It's early days in the Segunda Liga and both Académica and Penafiel are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Académica form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Académica's two home games in the Segunda Liga so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Estádio EFAPEL.
The Académica goalkeeper Michael Simoes Domingues is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 260 minutes without conceding a goal in the Segunda Liga.
0-0 away at Academico Viseu before that.
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 seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost three.
Early season league goal statistics from Académica's 2 home games: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Penafiel form and stats
Things could have gone better for Penafiel in their Segunda Liga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Before that, Penafiel secured a home win against Mafra with the score 3-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Penafiel in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Penafiel, four draws and four defeats.
It's early days yet, but Penafiel has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Académica four wins, four draws and Penafiel two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Soares Azevedo 2 goals | W. de Andrade Borges 2 goals |  M. da Costa 2 goals |
Académica missing players
Penafiel missing players
| Académica | Penafiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | 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 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 15 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 14 | 42 |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 20% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 50% | 44% |
- Académica has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Segunda Liga
- All of Penafiel's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Penafiel have scored in all their matches so far.
- Penafiel have scored more than double the goals of Académica.
- Penafiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Académica | Last season | Penafiel | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 23 | Scored | S | 9 | 23 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 83% | ||
| 67% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 62% | ||
| 54% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | ||
| 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 54% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | ||
| 29% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 33% | ||
| 29% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 38% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 288 | 163 | Total Shots | T S | 74 | 193 | ||
| 110 | 66 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 72 | ||
| 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mafra | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Estoril | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Chaves | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | Feirense | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Penafiel | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Arouca | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Académica | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Vizela | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 10 | Porto II | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Benfica II | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Leixoes | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | UD Oliveirense | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Varzim | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Sporting Covilhã | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Cova Piedade | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Academico Viseu | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |