Chaves look to Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira supporters for inspiration before Vilafranquense match

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Mon 14.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira (9000 seats)

Chaves have been busy practising for this game after their 2-1 result against Rio Ave, a fixture that made them wiser. Will they show it against Vilafranquense?

Insights:
  • Chaves is in the best form (5-1-0) in Segunda Liga
  • Vilafranquense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Chaves's stadium, Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira, has a grass surface. Vilafranquense have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Vilafranquense when playing on grass; 9 wins, 12 draws and 22 losses from 43 matches. They have scored 47 goals in these games and conceded 80.

Chaves have less rest than Vilafranquense in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Segunda Liga game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rio Ave, was also a home game here at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira. The away team is better rested.

W W W W D

Chaves form and stats

Chaves have performed here at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira this season with 7 wins from 10 Segunda Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Chaves's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Rio Ave (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Academico Viseu with a 2-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chaves handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and three defeats.

Chaves have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira with 19 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Chaves have conceded only 8 goals.

W D W L W

Vilafranquense form and stats

Playing away, Vilafranquense have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Segunda Liga this season.

Vilafranquense go into this game after a win, the home game against Mafra that ended 2-0.

Before that, Vilafranquense travelled to Sporting Covilha and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Vilafranquense have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, one draw and three defeats.

Vilafranquense have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 12 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Vilafranquense have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Vilafranquense - Chaves 1-1 was the result in these squads' previous head-to-head match, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Chaves two wins, two draws and Vilafranquense zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChavesW. Nascimento Carvalho
W. Nascimento Carvalho
8 goals
VilafranquenseM. Belkheir
M. Belkheir
6 goals
VilafranquenseÂ. da Silva
Â. da Silva
6 goals

Chaves missing players

Vilafranquense missing players

Chaves Vilafranquense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 10 21
11 7 2 Won W 0 3 6
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 8
4 1 1 Lost L 2 4 7
35 19 8 Scored S 1 12 28
22 8 5 Conceded C 6 14 31
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 90%
81% 70% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 81%
52% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 48%
33% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 33%
5% 10% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
67% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 62%
24% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 19%
14% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 29%
 
5.6 5.1 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 2.3 3.8
4 3.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 9.7 7.8 6.9
2.9 2.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.9 3.6
4 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
12.4 13.1 15 Shots (avg) S ( 4.3 7.6 8.4
5 5.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 3.5 3.8
34% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 34% 35%
 
9.1 7.9 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 18.7 14.5 12.4
4.3 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.6 4.2
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 have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Segunda Liga
  • Chaves is in the best form (5-1-0) in Segunda Liga
  • Vilafranquense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Vilafranquense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vilafranquense 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 Casa Pia 22 13 4 5 30 12 11 9 0 2 18 4 11 4 4 3 12 8 18 43
2 Benfica II 22 13 4 5 41 24 11 6 3 2 19 9 11 7 1 3 22 15 17 43
3 Feirense 22 13 3 6 36 24 11 7 1 3 20 13 11 6 2 3 16 11 12 42
4 Chaves 21 11 6 4 35 22 10 7 2 1 19 8 11 4 4 3 16 14 13 39
5 Rio Ave 21 11 5 5 36 26 10 6 1 3 18 14 11 5 4 2 18 12 10 38
6 Nacional 22 10 6 6 37 27 11 7 2 2 21 10 11 3 4 4 16 17 10 36
7 Porto II 22 8 7 7 32 32 11 5 5 1 17 12 11 3 2 6 15 20 0 31
8 Penafiel 22 8 6 8 21 26 11 5 4 2 11 9 11 3 2 6 10 17 -5 30
9 Mafra 22 7 8 7 24 25 11 2 7 2 10 11 11 5 1 5 14 14 -1 29
10 Estrela Amadora 21 8 5 8 33 38 11 5 1 5 18 20 10 3 4 3 15 18 -5 29
11 Leixoes 22 7 6 9 26 27 11 5 3 3 18 15 11 2 3 6 8 12 -1 27
12 Vilafranquense 21 6 8 7 28 31 11 3 5 3 16 17 10 3 3 4 12 14 -3 26
13 Trofense 22 6 7 9 20 24 11 4 3 4 11 11 11 2 4 5 9 13 -4 25
14 Academico Viseu 22 6 6 10 18 30 11 3 3 5 9 16 11 3 3 5 9 14 -12 24
15 Farense 21 4 9 8 27 30 11 3 5 3 16 12 10 1 4 5 11 18 -3 21
16 Sporting Covilha 22 3 9 10 18 36 11 2 5 4 10 14 11 1 4 6 8 22 -18 18
17 Academica 22 3 5 14 23 37 11 2 3 6 14 16 11 1 2 8 9 21 -14 14
18 Varzim 21 2 8 11 15 29 10 2 3 5 8 16 11 0 5 6 7 13 -14 14

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.