FerreiraD. Pereira Júnior
D. Pereira Júnior
5 goals
Paços de FerreiraN. Valente Santos
N. Valente Santos
3 goals
Paços de FerreiraL. da Silva de Jesus
L. da Silva de Jesus
2 goals

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Portimonense missing players

Paços de Ferreira Portimonense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 1 Played P 1 9 20
4 2 0 Won W 1 5 7
8 4 0 Drew D 0 1 4
8 4 1 Lost L 0 3 9
14 9 1 Scored S 3 12 20
23 12 3 Conceded C 0 8 22
80% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
65% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 65%
30% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 40%
10% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 5%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
40% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 35%
35% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 56% 35%
45% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 35%
 
5.1 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3 4.2
5 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 8 5.8
3.1 3.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4.1 3.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.8 11.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.4 11.6
3.1 2.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 4.1
23% 31% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 43% 24%
 
14.2 13.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 11 18.6 15.7
5.3 4.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.6 4.3
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portimonense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Portimonense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Portimonense have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Primeira Liga
  • Portimonense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Portimonense 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 20 18 2 0 53 14 10 10 0 0 27 6 10 8 2 0 26 8 39 56
2 Sporting CP 19 15 2 2 35 12 10 8 1 1 17 5 9 7 1 1 18 7 23 47
3 Benfica 19 14 2 3 52 16 9 6 1 2 24 9 10 8 1 1 28 7 36 44
4 Sporting Braga 20 11 5 4 36 20 11 6 3 2 20 9 9 5 2 2 16 11 16 38
5 Gil Vicente 19 8 6 5 28 21 10 4 2 4 15 13 9 4 4 1 13 8 7 30
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 20 7 6 7 30 25 9 5 2 2 18 10 11 2 4 5 12 15 5 27
7 Estoril 20 6 8 6 25 24 10 1 6 3 12 14 10 5 2 3 13 10 1 26
8 Portimonense 20 7 4 9 20 22 11 2 3 6 8 14 9 5 1 3 12 8 -2 25
9 Marítimo 20 6 6 8 25 30 9 3 4 2 13 9 11 3 2 6 12 21 -5 24
10 Vizela 20 5 7 8 22 34 11 3 4 4 11 15 9 2 3 4 11 19 -12 22
11 Paços de Ferreira 20 4 8 8 14 23 10 2 4 4 9 12 10 2 4 4 5 11 -9 20
12 Tondela 20 6 2 12 28 40 10 4 0 6 16 20 10 2 2 6 12 20 -12 20
13 Santa Clara 19 5 5 9 21 36 10 4 3 3 12 18 9 1 2 6 9 18 -15 20
14 Boavista 19 3 10 6 21 29 10 3 6 1 13 10 9 0 4 5 8 19 -8 19
15 Arouca 20 4 6 10 19 36 9 3 1 5 10 20 11 1 5 5 9 16 -17 18
16 Famalicao 20 3 8 9 23 35 10 1 5 4 6 13 10 2 3 5 17 22 -12 17
17 Moreirense 20 3 7 10 18 31 9 2 3 4 11 14 11 1 4 6 7 17 -13 16
18 Belenenses 19 2 6 11 11 33 9 2 2 5 8 20 10 0 4 6 3 13 -22 12

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.