Betting preview: Paços de Ferreira faced with a tough challenge when Vitória SC visits

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 08.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio da Capital do Móvel (6404 seats)

Season ticket holders at Estádio da Capital do Móvel haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Paços de Ferreira languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Vitória SC will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Paços de Ferreira and Vitória SC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

Overall Primeira Liga stats at home this season for Paços de Ferreira are 4-2-6 (wins-draw-losses).

Happy days for Paços de Ferreira in their previous game, a Primeira Liga match away at Desportivo Aves (placed 18th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Ahead of that match, Paços de Ferreira won a home game hosting Famalicão (2-1).

Paços de Ferreira aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel in the league, with only 9 goals from 12 games. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Vitória SC form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primeira Liga travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Vitória SC are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Vitória SC goalkeeper Douglas Renato de Jesus is eager to challenge this, with his 210 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from Bruno Duarte Da Silva and André André secured the home win 2-0 against Tondela in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Desportivo Aves at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Vitória SC has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. As opposed to that, Vitória SC have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Vitória SC - Paços de Ferreira 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Paços de Ferreira-Vitória SC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Paços de Ferreira two wins, Vitória SC four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Vitória SC
D. da Luz Pereira
5 goals
Vitória SC
B. Duarte da Silva
5 goals
Paços de Ferreira
D. da Silva Souza
4 goals

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Vitória SC missing players

Paços de Ferreira Vitória SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 5 Played P 3 11 23
6 4 1 Won W 2 3 9
4 2 1 Drew D 1 5 7
13 6 3 Lost L 0 3 7
17 9 3 Scored S 5 18 38
32 12 5 Conceded C 1 14 24
87% 83% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 96%
52% 42% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 91% 83%
39% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 39%
17% 8% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 26%
13% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 13%
35% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 48%
26% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 67% 27% 35%
52% 50% 60% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 22%
 
5.8 6.6 7.6 Corners for (avg) C F 8.7 7.5 7.8
4.7 3.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.8 4.3
3.3 3.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 2.1
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
276 172 78 Total Shots T S 57 178 371
69 41 20 Shots on Target S O 19 61 119
25% 22% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 30% 32%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Paços de Ferreira has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5)
  • Vitória SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vitória SC have scored more than double the goals of Paços de Ferreira.

  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 23 19 2 2 49 15 11 10 0 1 25 5 12 9 2 1 24 10 34 59
2 Benfica 23 19 1 3 51 13 12 9 1 2 28 7 11 10 0 1 23 6 38 58
3 Sporting Braga 23 13 4 6 38 25 11 6 3 2 19 14 12 7 1 4 19 11 13 43
4 Sporting CP 23 12 3 8 35 26 11 7 0 4 17 12 12 5 3 4 18 14 9 39
5 Rio Ave 23 10 7 6 31 22 12 4 5 3 16 12 11 6 2 3 15 10 9 37
6 Famalicão 23 10 6 7 38 40 12 6 3 3 23 21 11 4 3 4 15 19 -2 36
7 Vitória SC 23 9 7 7 38 24 12 6 2 4 20 10 11 3 5 3 18 14 14 34
8 Santa Clara 23 8 5 10 18 25 12 4 2 6 9 15 11 4 3 4 9 10 -7 29
9 Gil Vicente 23 7 8 8 24 28 11 4 5 2 14 12 12 3 3 6 10 16 -4 29
10 Boavista 23 7 7 9 18 22 12 3 4 5 11 13 11 4 3 4 7 9 -4 28
11 Moreirense 23 6 9 8 32 32 11 5 3 3 18 15 12 1 6 5 14 17 0 27
12 Vitória FC 23 6 9 8 16 26 11 3 5 3 6 10 12 3 4 5 10 16 -10 27
13 Belenenses 23 7 4 12 19 38 11 4 1 6 9 19 12 3 3 6 10 19 -19 25
14 Tondela 23 6 6 11 19 29 11 1 4 6 6 14 12 5 2 5 13 15 -10 24
15 Marítimo 23 5 9 9 22 30 12 3 5 4 16 16 11 2 4 5 6 14 -8 24
16 Paços de Ferreira 23 6 4 13 17 32 12 4 2 6 9 12 11 2 2 7 8 20 -15 22
17 Portimonense 23 2 10 11 15 31 11 1 6 4 8 12 12 1 4 7 7 19 -16 16
18 Desportivo Aves 23 4 1 18 23 45 12 3 0 9 11 19 11 1 1 9 12 26 -22 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.