Open game expected at Estádio Municipal do Fontelo: Academico Viseu vs Varzim preview

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Fri 26.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal do Fontelo (8046 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Segunda Liga, with both Academico Viseu and Varzim experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 13th and the visitors in 18th place.

Insights:
  • Varzim have the fewest scored goals (17) in Segunda Liga

The hosts Academico saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Segunda Liga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Feirense.

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Academico Viseu form and stats

When playing at home in the Segunda Liga, Academico Viseu have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games.

Academico drew their last game, 1-1 away at Feirense (placed 2nd). Before that, Academico had a home game versus Benfica II which ended with a victory 2-1.

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 Academico have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost three.

Academico Viseu aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Municipal do Fontelo in the league, with only 9 goals from 12 games. Academico have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Varzim form and stats

Varzim, who have the fewest scored goals (17) in Segunda Liga, have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Segunda Liga, after 3-3-6 (12 played).

Impressive finishing from Ricardo Nunes and Nélson Agra secured the home win 2-0 against Mafra in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Estoril's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Varzim in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Varzim, two draws and three defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Varzim as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Varzim in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Varzim - Academico 1-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Academico Viseu victories, five draws and two Varzim wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AcademicoP. Ayongo
P. Ayongo
5 goals
Academico ViseuA. Carter
A. Carter
4 goals
Academico ViseuJ. Lima Santos de Miranda
J. Lima Santos de Miranda
3 goals

Academico Viseu missing players

Varzim missing players

Academico Viseu Varzim
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 2 12 25
6 3 0 Won W 1 3 5
8 4 0 Drew D 1 3 6
11 5 2 Lost L 0 6 14
22 9 1 Scored S 2 9 17
32 15 4 Conceded C 1 14 31
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
76% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 56%
36% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 42% 32%
8% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 16%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
52% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 44%
20% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 24%
36% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 42% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.5 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.8
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
6.9 7.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 14 8.1 9.3
2.5 2.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 2.7 3.4
35% 27% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 28% 20%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Varzim have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Varzim have the fewest scored goals (17) in Segunda Liga
  • Varzim have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Segunda Liga
  • Varzim have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Segunda Liga

  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 25 17 5 3 41 17 12 7 4 1 24 12 13 10 1 2 17 5 24 56
2 Feirense 25 14 5 6 35 21 13 7 2 4 17 13 12 7 3 2 18 8 14 47
3 Academica 25 13 7 5 32 21 12 7 2 3 17 12 13 6 5 2 15 9 11 46
4 Vizela 25 12 9 4 38 28 13 9 3 1 21 11 12 3 6 3 17 17 10 45
5 Arouca 25 10 8 7 26 22 12 5 4 3 10 9 13 5 4 4 16 13 4 38
6 Chaves 24 10 7 7 30 25 12 3 5 4 9 12 12 7 2 3 21 13 5 37
7 Penafiel 25 10 7 8 32 29 13 6 4 3 17 12 12 4 3 5 15 17 3 37
8 Casa Pia 25 8 10 7 31 34 13 5 4 4 17 18 12 3 6 3 14 16 -3 34
9 Benfica II 25 9 6 10 42 34 12 7 2 3 23 13 13 2 4 7 19 21 8 33
10 Mafra 25 9 6 10 29 31 12 6 4 2 17 11 13 3 2 8 12 20 -2 33
11 Leixoes 25 7 9 9 25 28 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 2 5 6 10 16 -3 30
12 Sporting Covilha 25 7 8 10 26 29 12 4 4 4 16 16 13 3 4 6 10 13 -3 29
13 Academico Viseu 25 6 8 11 22 32 12 3 4 5 9 15 13 3 4 6 13 17 -10 26
14 Vilafranquense 24 3 14 7 24 33 12 1 9 2 11 14 12 2 5 5 13 19 -9 23
15 Cova Piedade 25 5 8 12 27 38 13 2 5 6 12 20 12 3 3 6 15 18 -11 23
16 UD Oliveirense 25 5 8 12 20 34 13 2 5 6 10 16 12 3 3 6 10 18 -14 23
17 Porto II 25 4 9 12 28 38 13 3 2 8 18 21 12 1 7 4 10 17 -10 21
18 Varzim 25 5 6 14 17 31 13 2 3 8 8 17 12 3 3 6 9 14 -14 21

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.