Leixões will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Mafra.
Leixões and Mafra 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.
Leixões form and stats
When playing at home in the Segunda Liga, Leixões have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games.
Leixões haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 275 minutes ago. S. Harramiz scored that one.
Leixões manager J. Alves and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Chaves (placed 6th) in the Segunda Liga. Preceding that match was the home game against Penafiel that was lost 0-1.
Leixões are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. Leixões have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mafra form and stats
Playing away, Mafra have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Segunda Liga this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Mafra are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Mafra's last game was the home draw against Vilafranquense (1-1). Preceding that game was the away victory against UD Oliveirense with the score of 3-1.
Mafra find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Mafra have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 3 - 1 - 2 (Leixões wins - draws - Mafra wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Ferreira 7 goals |  A. Claro 5 goals |   J. Soares 5 goals |
Leixões missing players
Mafra missing players
| Leixões | Mafra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 50% | 38% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 81% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 38% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 81% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 6.6 | 7.8 | 10 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 4.7 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 6 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 177 | 114 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 98 | 181 |
| 59 | 39 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 31 | 62 |
| 32% | 21% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 35% | 42% |
- Leixões has the most points from losing position (8)
- Leixões have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Mafra have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Farense | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 33 |
| 3 | Sporting Covilha | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Mafra | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Varzim | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Chaves | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Académica | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 8 | Leixões | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | Penafiel | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Academico Viseu | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Estoril | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Feirense | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 13 | Benfica II | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Vilafranquense | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Porto II | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 15 |
| 17 | Casa Pia | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -19 | 8 |
| 18 | Cova Piedade | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 22 | -21 | 8 |