Penafiel will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Académica.
Penafiel have less rest than Académica in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Segunda Liga game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Académica have had more rest.
Penafiel form and stats
Overall Segunda Liga stats at home this season for Penafiel are 6-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).
Heartbreak before that as Penafiel lost 0-1 at Mafra's place.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of P. Ribeiro when Ronaldo Tavares scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute.
Penafiel are traveling soon after this match as the Segunda Liga match at Sporting Covilha awaits in four days.
The Penafiel fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Penafiel have conceded only 9 goals.
Académica form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda Liga.
Académica's previous game was their home loss versus Varzim (1-2). A 0-1 defeat away at Feirense before that.
Académica were so close to getting something from the game against Varzim, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime.
Académica have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Académica as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Académica - Penafiel 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Penafiel, three draws and five wins for Académica. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Bouldini 10 goals |   P. Rodrigues Cabral 4 goals | R. Rodrigues Tavares 4 goals |
Penafiel missing players
Académica missing players
| Penafiel | Académica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 29 |
| 26 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 90% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 86% |
| 65% | 55% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 55% | 64% |
| 60% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 45% | 50% |
| 35% | 27% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 18% | 9% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 45% | 55% |
| 35% | 55% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 45% | 36% |
| 15% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.7 | 9.4 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 37% | 38% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | 41% |
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 47 |
| 2 | Feirense | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Académica | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 42 |
| 4 | Vizela | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 38 |
| 5 | Arouca | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Chaves | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 33 |
| 7 | Mafra | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 30 |
| 8 | Penafiel | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -6 | 29 |
| 10 | Benfica II | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 27 |
| 11 | Leixoes | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Sporting Covilha | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 25 |
| 13 | Cova Piedade | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 15 | Vilafranquense | 21 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 16 | Academico Viseu | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -13 | 19 |
| 17 | Varzim | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -14 | 18 |
| 18 | Porto II | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 16 |