Segunda Liga preview: Can Mafra edge out victory against Cova Piedade?

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Tue 02.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Mafra (1200 seats)

With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Mafra fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Cova Piedade.

Insights:
  • Mafra haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cova Piedade have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This pitch has grass, which is not Cova Piedade's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Cova Piedade have performed like this: Played 47 matches resulting in 11 wins, 8 draws and 28 defeats with the goal stats 37-75 (scored/conceded).

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Mafra form and stats

Mafra have played 8 Segunda Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Estoril in the Segunda Liga last time out and are looking for a win here. 0-0 away at Arouca before that.

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

The Mafra fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Mafra have conceded 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Cova Piedade form and stats

As the visiting team in Segunda Liga matches, Cova Piedade have produced an overall stat of 3-1-4 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Piedade have lost on their last two travels.

There might be some fixture complaints from Piedade as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Segunda Liga match against Casa Pia (1-2). Prior to that match, the Cova Piedade manager A. Conceição Pereira faced defeat when travelling to Vizela and losing 1-2.

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

The visiting Piedade have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. Piedade's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Cova Piedade - Mafra 0-4. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's four Mafra victories, two draws and zero Cova Piedade wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Mafra missing players

Cova Piedade missing players

Mafra Cova Piedade
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 0 8 16
7 4 2 Won W 0 3 4
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 4
6 2 0 Lost L 0 4 8
22 12 6 Scored S 0 11 18
18 8 3 Conceded C 0 12 25
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 88% 81%
75% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 75%
50% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 62% 50%
31% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 19%
50% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 50%
31% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 31%
25% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.7 11.2 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.1 7.7
3.8 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.4 3.2
36% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 41% 35%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Cova Piedade have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mafra haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Estoril 17 11 5 1 28 10 8 4 4 0 16 8 9 7 1 1 12 2 18 38
2 Academica 18 10 6 2 24 12 9 6 2 1 13 6 9 4 4 1 11 6 12 36
3 Feirense 18 10 4 4 27 16 9 5 1 3 13 10 9 5 3 1 14 6 11 34
4 Vizela 18 9 5 4 27 23 9 7 1 1 15 9 9 2 4 3 12 14 4 32
5 Chaves 18 8 3 7 22 20 9 3 2 4 6 9 9 5 1 3 16 11 2 27
6 Casa Pia 18 6 8 4 23 26 10 3 4 3 12 17 8 3 4 1 11 9 -3 26
7 Penafiel 17 7 4 6 26 25 9 5 2 2 14 9 8 2 2 4 12 16 1 25
8 Mafra 16 7 3 6 22 18 8 4 2 2 12 8 8 3 1 4 10 10 4 24
9 Arouca 17 6 6 5 16 16 8 3 3 2 7 7 9 3 3 3 9 9 0 24
10 Leixoes 18 5 7 6 19 21 8 4 3 1 12 8 10 1 4 5 7 13 -2 22
11 Benfica II 18 5 5 8 30 27 8 3 2 3 14 11 10 2 3 5 16 16 3 20
12 Vilafranquense 17 3 9 5 17 22 9 1 6 2 8 11 8 2 3 3 9 11 -5 18
13 UD Oliveirense 18 4 6 8 16 26 10 2 3 5 8 13 8 2 3 3 8 13 -10 18
14 Sporting Covilha 15 4 5 6 16 16 6 2 2 2 11 9 9 2 3 4 5 7 0 17
15 Academico Viseu 17 3 7 7 13 19 9 1 4 4 5 10 8 2 3 3 8 9 -6 16
16 Cova Piedade 16 4 4 8 18 25 8 1 3 4 7 13 8 3 1 4 11 12 -7 16
17 Varzim 18 3 5 10 11 23 9 1 3 5 4 11 9 2 2 5 7 12 -12 14
18 Porto II 18 3 4 11 22 32 10 2 1 7 14 17 8 1 3 4 8 15 -10 13

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.