Académica have some points to catch up on from their 18th place, and the task starts against Leixões. Read more!
- Académica is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Leixões haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's look for an enthusiastic fixture!
Académica form and stats
Académica's results here at Estádio EFAPEL in the Segunda Liga have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
No payout for Académica in their previous match, an away game at Varzim that ended in defeat 0-1.
Before that game, the home loss against Rio Ave with the scoreline 1-2.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 Académica have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost four.
There will be little rest for Académica after this match as they are travelling to Farense for a Segunda Liga game in only four days.
Académica has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Académica defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Leixões form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Leixões so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Leixões's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Chaves that finished 1-1.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Farense.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Leixões in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Leixões, eight draws and four defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Leixões are hosting Mafra in the Segunda Liga only three days away.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Leixões's away games in the league this season with only 7 goals from 9 matches. The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 10 goals have been conceded by Leixões in these games.
Head 2 Head
Leixões - Académica 2-1 was the story when these two squads previously played each other, also in this season. Académica-Leixões H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Académica four wins, Leixões two wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Cardoso Santo 7 goals |  A. Oluwafemi Sapara 7 goals |  J. Rubio Toro 3 goals |
Académica missing players
Leixões missing players
| Académica | Leixões | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 17 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 31 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 78% |
| 61% | 78% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 22% | 44% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 11% | 17% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 67% | 89% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 67% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 28% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 22% |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10.5 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 11.5 | 12.2 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.6 | 9.1 |
| 3.8 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 25% | 27% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 37% | 40% |
| 10.6 | 9.6 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
- Académica have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Académica have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Académica have the fewest points (6) at home in Segunda Liga
- Académica have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Segunda Liga
- Académica have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Académica haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Académica is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- All of Académica's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Leixões 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 | Benfica II | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 39 |
| 2 | Casa Pia | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Feirense | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Rio Ave | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Nacional | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Estrela Amadora | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 29 |
| 7 | Chaves | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Porto II | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Penafiel | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Mafra | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Trofense | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 12 | Leixões | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Vilafranquense | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Academico Viseu | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 22 |
| 15 | Farense | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 17 |
| 16 | Sporting Covilhã | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 17 |
| 17 | Varzim | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -13 | 11 |
| 18 | Académica | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -14 | 8 |
