Home advantage could prove decisive in Vitória SC - Casa Pia battle

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Mon 29.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques (30008 seats)

This looks to be yet another absorbing battle at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques in the Primeira Liga. Vitória SC is in 5th place and receive Casa Pia in 9th position. Read about the match here!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Vitória SC form and stats

Vitória SC have only played one Primeira Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 17 matches.

The followers are hoping that Vitória will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Portimonense (placed 4th). Midfield player Silva got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Silva scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Estoril.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vitória SC have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Early season league goal statistics from Vitória SC's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.

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Casa Pia form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Primeira Liga away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 7 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Martins and Godwin scored in Casa's previous match, the home game against Boavista that ended 2-0. Zolotic, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.12. Zolotic won 9 of 10 duels.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Benfica.

0 goals so far away for Casa Pia, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Vitória SCA. Oliveira Silva
A. Oliveira Silva
2 goals
Vitória SCJ. Ferreira Silva
J. Ferreira Silva
1 goals
Casa PiaS. Godwin
S. Godwin
1 goals

Vitória SC missing players

Casa Pia missing players

Vitória SC Casa Pia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 1 1 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 67%
 
7 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 4
5 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 6
4.7 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.7 10 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 8
5 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 2.3
20% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 29%
 
11.7 7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 10.7
2.7 1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 3
Vitória SC Last season Casa Pia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
13 9   Won W   7 21
9 3   Drew D   4 5
12 5   Lost L   6 8
50 34   Scored S   21 50
41 20   Conceded C   15 22
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
71% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 56%
56% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 29%
32% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 15%
12% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 9%
59% 65%   BTTS BTTS   41% 32%
24% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 50%
26% 18%   Failed to Score F T   29% 21%
 
4.8 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   6.4 6.1
5 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.6
3.5 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.6
8 4   Red cards R C   1 3
 
13.5 14.5   Shots (avg) S (   11 11
4.4 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.3
34% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 34%
 
11.6 10.4   Shots against (avg) S A   9.2 8.6
4.1 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.2

  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 3 3 0 0 9 1 2 2 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 9
2 Sporting Braga 3 2 1 0 11 3 2 1 1 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 8 7
3 Benfica 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
4 Portimonense 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 6
5 Vitória SC 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
6 Boavista 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
7 Arouca 3 2 0 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 5 -2 6
8 Estoril 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
9 Casa Pia 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
10 Sporting CP 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 3 6 0 4
11 Chaves 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
12 Vizela 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4
13 Gil Vicente 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
14 Santa Clara 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
15 Rio Ave 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 1
16 Famalicao 3 0 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 -5 1
17 Pacos de Ferreira 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
18 Marítimo 3 0 0 3 2 12 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 10 -10 0
Last season 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 34 29 4 1 86 22 17 15 2 0 50 11 17 14 2 1 36 11 64 91
2 Sporting CP 34 27 4 3 73 23 17 14 1 2 34 8 17 13 3 1 39 15 50 85
3 Benfica 34 23 5 6 78 30 17 10 3 4 36 16 17 13 2 2 42 14 48 74
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 8 7 52 31 17 10 4 3 27 13 17 9 4 4 25 18 21 65
5 Gil Vicente 34 13 12 9 47 42 17 6 6 5 25 19 17 7 6 4 22 23 5 51
6 Vitória SC 34 13 9 12 50 41 17 9 3 5 34 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 9 48
7 Santa Clara 34 9 13 12 38 54 17 8 6 3 24 23 17 1 7 9 14 31 -16 40
8 Famalicao 34 9 12 13 45 51 17 5 7 5 22 21 17 4 5 8 23 30 -6 39
9 Estoril 34 9 12 13 36 43 17 4 8 5 21 21 17 5 4 8 15 22 -7 39
10 Marítimo 34 9 11 14 39 44 17 4 6 7 19 17 17 5 5 7 20 27 -5 38
11 Pacos de Ferreira 34 9 11 14 29 44 17 5 6 6 19 22 17 4 5 8 10 22 -15 38
12 Boavista 34 7 17 10 39 52 17 4 10 3 20 20 17 3 7 7 19 32 -13 38
13 Portimonense 34 10 8 16 31 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 17 6 4 7 16 23 -14 38
14 Vizela 34 7 12 15 37 58 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 3 5 9 21 37 -21 33
15 Arouca 34 7 10 17 30 54 17 5 4 8 15 29 17 2 6 9 15 25 -24 31
16 Moreirense 34 7 8 19 33 51 17 5 3 9 22 23 17 2 5 10 11 28 -18 29
17 Tondela 34 7 7 20 41 67 17 4 4 9 24 33 17 3 3 11 17 34 -26 28
18 Belenenses 34 5 11 18 23 55 17 5 3 9 15 30 17 0 8 9 8 25 -32 26
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rio Ave 34 21 7 6 52 31 17 13 1 3 29 15 17 8 6 3 23 16 21 70
2 Casa Pia 34 21 5 8 50 22 17 14 1 2 29 7 17 7 4 6 21 15 28 68
3 Chaves 34 18 10 6 54 35 17 12 4 1 33 14 17 6 6 5 21 21 19 64
4 Feirense 34 17 7 10 50 37 17 9 3 5 28 19 17 8 4 5 22 18 13 58
5 Benfica II 34 17 6 11 61 44 17 7 4 6 27 18 17 10 2 5 34 26 17 57
6 Nacional 34 14 9 11 52 44 17 10 4 3 32 17 17 4 5 8 20 27 8 51
7 Penafiel 34 14 9 11 38 38 17 8 5 4 22 17 17 6 4 7 16 21 0 51
8 Leixoes 34 13 9 12 42 40 17 6 5 6 23 23 17 7 4 6 19 17 2 48
9 Mafra 34 11 10 13 37 42 17 4 9 4 17 19 17 7 1 9 20 23 -5 43
10 Porto II 34 10 12 12 45 49 17 6 8 3 26 22 17 4 4 9 19 27 -4 42
11 Farense 34 10 11 13 40 42 17 7 5 5 22 15 17 3 6 8 18 27 -2 41
12 Vilafranquense 34 10 11 13 41 47 17 5 6 6 24 27 17 5 5 7 17 20 -6 41
13 Trofense 34 10 10 14 35 41 17 6 5 6 18 19 17 4 5 8 17 22 -6 40
14 Estrela Amadora 34 9 10 15 42 55 17 5 3 9 19 26 17 4 7 6 23 29 -13 37
15 Academico Viseu 34 10 7 17 31 49 17 4 4 9 14 27 17 6 3 8 17 22 -18 37
16 Sporting Covilha 34 8 12 14 30 43 17 5 6 6 17 17 17 3 6 8 13 26 -13 36
17 Varzim 34 8 11 15 25 39 17 6 4 7 14 20 17 2 7 8 11 19 -14 35
18 Academica 34 3 8 23 35 62 17 2 5 10 18 26 17 1 3 13 17 36 -27 17

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.