Mafra supporters put their faith in manager Pinho de Sousa to deliver victory against Académica

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Mafra (1200 seats)

Mafra host Académica with expectations of acquiring all three points. Can they? Open our preview!

Insights:
  • Mafra have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Académica have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Segunda Liga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Mafra form and stats

Mafra's struggle is real here at Estádio Municipal de Mafra with only 6 points collected from 6 Segunda Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-2.

A strong away win for Mafra against Rio Ave the last match, as Martins and Lucas were on target.

Before that game, the home loss against Farense with the scoreline 0-2.

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 Mafra have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won five times, drawn five and lost two.

The lack of attacking qualities in Mafra means that they have only scored 3 goals in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. From these home matches, Mafra have conceded only 5 goals.

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Académica form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Académica so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-6 (win-draw-lose).

Home advantage was not enough for Académica in their previous game, as they lost their Segunda Liga-match, hosting Chaves, 1-2.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Penafiel that ended 0-0.

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

Académica are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 7 away games. For Académica, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - three - two (Mafra wins - draws - Académica wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AcadémicaJ. Cardoso Santo
J. Cardoso Santo
5 goals
MafraG. Salgado Ferreira
G. Salgado Ferreira
4 goals
MafraS. Okitokandjo
S. Okitokandjo
3 goals

Mafra missing players

Académica missing players

Mafra Académica
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 3 Played P 5 7 14
6 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
4 3 1 Drew D 1 1 3
4 2 1 Lost L 4 6 10
17 3 2 Scored S 2 3 13
14 5 3 Conceded C 11 14 25
93% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 93%
71% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 57% 79%
36% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 43% 64%
21% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 29% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 14% 7%
57% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 43% 64%
29% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 14% 14%
21% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 60% 57% 29%
 
5.7 6.3 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 5.6
5.2 3.3 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.6 3.3
2.6 2.5 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 3.3 3.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.8 12.7 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10.3 10.9
4.6 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.6 3.6
27% 12% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 17% 26%
 
8.9 6.7 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 11.1 9.7
3.4 3.7 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.9 3.9
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Académica have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Académica have the fewest points (1) away in Segunda Liga
  • Académica have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Segunda Liga
  • Académica have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Segunda Liga
  • Académica have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Segunda Liga
  • Académica have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Académica have yet to win a game away.
  • Mafra have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Segunda Liga

  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 14 10 2 2 32 16 7 5 1 1 16 6 7 5 1 1 16 10 16 32
2 Casa Pia 14 8 3 3 20 9 6 6 0 0 14 2 8 2 3 3 6 7 11 27
3 Feirense 14 8 2 4 22 14 8 4 1 3 13 11 6 4 1 1 9 3 8 26
4 Rio Ave 14 7 3 4 24 18 7 4 0 3 12 11 7 3 3 1 12 7 6 24
5 Penafiel 14 6 5 3 15 12 7 3 3 1 6 4 7 3 2 2 9 8 3 23
6 Mafra 14 6 4 4 17 14 6 1 3 2 3 5 8 5 1 2 14 9 3 22
7 Nacional 14 5 5 4 22 18 6 3 2 1 13 6 8 2 3 3 9 12 4 20
8 Chaves 14 5 5 4 21 17 6 3 2 1 11 5 8 2 3 3 10 12 4 20
9 Trofense 14 5 5 4 14 13 7 3 2 2 6 5 7 2 3 2 8 8 1 20
10 Estrela Amadora 14 5 4 5 22 26 8 4 1 3 14 14 6 1 3 2 8 12 -4 19
11 Leixões 14 5 3 6 19 19 8 4 1 3 13 12 6 1 2 3 6 7 0 18
12 Porto II 14 4 6 4 19 20 7 2 5 0 10 7 7 2 1 4 9 13 -1 18
13 Academico Viseu 14 5 2 7 14 21 8 3 2 3 7 9 6 2 0 4 7 12 -7 17
14 Vilafranquense 14 3 6 5 15 20 8 1 5 2 10 12 6 2 1 3 5 8 -5 15
15 Farense 14 2 8 4 17 19 7 1 4 2 9 9 7 1 4 2 8 10 -2 14
16 Sporting Covilha 14 2 6 6 9 21 6 1 3 2 4 6 8 1 3 4 5 15 -12 12
17 Varzim 14 1 4 9 12 25 7 1 1 5 6 15 7 0 3 4 6 10 -13 7
18 Académica 14 1 3 10 13 25 7 1 2 4 10 11 7 0 1 6 3 14 -12 6

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.