Chaves will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Académica.
Chaves and Académica 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.
Chaves form and stats
Overall Segunda Liga stats at home this season for Chaves are 5-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Platiny was the last player to score a league goal for Chaves and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Chaves haven't scored in 395 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager J. Ferreira da Mota led his Chaves to a defeat in the Segunda Liga match away at Mafra. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira. Before that game, the home loss against Nacional with the scoreline 0-2.
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 Chaves have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost one.
Chaves are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. Chaves's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Académica form and stats
Académica have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Segunda Liga, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
Académica are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Segunda Liga against Academico Viseu (placed 9th). Before that, Académica travelled to Leixoes and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Académica playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were five Académica wins, two draws and five defeats.
Académica find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Académica have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Académica - Chaves 1-2.Top Goalscorers
  A. Silva de Aguiar 10 goals |   J. Traquina André 4 goals |  W. de Andrade Borges 3 goals |
Chaves missing players
Académica missing players
| Chaves | Académica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 21 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 29 |
| 21 | 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 89% |
| 74% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 74% |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 44% | 58% |
| 11% | 11% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 5% | 11% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 63% |
| 26% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 26% |
| 42% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 21% |
| 6.8 | 7.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
| 5 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 222 | 117 | 53 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 91 | 228 |
| 80 | 40 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 38 | 92 |
| 26% | 30% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 24% | 32% |
- Académica has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
- Académica have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Académica is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Chaves have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chaves have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Nacional | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Farense | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 37 |
| 3 | Mafra | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Sporting Covilha | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Estoril | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Académica | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Feirense | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Chaves | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Academico Viseu | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Varzim | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 12 | Leixoes | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Benfica II | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 14 | Porto II | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | UD Oliveirense | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 18 |
| 17 | Cova Piedade | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -20 | 12 |
| 18 | Casa Pia | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -21 | 10 |