Soccer betting preview: Penafiel welcomes Porto II in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sun 21.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril (5230 seats)

With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Penafiel fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Porto II.

Insights:
  • Penafiel has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II has the most conceded goals (34) in Segunda Liga

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.

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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 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Feirense in the Segunda Liga last time out and are looking for a win here. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Vizela.

This is expected to be a close game, with Penafiel perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Penafiel as a small favourite), we find nine games. Penafiel has won six of these, drawn one and lost two.

Penafiel have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril with 14 goals in 9 league matches. Penafiel have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Porto II form and stats

Porto II, who have the most conceded goals (34) in Segunda Liga, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Segunda Liga, after 1-4-4 (9 played). Porto are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Arouca fixture.

Home advantage was not enough for Porto in their previous game, as they lost their Segunda Liga-match, hosting UD Oliveirense, 1-2. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Vizela that ended 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Porto II playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were one Porto win, six draws and three defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Porto II as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. As for defending, Porto rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Porto II - Penafiel 1-2, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Penafiel won three, Porto II won four and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Porto IID. Loader
D. Loader
6 goals
PenafielP. Rodrigues Cabral
P. Rodrigues Cabral
4 goals
PenafielR. Rodrigues Tavares
R. Rodrigues Tavares
3 goals

Penafiel missing players

Porto II missing players

Penafiel Porto II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 9 20
7 5 1 Won W 0 1 3
4 2 0 Drew D 1 4 5
6 2 2 Lost L 1 4 12
26 14 3 Scored S 2 8 23
25 9 4 Conceded C 3 15 34
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
76% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 85%
71% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 65%
41% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 25%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 15%
71% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 75%
29% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 5%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
9.3 8.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 14 9.8 11.6
3.6 3.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3 4.5
42% 45% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 30% 25%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Penafiel has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Segunda Liga
  • Penafiel have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Penafiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Porto II has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II has the fewest points (7) away in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II has the most conceded goals (34) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II has the most matches over the total-line (13) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II has the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Academica 20 12 6 2 28 14 10 7 2 1 15 7 10 5 4 1 13 7 14 42
2 Estoril 20 12 5 3 32 13 10 5 4 1 20 10 10 7 1 2 12 3 19 41
3 Feirense 20 12 4 4 30 17 10 6 1 3 15 11 10 6 3 1 15 6 13 40
4 Vizela 20 9 7 4 27 23 10 7 2 1 15 9 10 2 5 3 12 14 4 34
5 Chaves 20 9 4 7 25 21 10 3 3 4 6 9 10 6 1 3 19 12 4 31
6 Arouca 20 8 7 5 18 16 10 4 4 2 8 7 10 4 3 3 10 9 2 31
7 Mafra 19 7 5 7 24 22 10 4 4 2 14 10 9 3 1 5 10 12 2 26
8 Casa Pia 20 6 8 6 23 29 11 3 4 4 12 18 9 3 4 2 11 11 -6 26
9 Penafiel 17 7 4 6 26 25 9 5 2 2 14 9 8 2 2 4 12 16 1 25
10 Benfica II 20 6 6 8 32 27 9 4 2 3 16 11 11 2 4 5 16 16 5 24
11 Leixões 20 5 8 7 20 23 9 4 3 2 12 9 11 1 5 5 8 14 -3 23
12 Cova Piedade 20 5 6 9 22 29 10 2 4 4 9 14 10 3 2 5 13 15 -7 21
13 UD Oliveirense 19 5 6 8 18 27 10 2 3 5 8 13 9 3 3 3 10 14 -9 21
14 Vilafranquense 19 3 10 6 19 25 9 1 6 2 8 11 10 2 4 4 11 14 -6 19
15 Academico Viseu 19 4 7 8 15 22 10 2 4 4 7 10 9 2 3 4 8 12 -7 19
16 Sporting Covilhã 17 4 6 7 16 17 7 2 3 2 11 9 10 2 3 5 5 8 -1 18
17 Varzim 20 3 6 11 12 26 10 1 3 6 5 14 10 2 3 5 7 12 -14 15
18 Porto II 20 3 5 12 23 34 11 2 1 8 15 19 9 1 4 4 8 15 -11 14

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.