Portimonense - Famalicão: Small difference between teams in Primeira Liga clash

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Fri 18.December
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Portimão (9544 seats)

Season ticket holders at Estádio Municipal de Portimão haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Portimonense languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Famalicão will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Portimonense has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Primeira Liga
  • Famalicão have scored more than double the goals of Portimonense.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Portimonense form and stats

Portimonense have collected 4 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 1-1-2.

Portimonense lost their last game at Vitoria Guimaraes (placed 5th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Nacional.

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 Portimonense have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost zero.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Portimonense here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). On the other hand, Portimonense have conceded 5 goals.

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Famalicão form and stats

The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga. Famalicão has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two away games in a row for Famalicão, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Rio Ave in the Taça De Portugal. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Sporting CP in the Primeira Liga.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Famalicão playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were six Famalicão wins, two draws and one defeat.

Famalicão have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. As for defending, Famalicão rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Portimonense victories, zero draws and one Famalicão win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FamalicãoR. Lameiras
R. Lameiras
4 goals
PortimonenseF. dos Santos Messias
F. dos Santos Messias
2 goals
FamalicãoC. Valenzuela
C. Valenzuela
2 goals

Portimonense missing players

Famalicão missing players

Portimonense Famalicão
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 4 9
2 1 1 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 4
6 2 1 Lost L 0 2 3
6 3 2 Scored S 3 5 13
12 5 2 Conceded C 3 7 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 89%
33% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 67%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 44%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 22%
44% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 78%
11% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
44% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 4 3.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.8 14.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 13 8.2 10.2
2.9 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2.5 3.7
23% 20% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 50% 39%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Famalicão have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Famalicão have scored more than double the goals of Portimonense.
  • Famalicão haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Portimonense has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Primeira Liga
  • Portimonense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 9 7 2 0 23 7 4 3 1 0 11 4 5 4 1 0 12 3 16 23
2 Benfica 9 7 0 2 21 11 5 4 0 1 11 6 4 3 0 1 10 5 10 21
3 Porto 9 6 1 2 23 13 5 4 0 1 13 8 4 2 1 1 10 5 10 19
4 Sporting Braga 9 6 0 3 14 9 4 3 0 1 4 2 5 3 0 2 10 7 5 18
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 9 5 1 3 7 7 5 2 0 3 2 6 4 3 1 0 5 1 0 16
6 Pacos de Ferreira 9 4 2 3 11 10 4 3 0 1 7 5 5 1 2 2 4 5 1 14
7 Santa Clara 9 4 1 4 10 9 4 1 1 2 3 3 5 3 0 2 7 6 1 13
8 Belenenses 9 2 5 2 5 6 5 1 3 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 2 -1 11
9 Rio Ave 9 2 5 2 5 7 4 1 2 1 2 3 5 1 3 1 3 4 -2 11
10 Nacional 9 2 4 3 9 11 5 1 3 1 7 8 4 1 1 2 2 3 -2 10
11 Famalicão 9 2 4 3 13 18 5 1 3 1 8 11 4 1 1 2 5 7 -5 10
12 Gil Vicente 9 2 3 4 8 10 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 0 2 3 3 7 -2 9
13 Moreirense 9 2 3 4 7 10 5 2 2 1 6 4 4 0 1 3 1 6 -3 9
14 Farense 9 2 2 5 11 14 5 2 1 2 8 7 4 0 1 3 3 7 -3 8
15 Boavista 9 1 5 3 10 15 4 1 1 2 3 6 5 0 4 1 7 9 -5 8
16 Tondela 9 2 2 5 9 18 5 2 1 2 4 7 4 0 1 3 5 11 -9 8
17 Maritimo 9 2 1 6 10 15 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 1 0 4 6 10 -5 7
18 Portimonense 9 2 1 6 6 12 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 1 0 4 3 7 -6 7

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.