Segunda Liga preview: Can Académica edge out victory against Casa Pia?

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio EFAPEL (30210 seats)

It's advantage Académica so far with their 2nd position in the Segunda Liga table, welcoming Casa Pia who are placed 8th.

Insights:
  • Académica has the fewest conceded goals (5) in Segunda Liga
  • Casa Pia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Académica form and stats

The story so far in the Segunda Liga for Académica, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Segunda Liga, at their home stadium (Estádio EFAPEL) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. It’s been three wins in a row for Académica here at Estádio EFAPEL, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The fans are hoping that Académica will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Taça De Portugal game against Academico Viseu (placed 17th). Before that match, a Segunda Liga win away at Porto II.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Académica matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, two draws and zero defeats (from six games).

A decent goal production from Académica in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Académica have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Casa Pia form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Casa Pia playing as the away team in the Segunda Liga this season.

Casa Pia had fun at their own home (Estádio EFAPEL) last time out, beating Mafra 2-0. Malik Abubakari and Lucas Paes scored. Preceding that game was the away victory against Chaves with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Casa playing away, we found two games. Results were one away win, zero draws and one home win.

The travelling fans enjoy Casa Pia's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Casa have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Casa PiaJ. Luís Coito
J. Luís Coito
12 goals
Casa PiaJ. Mendes Júnior
J. Mendes Júnior
9 goals

Académica missing players

Casa Pia missing players

Académica Casa Pia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 2 5 11
7 4 2 Won W 1 2 4
3 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
1 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
14 8 4 Scored S 3 8 16
5 3 2 Conceded C 3 7 19
73% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
45% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
45% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 64%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
36% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 64%
55% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 18%
36% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 3.8 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 8.4 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.4 7.6
2.6 2.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 2.9
48% 67% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 62% 50%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Académica has the fewest conceded goals (5) in Segunda Liga
  • Académica have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Académica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Académica haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Académica is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Casa Pia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Casa Pia have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Casa Pia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Estoril 11 8 2 1 19 7 5 3 2 0 12 6 6 5 0 1 7 1 12 26
2 Académica 11 7 3 1 14 5 5 4 0 1 8 3 6 3 3 0 6 2 9 24
3 Mafra 11 7 0 4 18 12 5 4 0 1 8 3 6 3 0 3 10 9 6 21
4 Feirense 11 6 3 2 16 10 6 3 1 2 7 7 5 3 2 0 9 3 6 21
5 Arouca 11 5 4 2 13 9 5 2 2 1 6 5 6 3 2 1 7 4 4 19
6 Chaves 11 5 3 3 15 11 5 1 2 2 2 4 6 4 1 1 13 7 4 18
7 Penafiel 11 5 3 3 16 13 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 1 2 2 7 8 3 18
8 Casa Pia 11 4 4 3 16 19 6 2 2 2 8 12 5 2 2 1 8 7 -3 16
9 Vizela 11 4 3 4 14 18 6 4 1 1 9 7 5 0 2 3 5 11 -4 15
10 Sporting Covilhã 11 4 2 5 15 14 5 2 1 2 10 8 6 2 1 3 5 6 1 14
11 Cova Piedade 11 4 2 5 13 17 6 1 2 3 4 9 5 3 0 2 9 8 -4 14
12 Benfica II 11 4 0 7 19 18 5 2 0 3 7 8 6 2 0 4 12 10 1 12
13 Vilafranquense 11 2 5 4 10 15 5 0 3 2 2 7 6 2 2 2 8 8 -5 11
14 Porto II 11 3 1 7 16 21 6 2 0 4 10 10 5 1 1 3 6 11 -5 10
15 Leixoes 10 2 3 5 10 14 4 2 1 1 8 7 6 0 2 4 2 7 -4 9
16 UD Oliveirense 10 2 2 6 9 14 6 1 1 4 6 9 4 1 1 2 3 5 -5 8
17 Academico Viseu 11 1 5 5 4 10 6 0 3 3 1 6 5 1 2 2 3 4 -6 8
18 Varzim 11 1 3 7 6 16 6 1 2 3 3 7 5 0 1 4 3 9 -10 6

Read more about Segunda Liga

The Segunda Liga, or LigaPro, is the second level of Portuguese football. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. The top two teams are promoted to the top level in Portugal (Primeira Liga) while the bottom two are relegated.