Betting preview: Vizela vs Moreirense should be interesting

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Vizela (3500 seats)

Most people believe in Vizela in this game vs Moreirense, but the visitors will fight to the bitter end. Here's our match preview!

Insights:
  • Vizela have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Primeira Liga
  • Moreirense have yet to win a game away.

This has all the signs of an engrossing match with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Vizela form and stats

All-inclusive Primeira Liga results at home this season for Vizela are 2-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Vizela supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Belenenses in Primeira Liga and win 2-0. Vizela goalkeeper Silva did an outstanding job against Belenenses with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. Silva, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.2 out of 10 in that game. Silva stopped the opponent with seven saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Heartbreak before that as Vizela lost 0-2 at Maritimo's place.

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 Vizela have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost two.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Taça De Portugal game versus Porto in only four days. This game is also played here at Estádio Do Vizela.

Vizela are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. Vizela's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Moreirense form and stats

There's been little loot from Moreirense's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the Primeira Liga. Moreirense only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Moreirense, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Two away games in a row for Moreirense, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Tondela in the Primeira Liga. Late heartbreak for Moreirense in the Tondela match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Santos, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.62. Santos served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

Before that, Moreirense secured a home win against Estoril with the score 1-0.

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

The attacking power of Moreirense when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As for defending, Moreirense rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Vizela three wins, one draw and Moreirense one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VizelaG. Schettine Guimarães
G. Schettine Guimarães
5 goals
MoreirenseA. Silva de Aguiar
A. Silva de Aguiar
5 goals
MoreirenseC. Martins de Souza Ladislau
C. Martins de Souza Ladislau
4 goals

Vizela missing players

Moreirense missing players

Vizela Moreirense
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 3 8 16
3 2 2 Won W 0 0 2
7 4 1 Drew D 1 3 6
6 2 0 Lost L 2 5 8
16 8 5 Scored S 1 5 16
27 10 2 Conceded C 3 14 26
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 94%
88% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 69%
44% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 56%
31% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 31%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
56% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 62%
12% 12% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 12%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 31%
 
5 6.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 5.9 5.2
6.1 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.4 4.9
2.9 3.2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.1 15.6 16.3 Shots (avg) S ( 16 12.1 11.1
3.9 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 2.9 2.6
26% 22% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 22% 38%
 
14.1 11.9 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 12.2 12.3
4.7 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.2 4.7
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Moreirense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Moreirense have yet to win a game away.
  • Vizela have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) 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 16 14 2 0 41 9 8 8 0 0 22 4 8 6 2 0 19 5 32 44
2 Sporting CP 16 14 2 0 30 7 9 8 1 0 16 3 7 6 1 0 14 4 23 44
3 Benfica 16 12 1 3 47 15 7 5 0 2 21 8 9 7 1 1 26 7 32 37
4 Sporting Braga 16 9 4 3 30 16 8 5 2 1 16 6 8 4 2 2 14 10 14 31
5 Estoril 16 6 7 3 21 16 7 1 5 1 9 9 9 5 2 2 12 7 5 25
6 Portimonense 16 7 3 6 17 16 8 2 2 4 5 9 8 5 1 2 12 7 1 24
7 Gil Vicente 16 6 5 5 23 18 8 2 2 4 11 11 8 4 3 1 12 7 5 23
8 Vitoria Guimaraes 16 6 5 5 22 17 8 4 2 2 15 9 8 2 3 3 7 8 5 23
9 Maritimo 16 4 5 7 20 26 8 3 3 2 12 8 8 1 2 5 8 18 -6 17
10 Pacos de Ferreira 16 4 5 7 13 20 9 2 3 4 8 11 7 2 2 3 5 9 -7 17
11 Boavista 16 3 7 6 18 26 8 3 4 1 11 8 8 0 3 5 7 18 -8 16
12 Vizela 16 3 7 6 16 27 8 2 4 2 8 10 8 1 3 4 8 17 -11 16
13 Tondela 16 5 0 11 21 33 9 4 0 5 14 17 7 1 0 6 7 16 -12 15
14 Arouca 16 3 5 8 16 31 8 3 1 4 10 18 8 0 4 4 6 13 -15 14
15 Santa Clara 16 3 4 9 14 32 8 3 2 3 7 14 8 0 2 6 7 18 -18 13
16 Moreirense 16 2 6 8 16 26 8 2 3 3 11 12 8 0 3 5 5 14 -10 12
17 Famalicao 15 2 5 8 19 30 7 0 3 4 5 13 8 2 2 4 14 17 -11 11
18 Belenenses 15 1 5 9 7 26 7 1 2 4 5 15 8 0 3 5 2 11 -19 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.