Academico Viseu fights Penafiel in Segunda Liga battle

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Date: Sun 26.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal do Fontelo (8046 seats)

Academico Viseu and Penafiel have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Segunda Liga.

Academico Viseu and Penafiel should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Academico Viseu form and stats

2-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Segunda Liga numbers at home for Academico Viseu, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Segunda Liga, so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Academico Viseu, who played 0-0 against Chaves. That match was also played at this venue (Estádio Municipal do Fontelo). Ahead of that match, Academico Viseu won a home game hosting Canelas 2010 (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Academico Viseu handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W6-D3-L2.

There will be little rest for Academico Viseu after this match as they are travelling to Académica for a Segunda Liga game in only four days.

Academico Viseu have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. Academico Viseu have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Penafiel form and stats

Penafiel have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Segunda Liga, after 2-2-4 (8 played).

Penafiel has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Vilafranquense for a Segunda Liga game that ended a draw (1-1). Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Farense.

Penafiel are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of eight matches.

The attacking power of Penafiel when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Penafiel have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Penafiel - Academico Viseu 0-2 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Academico Viseu victories, 1 draw and 6 Penafiel wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Academico ViseuJ. Lima dos Reis
J. Lima dos Reis
4 goals
PenafielR. Rodrigues Tavares
R. Rodrigues Tavares
4 goals
Academico ViseuA. Carter
A. Carter
3 goals

Academico Viseu missing players

Penafiel missing players

Academico Viseu Penafiel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 1 8 17
6 2 0 Won W 1 2 6
6 3 1 Drew D 0 2 6
5 3 0 Lost L 0 4 5
16 6 0 Scored S 1 7 19
17 8 0 Conceded C 0 9 15
71% 62% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 82%
59% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 62% 65%
29% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 47%
24% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
35% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 47%
47% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 41%
47% 62% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 29%
 
5.4 4.8 4 Corners For (avg) C F 0 2.4 3.2
5.5 5 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 8 5 5
2.6 2.1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 3.2
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
159 74 9 Total Shots T S 6 52 141
56 27 1 Shots on Target S O 1 14 61
29% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 50% 31%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Academico Viseu has the fewest scored goals (6) at home
  • Academico Viseu has the most clean sheets (8)
  • Penafiel have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Penafiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Penafiel have won significantly less corners away then 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 Farense 17 11 1 5 22 16 9 6 1 2 12 8 8 5 0 3 10 8 6 34
2 Nacional 17 9 6 2 22 12 8 5 3 0 12 3 9 4 3 2 10 9 10 33
3 Mafra 17 8 6 3 28 19 8 4 4 0 15 9 9 4 2 3 13 10 9 30
4 Sporting Covilha 17 8 4 5 25 17 9 4 2 3 11 9 8 4 2 2 14 8 8 28
5 Varzim 17 7 6 4 24 21 9 5 1 3 10 9 8 2 5 1 14 12 3 27
6 Chaves 17 8 3 6 21 18 8 5 1 2 12 8 9 3 2 4 9 10 3 27
7 Estoril 17 8 1 8 24 20 9 5 1 3 15 10 8 3 0 5 9 10 4 25
8 Académica 17 7 3 7 26 22 9 5 1 3 18 13 8 2 2 4 8 9 4 24
9 Penafiel 17 6 6 5 19 15 9 4 4 1 12 6 8 2 2 4 7 9 4 24
10 Leixões 17 6 6 5 19 18 9 3 3 3 8 9 8 3 3 2 11 9 1 24
11 Academico Viseu 17 6 6 5 16 17 8 2 3 3 6 8 9 4 3 2 10 9 -1 24
12 Feirense 17 5 8 4 18 15 9 3 4 2 9 7 8 2 4 2 9 8 3 23
13 Benfica II 17 5 6 6 23 24 8 4 3 1 15 10 9 1 3 5 8 14 -1 21
14 UD Oliveirense 17 5 4 8 21 24 8 3 2 3 8 8 9 2 2 5 13 16 -3 19
15 Porto II 17 4 6 7 21 26 8 2 4 2 11 11 9 2 2 5 10 15 -5 18
16 Vilafranquense 17 4 5 8 21 28 8 3 2 3 14 15 9 1 3 5 7 13 -7 17
17 Cova Piedade 17 3 2 12 12 31 8 3 1 4 7 9 9 0 1 8 5 22 -19 11
18 Casa Pia 17 2 3 12 14 33 9 1 1 7 10 19 8 1 2 5 4 14 -19 9

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.