The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Vitória SC welcome Portimonense for the opening game at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques. Read on!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Vitória SC form and stats
Last season, Vitória SC's league statistics were 12 wins, 7 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Primeira Liga. Over these 34 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 44. Playing at home last season Vitória SC managed 7-1-9 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 27 conceded.
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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost one.
Vitória SC have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 3 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Vitória SC have scored 6 goals and conceded 3 times.
Portimonense form and stats
Let's have a look at how Portimonense performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 8 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 11 with 14/24 goals scored/conceded.
We have checked recent matches where Portimonense have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, three draws and four defeats.
Portimonense played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In these three matches Portimonense scored 2 and conceded 3 goals.
Head 2 Head
Vitória SC-Portimonense H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vitória SC four wins, Portimonense four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Vitória SC missing players
Portimonense missing players
| Vitória SC | Portimonense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Vitória SC | Last season | Portimonense | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Lost | L | 11 | 17 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 14 | 34 | ||
| 44 | 27 | Conceded | C | 24 | 41 | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 85% | ||
| 59% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 59% | 62% | ||
| 50% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 44% | ||
| 29% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 15% | ||
| 6% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 9% | ||
| 41% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 41% | ||
| 35% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 41% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arouca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Belenenses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Benfica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Boavista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Estoril | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Famalicao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Gil Vicente | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Maritimo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Moreirense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Portimonense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Porto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Sporting Braga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sporting CP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Tondela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Vitória SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Vizela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Sporting CP | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 65 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 45 | 85 |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 74 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 45 | 80 |
| 3 | Benfica | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 42 | 76 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 64 |
| 5 | Pacos de Ferreira | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -1 | 53 |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 46 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 43 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 43 |
| 9 | Famalicao | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | -8 | 40 |
| 10 | Belenenses | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 40 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 22 | -9 | 39 |
| 12 | Tondela | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 57 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 36 | -21 | 36 |
| 13 | Boavista | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 49 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 27 | -10 | 36 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 24 | -7 | 35 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 26 | -20 | 35 |
| 16 | Rio Ave | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 25 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -15 | 34 |
| 17 | Farense | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 28 | -17 | 31 |
| 18 | Nacional | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 59 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 29 | -29 | 25 |