Mafra favourites for feisty fight facing Sporting Covilhã

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Mafra (1200 seats)

Having a 2 point advantage in the league standings, Mafra club members long to see their adored players earn maximum points from this match hosting Sporting Covilhã.

Insights:
  • Mafra have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Sporting Covilhã have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Mafra and Sporting Covilhã 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.

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Mafra form and stats

All-inclusive Segunda Liga statistics at home this season for Mafra, who have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Segunda Liga, are 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Mafra manager R. Pinho de Sousa and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Nacional (placed 10th) in the Segunda Liga.

Ahead of that match, Mafra won a home game hosting Uniao de Coimbra (3-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Mafra handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, five draws and two defeats.

Mafra has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 4 games. As for guarding their own goal, Mafra have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Sporting Covilhã form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Covilhã seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

It might be tough going out on the road again for Covilhã, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Trofense (placed 12th).

A 0-0 draw at FC Serpa (after extra-time, 7-6 on penalties)'s stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Covilhã have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were one victory, six draws and two defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Covilhã as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Covilhã have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CovilhãJ. Batista Santos
J. Batista Santos
4 goals
MafraG. Salgado Ferreira
G. Salgado Ferreira
2 goals
MafraS. Okitokandjo
S. Okitokandjo
2 goals

Mafra missing players

Sporting Covilhã missing players

Mafra Sporting Covilhã
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 5 9
3 1 1 Won W 0 1 2
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
10 2 1 Scored S 0 3 7
9 2 0 Conceded C 3 9 13
89% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 78%
67% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 78%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 56%
22% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 56%
33% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 22%
22% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 44%
 
6 5.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 3.4
4.2 2.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.6 6
2.3 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.2 12 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9 10
4.7 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.4
24% 12% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 23%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Mafra have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Mafra have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sporting Covilhã have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sporting Covilhã 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 Benfica II 10 7 2 1 22 10 5 4 1 0 13 3 5 3 1 1 9 7 12 23
2 Rio Ave 9 5 3 1 20 12 4 3 0 1 9 7 5 2 3 0 11 5 8 18
3 Feirense 9 6 0 3 14 8 5 3 0 2 8 6 4 3 0 1 6 2 6 18
4 Casa Pia 9 5 2 2 15 7 4 4 0 0 11 2 5 1 2 2 4 5 8 17
5 Estrela Amadora 9 4 2 3 15 14 5 3 0 2 10 8 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 14
6 Leixoes 10 4 2 4 15 14 6 3 1 2 10 9 4 1 1 2 5 5 1 14
7 Penafiel 9 4 2 3 8 8 5 3 1 1 5 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 0 14
8 Chaves 10 3 4 3 16 14 5 3 2 0 11 4 5 0 2 3 5 10 2 13
9 Academico Viseu 9 4 1 4 12 16 5 3 1 1 7 6 4 1 0 3 5 10 -4 13
10 Nacional 9 3 3 3 13 12 4 2 1 1 8 4 5 1 2 2 5 8 1 12
11 Mafra 9 3 3 3 10 9 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 1 2 8 7 1 12
12 Trofense 9 2 5 2 8 8 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 0 3 1 3 4 0 11
13 Porto II 8 2 4 2 11 12 5 1 4 0 7 5 3 1 0 2 4 7 -1 10
14 Sporting Covilhã 9 2 4 3 7 13 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 1 2 2 3 9 -6 10
15 Varzim 9 1 3 5 9 15 4 1 1 2 5 8 5 0 2 3 4 7 -6 6
16 Vilafranquense 9 1 3 5 8 16 5 0 3 2 5 8 4 1 0 3 3 8 -8 6
17 Farense 8 0 5 3 9 14 3 0 2 1 3 4 5 0 3 2 6 10 -5 5
18 Academica 8 0 2 6 7 17 3 0 2 1 4 5 5 0 0 5 3 12 -10 2

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.