Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril: Penafiel vs Leixões Segunda Liga preview

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril (5230 seats)

The football year has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, loss and gain resulting in mid-table places so far. Pave the way for Penafiel - Leixões!

Insights:
  • Penafiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Leixões have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

Both teams have had enough days rest since their previous game. Let's aim for an enthusiastic fixture!

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Penafiel form and stats

The story so far in the Segunda Liga for Penafiel at their home stadium (Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

An away draw last time out for Penafiel, facing Farense in a game that ended 2-2.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Rio Ave that ended 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Penafiel have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn three and lost two.

Penafiel has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Penafiel are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.

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Leixões form and stats

As the visiting team in Segunda Liga matches, Leixões have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Segunda Liga home defeat versus Benfica II with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that result Leixões won their away game at Vilafranquense. The scoreline was 3-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Leixões playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were three Leixões wins, nine draws and five defeats.

The visiting Leixões have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. As opposed to that, Leixões have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Penafiel-Leixões H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Penafiel two wins, Leixões six wins, two draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PenafielR. Maximiano Rodrigo
R. Maximiano Rodrigo
5 goals
LeixõesA. Oluwafemi Sapara
A. Oluwafemi Sapara
4 goals
LeixõesW. da Silva Costa
W. da Silva Costa
3 goals

Penafiel missing players

Leixões missing players

Penafiel Leixões
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 4 10
4 3 2 Won W 0 1 4
3 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
10 5 3 Scored S 1 5 15
10 3 1 Conceded C 1 5 14
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 90%
40% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
50% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 80%
40% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 10%
 
5.4 5.4 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 6
4.5 3.8 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 5.7
3.8 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 3.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 11.2 16 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.2 9.1
3.7 4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.4
27% 25% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 44%
 
11.3 10.4 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.8 10.8
3.1 2.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.2 4.6
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Leixões have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Leixões haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Penafiel 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 Benfica II 10 7 2 1 22 10 5 4 1 0 13 3 5 3 1 1 9 7 12 23
2 Feirense 10 6 1 3 15 9 6 3 1 2 9 7 4 3 0 1 6 2 6 19
3 Casa Pia 10 5 3 2 16 8 4 4 0 0 11 2 6 1 3 2 5 6 8 18
4 Rio Ave 10 5 3 2 21 14 5 3 0 2 10 9 5 2 3 0 11 5 7 18
5 Estrela Amadora 11 4 4 3 17 16 6 3 1 2 10 8 5 1 3 1 7 8 1 16
6 Academico Viseu 10 5 1 4 14 17 5 3 1 1 7 6 5 2 0 3 7 11 -3 16
7 Nacional 10 4 3 3 15 13 4 2 1 1 8 4 6 2 2 2 7 9 2 15
8 Penafiel 10 4 3 3 10 10 5 3 1 1 5 3 5 1 2 2 5 7 0 15
9 Leixões 10 4 2 4 15 14 6 3 1 2 10 9 4 1 1 2 5 5 1 14
10 Chaves 10 3 4 3 16 14 5 3 2 0 11 4 5 0 2 3 5 10 2 13
11 Mafra 10 3 4 3 11 10 5 1 3 1 3 3 5 2 1 2 8 7 1 13
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 9 2 5 2 11 12 5 1 4 0 7 5 4 1 1 2 4 7 -1 11
14 Sporting Covilhã 10 2 5 3 8 14 4 1 2 1 4 4 6 1 3 2 4 10 -6 11
15 Vilafranquense 11 2 4 5 12 18 6 0 4 2 7 10 5 2 0 3 5 8 -6 10
16 Farense 9 0 6 3 11 16 4 0 3 1 5 6 5 0 3 2 6 10 -5 6
17 Varzim 10 1 3 6 9 17 5 1 1 3 5 10 5 0 2 3 4 7 -8 6
18 Academica 9 0 2 7 8 19 4 0 2 2 5 7 5 0 0 5 3 12 -11 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.