Paços de Ferreira vs Vizela pre-match guide

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio da Capital do Móvel (6404 seats)

Club members at Estádio da Capital do Móvel haven’t seen many home wins this season, with Paços de Ferreira rotting in the 13th position. The guesting Vizela will believe to guard their higher league spot in this one.

Insights:
  • Paços de Ferreira have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Primeira Liga
  • Vizela have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their last match. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!

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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 11 points collected from 11 Primeira Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-5-4. Paços de Ferreira have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Ferreira lost their last game at Sporting Braga (placed 4th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Antunes was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.01 out of 10. The defender Antunes scored one goal and won 8 of 12 duels.

In the match before that, Paços de Ferreira hosted Portimonense and drew the game 1-1.

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 Ferreira have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost three.

Paços de Ferreira have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Ferreira have conceded 13 goals.

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Vizela form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vizela so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).

Vizela's previous game was their home loss versus Gil Vicente (0-1). Midfielder Samu was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.94. Samu hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A 2-2 draw at Boavista's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Vizela in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Vizela, three draws and one defeat.

Vizela have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Vizela have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent past result involving both these squads is the Vizela - Paços de Ferreira 1-1 played earlier this season. Previous four meetings between these teams: Paços de Ferreira won two, Vizela were winners in zero and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

FerreiraD. Pereira Júnior
D. Pereira Júnior
5 goals
VizelaC. Dias Moreira
C. Dias Moreira
5 goals
VizelaG. Schettine Guimarães
G. Schettine Guimarães
5 goals

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Vizela missing players

Paços de Ferreira Vizela
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 10 22
4 2 1 Won W 2 2 5
9 5 2 Drew D 1 4 8
9 4 1 Lost L 0 4 9
16 10 5 Scored S 8 13 24
26 13 6 Conceded C 4 21 37
82% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
68% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 82%
32% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 45%
9% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 30% 18%
45% 55% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 55%
32% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 9%
41% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 41%
 
5.4 5.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.5 5.6
5 5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6.3 6
3.1 3.4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.3 3.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.9 11.5 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12.4 14
3.2 3.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.9 3.8
23% 29% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 29%
 
14.5 14.2 14 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 15.9 13.7
5.4 5 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.2 4.6
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paços de Ferreira have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Primeira Liga
  • Vizela have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vizela have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Porto 22 19 3 0 57 16 11 10 1 0 29 8 11 9 2 0 28 8 41 60
2 Sporting CP 22 17 3 2 43 15 11 9 1 1 19 5 11 8 2 1 24 10 28 54
3 Benfica 22 16 2 4 58 20 11 7 1 3 27 12 11 9 1 1 31 8 38 50
4 Sporting Braga 22 12 5 5 39 23 12 7 3 2 22 10 10 5 2 3 17 13 16 41
5 Gil Vicente 22 10 7 5 33 24 11 4 3 4 17 15 11 6 4 1 16 9 9 37
6 Vitória SC 22 8 6 8 32 27 10 6 2 2 20 11 12 2 4 6 12 16 5 30
7 Estoril 22 7 9 6 26 24 11 2 6 3 13 14 11 5 3 3 13 10 2 30
8 Maritimo 22 7 7 8 28 30 10 3 5 2 13 9 12 4 2 6 15 21 -2 28
9 Portimonense 22 7 6 9 22 24 12 2 4 6 9 15 10 5 2 3 13 9 -2 27
10 Santa Clara 22 6 6 10 26 41 11 5 3 3 14 19 11 1 3 7 12 22 -15 24
11 Vizela 22 5 8 9 24 37 12 3 4 5 11 16 10 2 4 4 13 21 -13 23
12 Boavista 22 3 12 7 25 34 11 3 7 1 15 12 11 0 5 6 10 22 -9 21
13 Paços de Ferreira 22 4 9 9 16 26 11 2 5 4 10 13 11 2 4 5 6 13 -10 21
14 Famalicao 22 4 8 10 28 37 11 2 5 4 11 13 11 2 3 6 17 24 -9 20
15 Tondela 22 6 2 14 29 44 11 4 0 7 17 23 11 2 2 7 12 21 -15 20
16 Moreirense 22 4 7 11 22 37 10 3 3 4 15 15 12 1 4 7 7 22 -15 19
17 Arouca 22 4 6 12 19 41 11 3 1 7 10 25 11 1 5 5 9 16 -22 18
18 Belenenses 22 3 6 13 14 41 11 3 2 6 10 24 11 0 4 7 4 17 -27 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.