Primeira Liga match prediction: Little separates Vizela and Estoril in quality

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Vizela (3500 seats)

The guesting Estoril side should be front runners at Vizela, as the visitors enjoy a 10 point advantage from their ten league games this season.

Insights:
  • Vizela have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Primeira Liga
  • Estoril have not yet lost a game away.

This could be an engrossing match with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Vizela form and stats

The total Primeira Liga results at home this season for Vizela are 1-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Vizela, facing Famalicão in a game that ended 1-1. Defender Koffi Kouao got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.31/10. Kouao hit one key pass and won 12 of 18 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Benfica (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Vizela perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Vizela as a small favourite), we find eight games. Vizela has won two of these, drawn four and lost two.

Vizela are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. On the other hand, Vizela have conceded 5 goals.

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Estoril form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga.

Estoril delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Benfica (placed 3rd) in their previous match; a Primeira Liga game. Goalkeeper Daniel Figueira made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Benfica. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Rosier Loreintz got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, top player of the team. Loreintz scored one goal.

Prior to that result Estoril won their away game at Portimonense. The scoreline was 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Estoril in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Estoril, three draws and six defeats.

Estoril have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 5 away matches. Estoril are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vizela two wins, five draws and Estoril three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

EstorilA. Russo Franco
A. Russo Franco
5 goals
VizelaG. Schettine Guimarães
G. Schettine Guimarães
3 goals
VizelaM. Gomes
M. Gomes
2 goals

Vizela missing players

Estoril missing players

Vizela Estoril
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 0 5 10
1 1 0 Won W 0 4 5
6 3 0 Drew D 0 1 4
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
8 5 0 Scored S 0 10 15
15 5 1 Conceded C 0 3 8
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 90%
80% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 80%
40% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 80% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 60%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 30%
40% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
6.1 8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 4.2
5.8 5.2 12 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.4 5.9
3.3 4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.6 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.8 18 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.2 9.9
4.1 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 2.5
20% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 60%
 
13.7 10.4 14 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.6 14.1
4.1 2.6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.4 4
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • All of Estoril's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Estoril have not yet lost a game away.
  • Estoril have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Estoril have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Estoril haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vizela have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Vizela have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Primeira Liga
  • Vizela have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vizela haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Porto 10 8 2 0 25 7 5 5 0 0 16 2 5 3 2 0 9 5 18 26
2 Sporting CP 10 8 2 0 15 4 6 5 1 0 9 1 4 3 1 0 6 3 11 26
3 Benfica 10 8 1 1 21 6 4 3 0 1 7 3 6 5 1 0 14 3 15 25
4 Estoril 10 5 4 1 15 8 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 4 1 0 10 3 7 19
5 Sporting Braga 9 4 4 1 13 8 4 1 2 1 6 5 5 3 2 0 7 3 5 16
6 Portimonense 9 4 2 3 8 6 5 1 1 3 2 5 4 3 1 0 6 1 2 14
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 10 3 4 3 11 9 5 2 1 2 7 5 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 13
8 Gil Vicente 10 3 3 4 12 12 5 1 1 3 6 7 5 2 2 1 6 5 0 12
9 Boavista 10 2 5 3 12 15 5 2 3 0 7 2 5 0 2 3 5 13 -3 11
10 Pacos de Ferreira 9 2 4 3 8 11 5 1 3 1 5 5 4 1 1 2 3 6 -3 10
11 Tondela 10 3 0 7 13 19 5 2 0 3 8 10 5 1 0 4 5 9 -6 9
12 Arouca 10 2 3 5 10 16 5 2 1 2 7 7 5 0 2 3 3 9 -6 9
13 Vizela 10 1 6 3 8 15 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 0 3 2 3 10 -7 9
14 Belenenses 10 1 5 4 7 13 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 0 3 2 2 6 -6 8
15 Famalicão 10 1 4 5 11 15 5 0 3 2 4 6 5 1 1 3 7 9 -4 7
16 Maritimo 10 1 4 5 8 13 5 0 3 2 4 7 5 1 1 3 4 6 -5 7
17 Moreirense 9 1 4 4 10 17 4 1 1 2 7 8 5 0 3 2 3 9 -7 7
18 Santa Clara 10 1 3 6 7 20 5 1 2 2 4 10 5 0 1 4 3 10 -13 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.