Segunda Liga preview: Can Chaves edge out victory against Feirense?

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sun 30.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira (9000 seats)

Both squads are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Feirense having a 9 point advantage on Chaves in the league table. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Chaves is in the best form (4-1-1) in Segunda Liga
  • Feirense have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Segunda Liga

Both squads have had enough days rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's look for an animated match!

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Chaves form and stats

14 points is a decent return from 7 Segunda Liga games here at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira for Chaves. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Chaves travelled for their previous game, a trip to Leixões that ended 1-1.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Estrela Amadora and winning 3-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Chaves have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won four times, drawn four and lost three.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Varzim are coming to town in three days.

A decent goal production from Chaves in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Chaves are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Feirense form and stats

Playing away, Feirense, who have the most clean sheets (5) away in Segunda Liga, have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Segunda Liga this season.

Feirense go into this game after a win, the home game against Mafra that ended 1-0.

Before that, Feirense travelled to Sporting Covilhã and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

We have checked recent matches where Feirense have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were three victories, four draws and two defeats.

The visiting Feirense have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. It's not easy to score on Feirense as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Feirense - Chaves 3-1 was the outcome when these teams last played each other, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Chaves wins - draws - Feirense wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FeirenseS. Petkov
S. Petkov
8 goals
FeirenseK. Calderón Vargas
K. Calderón Vargas
6 goals
ChavesJ. Brito Teixeira
J. Brito Teixeira
5 goals

Chaves missing players

Feirense missing players

Chaves Feirense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 7 0 Played P 3 9 19
7 4 0 Won W 2 5 11
6 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
4 1 0 Lost L 1 2 5
27 13 0 Scored S 2 13 29
20 6 0 Conceded C 2 7 19
94% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 74%
53% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 53%
35% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 21%
6% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
71% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 58%
18% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 56% 37%
18% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 11% 5%
 
6.1 5.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.7 4.8
4.6 4.1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.7 6.4
2.9 2.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 3.1 2.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.9 12.9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.7 11.5
4.6 5.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.1 4.1
35% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 46% 38%
 
9.5 7.9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 10.3 9.2
4.4 3.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.5
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Chaves have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chaves have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Chaves is in the best form (4-1-1) in Segunda Liga
  • Feirense have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Segunda Liga
  • Feirense have the most clean sheets (5) away in Segunda Liga
  • Feirense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benfica II 20 12 3 5 38 22 10 6 2 2 18 8 10 6 1 3 20 14 16 39
2 Casa Pia 19 11 3 5 26 11 9 7 0 2 15 4 10 4 3 3 11 7 15 36
3 Feirense 19 11 3 5 29 19 10 6 1 3 16 12 9 5 2 2 13 7 10 36
4 Rio Ave 17 10 3 4 29 20 8 5 0 3 14 12 9 5 3 1 15 8 9 33
5 Nacional 19 8 5 6 33 27 9 5 2 2 17 10 10 3 3 4 16 17 6 29
6 Estrela Amadora 20 8 5 7 32 35 10 5 1 4 17 17 10 3 4 3 15 18 -3 29
7 Chaves 17 7 6 4 27 20 7 4 2 1 13 6 10 3 4 3 14 14 7 27
8 Porto II 18 7 6 5 25 25 10 4 5 1 14 11 8 3 1 4 11 14 0 27
9 Penafiel 19 7 6 6 20 21 10 4 4 2 10 9 9 3 2 4 10 12 -1 27
10 Mafra 18 6 7 5 21 19 9 1 6 2 7 9 9 5 1 3 14 10 2 25
11 Trofense 19 6 6 7 18 20 10 4 2 4 9 9 9 2 4 3 9 11 -2 24
12 Leixões 18 6 4 8 21 23 9 4 2 3 14 13 9 2 2 5 7 10 -2 22
13 Vilafranquense 19 5 7 7 25 30 10 2 5 3 14 17 9 3 2 4 11 13 -5 22
14 Academico Viseu 19 6 4 9 17 27 10 3 3 4 9 14 9 3 1 5 8 13 -10 22
15 Farense 18 3 8 7 22 24 9 2 4 3 12 10 9 1 4 4 10 14 -2 17
16 Sporting Covilhã 18 3 8 7 14 27 9 2 4 3 8 11 9 1 4 4 6 16 -13 17
17 Varzim 17 2 5 10 13 26 8 2 1 5 7 15 9 0 4 5 6 11 -13 11
18 Académica 18 1 5 12 17 31 9 1 3 5 12 14 9 0 2 7 5 17 -14 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.