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

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 21.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio da Capital do Móvel (6404 seats)

A key match in Primeira Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Paços de Ferreira in 5th position and Vitória SC placed 6th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Paços de Ferreira has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Primeira Liga
  • Vitória SC has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Primeira Liga

The visiting Vitória SC played their last game only four days ago, a Primeira Liga match.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

Paços de Ferreira have performed here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel this season with 6 wins from 9 Primeira Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Joao Pedro was the last player to score a league goal for Paços de Ferreira and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Paços de Ferreira haven't scored in 185 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager P. Marques da Costa Filipe led his Ferreira to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Sporting CP. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel. Before that, Ferreira drew at home versus Portimonense.

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

The Ferreira fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. Paços de Ferreira are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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Vitória SC form and stats

Vitória SC, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Primeira Liga, have an excellent away record in the Primeira Liga so far with 5-4-0 from 9 games. Vitória are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

There were no winners in Vitória SC's previous match, a Primeira Liga home game that ended 2-2 vs Farense (placed 14th). A loss against Rio Ave was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Vitória SC in our archives, and the results are: one win for Vitória SC, zero draws and zero defeats.

Vitória have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Vitória SC's manager J. Oliveira Nunes Henriques has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Vitória SC - Paços de Ferreira 1-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Ferreira wins - draws - Vitória SC wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FerreiraD. da Silva Souza
D. da Silva Souza
6 goals
Vitória SCO. Estupiñán Vallesilla
O. Estupiñán Vallesilla
6 goals
Vitória SCA. Bras André
A. Bras André
5 goals

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Vitória SC missing players

Paços de Ferreira Vitória SC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 1 9 19
10 6 2 Won W 0 5 9
5 2 0 Drew D 1 4 5
4 1 1 Lost L 0 0 5
26 14 5 Scored S 0 13 24
16 7 4 Conceded C 0 4 19
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 78% 89%
84% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 53%
32% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 42%
5% 11% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 37%
5% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
47% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 37%
37% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 47%
21% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 22% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.5 10.3 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.4 9.9
4.1 3.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.4 3.1
34% 48% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 42% 41%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Paços de Ferreira has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Primeira Liga
  • Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vitória SC has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Primeira Liga
  • Vitória SC have not yet lost a game away.
  • Vitória SC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Sporting CP 19 16 3 0 40 10 9 7 2 0 18 5 10 9 1 0 22 5 30 51
2 Porto 19 12 5 2 43 21 10 7 2 1 23 11 9 5 3 1 20 10 22 41
3 Sporting Braga 19 13 1 5 33 18 9 7 1 1 14 6 10 6 0 4 19 12 15 40
4 Benfica 19 11 5 3 33 17 10 7 2 1 18 8 9 4 3 2 15 9 16 38
5 Paços de Ferreira 19 10 5 4 26 16 9 6 2 1 14 7 10 4 3 3 12 9 10 35
6 Vitória SC 19 9 5 5 24 19 10 4 1 5 11 15 9 5 4 0 13 4 5 32
7 Santa Clara 19 7 4 8 20 22 9 2 2 5 7 11 10 5 2 3 13 11 -2 25
8 Moreirense 19 6 7 6 18 23 10 3 5 2 12 13 9 3 2 4 6 10 -5 25
9 Rio Ave 19 5 7 7 16 22 9 3 3 3 9 9 10 2 4 4 7 13 -6 22
10 Nacional 19 5 6 8 18 24 10 3 3 4 13 15 9 2 3 4 5 9 -6 21
11 Tondela 19 6 3 10 19 30 10 6 2 2 12 9 9 0 1 8 7 21 -11 21
12 Portimonense 19 5 4 10 18 24 9 4 2 3 11 8 10 1 2 7 7 16 -6 19
13 Belenenses 19 3 9 7 9 15 10 2 5 3 8 9 9 1 4 4 1 6 -6 18
14 Farense 19 4 5 10 22 29 10 3 3 4 14 13 9 1 2 6 8 16 -7 17
15 Maritimo 19 5 2 12 18 28 9 2 2 5 6 12 10 3 0 7 12 16 -10 17
16 Gil Vicente 19 4 4 11 15 26 9 2 2 5 7 10 10 2 2 6 8 16 -11 16
17 Boavista 19 2 9 8 19 32 9 1 2 6 6 16 10 1 7 2 13 16 -13 15
18 Famalicao 19 3 6 10 17 32 10 1 4 5 9 19 9 2 2 5 8 13 -15 15

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.