Primeira Liga match preview: Portimonense versus Farense

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Mon 04.January
Match begins: 21:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Portimão (9544 seats)

Portimonense are welcoming Farense for another important game after their 1-2 result against 2nd-placed Benfica.

Insights:
  • Portimonense has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Primeira Liga
  • Farense has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Primeira Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Portimonense form and stats

Portimonense have collected 5 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 1-2-2.

Portimonense faced defeat in their previous match, away at Benfica (1-2). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Famalicao.

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

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Portimonense as they are travelling to their away game against Rio Ave in the Primeira Liga. That match is four days after this one.

Portimonense aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão in the league, with only 3 goals from 5 games. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Farense form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Farense, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Primeira Liga, playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Farense are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

There were no winners in Farense's previous match, a Primeira Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Pacos de Ferreira (placed 6th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sporting CP wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Farense playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Farense wins, three draws and two defeats.

The attacking power of Farense when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Farense's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Portimonense four wins, one draw and Farense two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FarenseR. Gauld
R. Gauld
4 goals
PortimonenseN. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
2 goals
PortimonenseF. dos Santos Messias
F. dos Santos Messias
2 goals

Portimonense missing players

Farense missing players

Portimonense Farense
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 0 5 11
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
7 2 0 Lost L 0 4 6
7 3 0 Scored S 0 3 12
14 5 0 Conceded C 0 8 16
91% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
55% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 64%
36% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 36%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
45% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 55%
18% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
45% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.2 3.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
12.5 15.2 19 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.8 10.1
3.2 4.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.2 3.4
20% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 32%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Farense has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Primeira Liga
  • Farense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Farense have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Farense have yet to win a game away.
  • Farense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Portimonense has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) 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 11 9 2 0 26 8 5 4 1 0 12 4 6 5 1 0 14 4 18 29
2 Benfica 11 9 0 2 25 12 6 5 0 1 13 7 5 4 0 1 12 5 13 27
3 Porto 11 8 1 2 28 15 6 5 0 1 15 8 5 3 1 1 13 7 13 25
4 Sporting Braga 11 8 0 3 21 10 5 4 0 1 7 2 6 4 0 2 14 8 11 24
5 Vitória SC 11 6 1 4 13 10 6 2 0 4 4 9 5 4 1 0 9 1 3 19
6 Pacos de Ferreira 11 4 4 3 13 12 5 3 1 1 8 6 6 1 3 2 5 6 1 16
7 Maritimo 11 4 1 6 14 16 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 2 0 4 9 11 -2 13
8 Nacional 11 3 4 4 11 13 6 2 3 1 9 8 5 1 1 3 2 5 -2 13
9 Moreirense 11 3 4 4 8 10 6 3 2 1 7 4 5 0 2 3 1 6 -2 13
10 Santa Clara 11 4 1 6 10 14 5 1 1 3 3 7 6 3 0 3 7 7 -4 13
11 Gil Vicente 11 3 3 5 9 12 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 1 2 3 4 7 -3 12
12 Belenenses 11 2 5 4 6 9 6 1 3 2 5 6 5 1 2 2 1 3 -3 11
13 Famalicao 11 2 5 4 13 19 6 1 3 2 8 12 5 1 2 2 5 7 -6 11
14 Rio Ave 11 2 5 4 6 13 5 1 2 2 3 6 6 1 3 2 3 7 -7 11
15 Farense 11 2 3 6 12 16 6 2 2 2 9 8 5 0 1 4 3 8 -4 9
16 Boavista 11 1 6 4 12 20 5 1 1 3 4 10 6 0 5 1 8 10 -8 9
17 Tondela 11 2 3 6 9 20 6 2 2 2 4 7 5 0 1 4 5 13 -11 9
18 Portimonense 11 2 2 7 7 14 5 1 2 2 3 5 6 1 0 5 4 9 -7 8

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.