Segunda Liga: Academico Viseu thought to win home game versus Benfica II

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Tue 31.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal do Fontelo (8046 seats)

Academico Viseu have played better than Benfica II this season, but every fixture begins at 0-0. Here's all the intelligence you require before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Academico Viseu have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Segunda Liga

Both squads have had time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an active fixture!

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Academico Viseu form and stats

4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Segunda Liga numbers at home for Academico Viseu so far this season. Academico Viseu has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).

The fans hope that Academico will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away defeat in the League Cup fixture against Porto. Chaves was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.14 out of 10. The defender Chaves won 5 of 7 duels.

Before that, Academico Viseu drew at home versus Nacional.

Lots of goals? We don't know the future, but we do know that 12 of the 16 latest league matches with this club has seen three or more goals.

Academico Viseu are traveling soon after this match as the Segunda Liga match at Moreirense awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Academico in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Academico Viseu have conceded 13 goals.

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Benfica II form and stats

The visitors are W2-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda Liga. Benfica II seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Benfica II's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Porto II that finished 2-2. Sanches has bagged at least one goal for the away side three games in a row. The ability!

A 2-5 defeat away at Farense before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Benfica when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 11 of this side's 13 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

Benfica II find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Benfica have conceded 14 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have played previously this season: Benfica II - Academico Viseu 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Academico Viseu wins - draws - Benfica II wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AcademicoA. Silva Filho
A. Silva Filho
14 goals
Benfica IIG. Saches Sousa
G. Saches Sousa
6 goals
Academico ViseuF. Quizera
F. Quizera
4 goals

Academico Viseu missing players

Benfica II missing players

Academico Viseu Benfica II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 2 8 17
7 4 0 Won W 0 2 6
7 3 2 Drew D 0 3 5
3 2 0 Lost L 2 3 6
30 16 4 Scored S 4 11 32
24 13 4 Conceded C 8 14 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 94%
71% 78% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 71%
41% 44% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 41%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 24%
94% 89% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 76%
6% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 18%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
6.9 7.8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.5 4.4
5.6 4.6 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.9 5.3
3.2 3.3 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.4 3.1
4 4 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
13.8 15 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.4 11.1
5.5 6.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.9 4.9
32% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 28% 38%
 
11.5 11.6 15.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14.6 13.6
4.4 4.4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.5 5.1 5.8
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Academico Viseu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Academico Viseu have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Academico Viseu have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Segunda Liga
  • Academico Viseu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Academico Viseu's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Moreirense 18 13 4 1 38 17 8 7 1 0 21 8 10 6 3 1 17 9 21 43
2 Farense 18 10 4 4 31 21 9 6 3 0 19 9 9 4 1 4 12 12 10 34
3 Estrela Amadora 18 8 9 1 29 17 10 5 5 0 19 10 8 3 4 1 10 7 12 33
4 Vilafranquense 18 8 5 5 25 19 9 4 2 3 14 13 9 4 3 2 11 6 6 29
5 Academico Viseu 17 7 7 3 30 24 9 4 3 2 16 13 8 3 4 1 14 11 6 28
6 Porto II 18 7 6 5 24 18 8 3 3 2 9 3 10 4 3 3 15 15 6 27
7 Tondela 18 5 11 2 21 16 10 3 5 2 10 9 8 2 6 0 11 7 5 26
8 Feirense 18 5 9 4 25 22 8 1 6 1 9 9 10 4 3 3 16 13 3 24
9 UD Oliveirense 18 6 6 6 25 26 8 3 5 0 12 7 10 3 1 6 13 19 -1 24
10 Benfica II 17 6 5 6 32 30 9 4 2 3 21 16 8 2 3 3 11 14 2 23
11 Leixoes 18 5 7 6 18 19 9 4 2 3 9 6 9 1 5 3 9 13 -1 22
12 Penafiel 18 5 7 6 17 20 8 1 4 3 8 9 10 4 3 3 9 11 -3 22
13 Torreense 18 6 3 9 14 20 10 3 2 5 7 11 8 3 1 4 7 9 -6 21
14 Mafra 18 5 5 8 23 31 10 3 3 4 13 14 8 2 2 4 10 17 -8 20
15 Nacional 18 4 5 9 16 21 9 2 2 5 9 10 9 2 3 4 7 11 -5 17
16 Belenenses 17 4 3 10 24 33 8 1 1 6 10 18 9 3 2 4 14 15 -9 15
17 Trofense 17 3 3 11 13 31 8 2 0 6 7 17 9 1 3 5 6 14 -18 12
18 Sporting Covilha 18 1 5 12 13 33 10 0 3 7 6 17 8 1 2 5 7 16 -20 8

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.