Primeira Liga prediction and preview: Paços de Ferreira modest favorites to beat Vitória FC

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Date: Sun 08.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Capital do Movel (6404 seats)

Paços de Ferreira are welcoming Vitória FC for another important game after their 0-2 result against 2nd-placed Porto.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only zero days ago in the Primeira Liga. That game was also an away game, at Paços de Ferreira. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Paços de Ferreira at their home stadium (Estadio Capital do Movel) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager Pepa led his Paços de Ferreira to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Porto. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Capital do Movel. Ahead of that match, Paços de Ferreira won a home game hosting Sanjoanense (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Paços de Ferreira handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D3-L2.

Paços de Ferreira aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Capital do Movel in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. Paços de Ferreira have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vitória FC form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primeira Liga travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Vitória FC, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Paços de Ferreira (placed 17th) in the Primeira Liga last time out. A loss against Vitória SC was the result prior to that, in a League Cup home game.

Vitória FC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Goals are few and far between in Vitória FC's away league games. Only 1 goal from 5 travels. As opposed to that, Vitória FC have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Paços de Ferreira - Vitória FC 2-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 2 - 3 (Paços de Ferreira wins - draws - Vitória FC wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Paços de FerreiraDouglas Tanque
Douglas Tanque
3 goals
Paços de FerreiraMarco Baixinho
Marco Baixinho
1 goals
Paços de FerreiraPedrinho Moreira
Pedrinho Moreira
1 goals

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Vitória FC missing players

Paços de Ferreira Vitória FC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 1 6 13
2 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 7
8 3 2 Lost L 0 3 3
7 4 2 Scored S 1 4 7
19 5 3 Conceded C 1 9 10
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 62%
50% 33% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 31%
33% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 15%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 15%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
33% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 23%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 54%
58% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 62%
 
6 6.5 8 Corners For (avg) C F 7 4.2 4.6
4.5 3 1.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 8.7 7.2
3.3 3.2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 5 3.8 3.2
4 2 1 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
 
152 94 55 Total Shots T S 13 58 132
33 18 8 Shots on Target S O 3 21 41
21% 22% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 19% 17%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Paços de Ferreira have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Vitória FC has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
  • Vitória FC has the fewest scored goals (1) away
  • Vitória FC has the fewest scored goals (4)
  • Vitória FC has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1)
  • Vitória FC has the most matches under the total-line (10)
  • Vitória FC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Vitória FC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Vitória FC 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 Benfica 13 12 0 1 33 5 7 6 0 1 18 2 6 6 0 0 15 3 28 36
2 Porto 12 10 1 1 24 5 6 6 0 0 15 0 6 4 1 1 9 5 19 31
3 Famalicao 13 7 3 3 26 21 6 4 1 1 15 10 7 3 2 2 11 11 5 24
4 Sporting CP 12 6 2 4 19 15 5 3 0 2 10 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 4 20
5 Boavista 13 4 6 3 12 12 7 2 3 2 7 8 6 2 3 1 5 4 0 18
6 Tondela 13 5 3 5 14 14 6 1 1 4 3 7 7 4 2 1 11 7 0 18
7 Sporting Braga 13 5 3 5 16 16 6 3 2 1 11 9 7 2 1 4 5 7 0 18
8 Vitória SC 12 4 5 3 20 15 6 3 2 1 13 5 6 1 3 2 7 10 5 17
9 Gil Vicente 12 4 4 4 12 13 7 3 4 0 9 4 5 1 0 4 3 9 -1 16
10 Rio Ave 12 4 3 5 15 15 6 2 2 2 10 8 6 2 1 3 5 7 0 15
11 Belenenses 12 4 2 6 9 18 5 2 0 3 4 7 7 2 2 3 5 11 -9 14
12 Moreirense 12 3 5 4 16 17 6 3 2 1 10 6 6 0 3 3 6 11 -1 14
13 Santa Clara 13 3 5 5 10 14 7 2 2 3 6 7 6 1 3 2 4 7 -4 14
14 Vitória FC 12 2 7 3 4 8 7 2 5 0 3 1 5 0 2 3 1 7 -4 13
15 Marítimo 13 2 6 5 14 23 7 1 4 2 10 12 6 1 2 3 4 11 -9 12
16 Portimonense 12 2 5 5 10 17 6 1 2 3 6 9 6 1 3 2 4 8 -7 11
17 Paços de Ferreira 12 2 2 8 7 19 6 2 1 3 4 5 6 0 1 5 3 14 -12 8
18 Desportivo Aves 13 2 0 11 15 29 6 2 0 4 7 8 7 0 0 7 8 21 -14 6

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.