Football betting preview: Leixões vs Farense

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Mon 09.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Mar (9821 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Leixões have their presumed home advantage while Farense are ahead 15 points in the Segunda Liga table.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Leixões form and stats

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

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Igor Stefanovic not having conceded a league goal in 196 minutes.

Leixões enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Benfica II's place. The match ended 1-0 with Derick Poloni scoring. In the match before that, Leixões hosted Sporting Covilha and drew the game 0-0.

Leixões have scored 10 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. Leixões are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio do Mar in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.

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Farense form and stats

Farense's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Farense, who have the most points (22) away in Segunda Liga, collect 22 points from their 11 away matches in the Segunda Liga. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 3 defeats).

Farense had fun at their own home (Estádio do Mar) last time out, beating Academico Viseu 3-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Vilafranquense at their stadium, the result 3-0.

The visiting Farense have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 11 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Farense - Leixões 1-0. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: one win for Leixões, three draws and five wins for Farense. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

FarenseR. Gauld
R. Gauld
8 goals
Leixões
H. Ferreira Soares
7 goals
LeixõesA. Claro de Jesus
A. Claro de Jesus
6 goals

Leixões missing players

Farense missing players

Leixões Farense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 3 11 23
8 4 1 Won W 2 7 15
8 5 2 Drew D 0 1 2
7 3 1 Lost L 1 3 6
22 10 4 Scored S 3 16 34
21 10 5 Conceded C 2 9 21
87% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
43% 42% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 73% 70%
22% 17% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 52%
22% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 22%
13% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
39% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 39%
35% 42% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 36% 39%
39% 42% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 26%
 
6.1 7.8 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.8 5
4.3 3.6 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.4 5.2
2.7 2.7 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.9
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
252 166 54 Total Shots T S 28 104 231
89 58 18 Shots on Target S O 8 37 96
25% 17% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 43% 35%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Farense has the fewest conceded goals (9) away
  • Farense has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
  • Farense has the most points (22) away
  • Farense has the most points from losing position (9)
  • Farense has the the best goal difference (+7) away
  • Farense haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Leixões has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
  • Leixões has the most matches under the total-line (18)
  • Leixões have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Leixões have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 23 13 8 2 33 15 11 8 3 0 19 4 12 5 5 2 14 11 18 47
2 Farense 23 15 2 6 34 21 12 8 1 3 18 12 11 7 1 3 16 9 13 47
3 Mafra 23 10 9 4 33 23 11 6 5 0 18 10 12 4 4 4 15 13 10 39
4 Feirense 23 10 9 4 26 18 12 6 4 2 13 8 11 4 5 2 13 10 8 39
5 Estoril 23 12 2 9 34 25 12 8 1 3 22 11 11 4 1 6 12 14 9 38
6 Varzim 23 10 6 7 31 30 12 7 1 4 15 12 11 3 5 3 16 18 1 36
7 Academica 23 9 5 9 31 26 11 6 2 3 20 13 12 3 3 6 11 13 5 32
8 Sporting Covilha 23 9 5 9 28 25 12 5 2 5 12 12 11 4 3 4 16 13 3 32
9 Leixões 23 8 8 7 22 21 12 4 5 3 10 10 11 4 3 4 12 11 1 32
10 UD Oliveirense 23 9 4 10 35 30 11 6 2 3 19 9 12 3 2 7 16 21 5 31
11 Chaves 23 9 4 10 25 25 11 5 1 5 14 14 12 4 3 5 11 11 0 31
12 Academico Viseu 23 8 7 8 20 24 11 3 4 4 8 10 12 5 3 4 12 14 -4 31
13 Porto II 23 7 8 8 33 33 12 3 6 3 18 17 11 4 2 5 15 16 0 29
14 Penafiel 23 6 10 7 23 21 12 4 7 1 14 8 11 2 3 6 9 13 2 28
15 Benfica II 23 7 7 9 30 32 11 6 3 2 21 11 12 1 4 7 9 21 -2 28
16 Vilafranquense 23 5 6 12 24 43 11 4 3 4 16 19 12 1 3 8 8 24 -19 21
17 Cova Piedade 23 3 5 15 18 41 11 3 3 5 11 14 12 0 2 10 7 27 -23 14
18 Casa Pia 23 2 5 16 19 46 12 1 2 9 12 25 11 1 3 7 7 21 -27 11

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.