Primeira Liga preview: Can Vitória FC edge out victory against Desportivo Aves?

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Date: Sat 14.December
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio do Bonfim (18694 seats)

With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Vitória FC fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Desportivo Aves.

Vitória FC and Desportivo Aves should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Vitória FC form and stats

2-5-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Vitória FC so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Vitória FC, who won 3-2 against Pacos de Ferreira (placed 17th). Preceding that match was the home League Cup game against Vitoria Guimaraes that was lost 0-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vitória FC handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D3-L2.

Vitória FC has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 7 games. As for guarding their own goal, Vitória FC have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Desportivo Aves form and stats

There's been little loot from Desportivo Aves's travels as they have only collected 0 points from 7 away games in the Primeira Liga. Desportivo Aves, who have the most conceded goals (29) in Primeira Liga, only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. Desportivo Aves are still without points from their Primeira Liga away games. 7 games, 7 defeats. It's all red in the travel logs of Desportivo Aves, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.

The supporters enjoyed Desportivo Aves's previous game versus Sporting Braga (placed 8th), a Primeira Liga 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Moreirense's place.

We have checked recent matches where Desportivo Aves have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were W2-D4-L7.

Desportivo Aves are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). The opposition has been scoring high and low on Desportivo Aves's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 21 goals in 7 travels. There are big problems for the Desportivo Aves defense as they have conceded 21 goals in 7 away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Vitória FC 3 wins, 1 draw and Desportivo Aves 2 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Desportivo AvesMehrdad Mohammadi
Mehrdad Mohammadi
5 goals
Desportivo AvesWelinton Junior
Welinton Junior
4 goals
Desportivo AvesE. Fernández
E. Fernández
2 goals

Vitória FC missing players

Desportivo Aves missing players

Vitória FC Desportivo Aves
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 3 Played P 2 7 13
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 2
7 5 3 Drew D 0 0 0
3 0 0 Lost L 2 7 11
7 3 0 Scored S 3 8 15
10 1 0 Conceded C 8 21 29
62% 43% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
31% 14% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 69%
15% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 86% 69%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 57% 46%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 57% 38%
23% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 69%
54% 86% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
62% 57% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 23%
 
4.6 5 6 Corners For (avg) C F 6 5 4.8
7.2 5.9 4.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 7.1 7.4
3.2 2.7 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 2.6
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
132 74 37 Total Shots T S 16 75 136
41 20 7 Shots on Target S O 3 13 32
17% 15% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 62% 47%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Desportivo Aves has the fewest clean sheets (1)
  • Desportivo Aves has the fewest points (0) away
  • Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals (21) away
  • Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals (29)
  • Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
  • Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals in the second half (15)
  • Desportivo Aves has the most matches over the total-line (9)
  • Desportivo Aves has the the worst goal difference (-13) away
  • Desportivo Aves has the the worst goal difference (-14)
  • Desportivo Aves have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Desportivo Aves have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Desportivo Aves have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Desportivo Aves have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Desportivo Aves have scored more than double the goals of Vitória FC.
  • Desportivo Aves haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vitória FC has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
  • Vitória FC has the fewest scored goals (7)
  • Vitória FC has the most matches under the total-line (10)
  • Vitória FC have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Vitória FC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Benfica 13 12 0 1 33 5 7 6 0 1 18 2 6 6 0 0 15 3 28 36
2 Porto 13 10 2 1 25 6 6 6 0 0 15 0 7 4 2 1 10 6 19 32
3 Famalicao 13 7 3 3 26 21 6 4 1 1 15 10 7 3 2 2 11 11 5 24
4 Sporting CP 13 7 2 4 20 15 6 4 0 2 11 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 5 23
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 13 5 5 3 22 15 7 4 2 1 15 5 6 1 3 2 7 10 7 20
6 Boavista 13 4 6 3 12 12 7 2 3 2 7 8 6 2 3 1 5 4 0 18
7 Tondela 13 5 3 5 14 14 6 1 1 4 3 7 7 4 2 1 11 7 0 18
8 Sporting Braga 13 5 3 5 16 16 6 3 2 1 11 9 7 2 1 4 5 7 0 18
9 Gil Vicente 12 4 4 4 12 13 7 3 4 0 9 4 5 1 0 4 3 9 -1 16
10 Vitória FC 13 3 7 3 7 10 7 2 5 0 3 1 6 1 2 3 4 9 -3 16
11 Rio Ave 12 4 3 5 15 15 6 2 2 2 10 8 6 2 1 3 5 7 0 15
12 Belenenses 13 4 3 6 10 19 6 2 1 3 5 8 7 2 2 3 5 11 -9 15
13 Santa Clara 13 3 5 5 10 14 7 2 2 3 6 7 6 1 3 2 4 7 -4 14
14 Moreirense 13 3 5 5 16 18 6 3 2 1 10 6 7 0 3 4 6 12 -2 14
15 Maritimo 13 2 6 5 14 23 7 1 4 2 10 12 6 1 2 3 4 11 -9 12
16 Portimonense 13 2 5 6 10 19 6 1 2 3 6 9 7 1 3 3 4 10 -9 11
17 Pacos de Ferreira 13 2 2 9 9 22 7 2 1 4 6 8 6 0 1 5 3 14 -13 8
18 Desportivo Aves 13 2 0 11 15 29 6 2 0 4 7 8 7 0 0 7 8 21 -14 6

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.