Portimonense vs Boavista: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Portimão (9544 seats)

With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Portimonense fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Boavista.

Insights:
  • Portimonense has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Primeira Liga
  • Boavista is in the worst form (0-3-3)

Boavista could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primeira Liga game only four sleeps ago.

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Portimonense form and stats

Portimonense have collected 11 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 3-2-2. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão.

The home team returns to Estádio Municipal de Portimão after being equal after 90 minutes with Moreirense (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Primeira Liga game ended 2-2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Belenenses in a game that was won 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Portimonense perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Portimonense as a small favourite), we find seven games. Portimonense has won four of these, drawn three and lost zero.

Portimonense have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Portimonense have conceded only 5 goals.

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Boavista form and stats

There's been little loot from Boavista's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Primeira Liga. Boavista only have 0 wins to counter their 2 defeats and 6 draws.

The manager M. Ferreira was unhappy after their last game, a Primeira Liga match played at their home ground Estádio do Bessa Século XXI. Boavista suffered a 0-2 loss to Sporting CP (placed 1st). A 1-3 defeat away at Tondela before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Boavista in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Boavista, eight draws and seven defeats.

Boavista have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Boavista struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Portimonense-Boavista H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Portimonense five wins, Boavista three wins, one draw. three of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PortimonenseD. Gomes Clemente
D. Gomes Clemente
3 goals
PortimonenseN. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
3 goals
BoavistaA. Gomes
A. Gomes
3 goals

Portimonense missing players

Boavista missing players

Portimonense Boavista
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 3 8 15
4 3 2 Won W 0 0 1
3 2 1 Drew D 3 6 8
8 2 0 Lost L 0 2 6
12 6 3 Scored S 1 9 14
19 5 0 Conceded C 1 13 26
93% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 75% 80%
60% 57% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 75% 73%
40% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 47%
13% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 20%
40% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 75% 53%
27% 57% 100% Clean Sheets C S 67% 25% 27%
40% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 25% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
12.7 15 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.9 11.4
3.5 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.8 4.1
23% 18% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 30% 23%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Boavista has the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Primeira Liga
  • Boavista have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Boavista have yet to win a game away.
  • Boavista is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Portimonense has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Primeira Liga

  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 15 12 3 0 33 9 7 5 2 0 15 5 8 7 1 0 18 4 24 39
2 Porto 15 11 2 2 37 17 8 6 1 1 19 9 7 5 1 1 18 8 20 35
3 Benfica 15 10 3 2 30 15 8 6 1 1 16 8 7 4 2 1 14 7 15 33
4 Sporting Braga 15 10 0 5 24 15 7 6 0 1 10 3 8 4 0 4 14 12 9 30
5 Pacos de Ferreira 15 8 4 3 22 12 7 5 1 1 12 6 8 3 3 2 10 6 10 28
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 14 8 2 4 19 13 7 3 0 4 7 10 7 5 2 0 12 3 6 26
7 Santa Clara 15 5 3 7 15 19 7 1 2 4 5 10 8 4 1 3 10 9 -4 18
8 Moreirense 15 4 6 5 13 17 8 3 4 1 11 8 7 1 2 4 2 9 -4 18
9 Maritimo 15 5 2 8 16 21 7 2 2 3 5 8 8 3 0 5 11 13 -5 17
10 Belenenses 15 3 6 6 8 12 8 2 3 3 7 8 7 1 3 3 1 4 -4 15
11 Portimonense 15 4 3 8 12 19 7 3 2 2 6 5 8 1 1 6 6 14 -7 15
12 Rio Ave 15 3 6 6 11 18 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 1 4 3 4 10 -7 15
13 Tondela 15 4 3 8 13 25 8 4 2 2 8 8 7 0 1 6 5 17 -12 15
14 Nacional 15 3 5 7 13 20 8 2 3 3 9 11 7 1 2 4 4 9 -7 14
15 Famalicao 15 3 5 7 16 26 8 1 3 4 9 17 7 2 2 3 7 9 -10 14
16 Gil Vicente 15 3 4 8 10 17 7 2 2 3 5 6 8 1 2 5 5 11 -7 13
17 Farense 14 3 3 8 15 20 8 3 2 3 12 10 6 0 1 5 3 10 -5 12
18 Boavista 15 1 8 6 14 26 7 1 2 4 5 13 8 0 6 2 9 13 -12 11

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.