Football tips: Paços de Ferreira vs Porto - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 18.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio da Capital do Móvel (6404 seats)

The visiting Porto side should be favourites in this visit to Paços de Ferreira, as the away team holds a 38 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

Paços de Ferreira have played 13 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-7 (wins-draws-losses).

The Ferreira crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Vitoria Guimaraes here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel in a Primeira Liga match. In the game before, an away victory match versus Desportivo Aves with a 3-1 scoreline.

Ferreira are traveling soon after this match as the Primeira Liga match at Vitoria Setubal awaits in four days.

Ferreira have scored 10 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Ferreira have conceded 14 goals.

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Porto form and stats

Porto's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Porto collect 29 points from their 12 away matches in the Primeira Liga. 9 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Porto are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eleven in a row without losing.

There were no winners in Porto's previous match, a Primeira Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Rio Ave (placed 5th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Santa Clara at their stadium, the result 2-0.

After this away game Porto return home for a Primeira Liga game against Belenenses. That game is only four sleeps after this.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Porto are regular goalscorers on their travels. Porto are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Porto - Paços de Ferreira 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Paços de Ferreira won two games, one match ended with a draw and Porto has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

PortoA. Telles
A. Telles
8 goals
PortoF. das Chagas Soares dos Santos
F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos
7 goals
PortoJ. Mendes Andrade
J. Mendes Andrade
7 goals

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Porto missing players

Paços de Ferreira Porto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 13 4 Played P 3 12 24
6 4 0 Won W 1 9 19
4 2 1 Drew D 2 2 3
14 7 3 Lost L 0 1 2
18 10 2 Scored S 5 24 50
34 14 6 Conceded C 4 10 16
88% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
54% 46% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 83%
42% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 54%
17% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 21%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 12%
38% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 46%
25% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 42% 54%
50% 46% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.8 6.5 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 5.8 6.5
4.7 3.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.2 2.8
3.2 3.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3 2.5
5 3 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
289 185 51 Total Shots T S 56 168 376
74 46 15 Shots on Target S O 16 55 123
24% 22% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 44% 41%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Porto has the most scored goals in the first half (28)
  • Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Porto have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Porto have scored more than double the goals of Paços de Ferreira.
  • Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Porto 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 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 Vitoria Guimaraes 24 10 7 7 40 25 12 6 2 4 20 10 12 4 5 3 20 15 15 37
7 Famalicao 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 Marítimo 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.