The league table in Segunda Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Penafiel leading Varzim by 17 points. Match preview to follow:
- Penafiel has the most clean sheets (4) at home in Segunda Liga
- Varzim has the fewest scored goals (7) 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.
Penafiel form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril as Penafiel, who have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Segunda Liga, have scored 11 goals to get 16 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Segunda Liga are 5-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Penafiel, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Penafiel are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Estoril. Before that, Penafiel had a home game versus Benfica II which ended with a victory 2-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Penafiel have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won seven times, drawn three and lost three.
A decent goal production from Penafiel in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Penafiel have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Varzim form and stats
Varzim, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Segunda Liga, have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Segunda Liga, after 0-1-5 (6 played). Varzim are desperate to end a 13-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Porto II fixture. It's all red in the travel logs of Varzim, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
There were no winners in Varzim's previous match, a Segunda Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Vilafranquense (placed 13th). Prior to that match, the Varzim manager P. Martins Alves faced defeat when travelling to Vizela and losing 0-1.
Varzim are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, five draws and eleven defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Varzim's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Varzim have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Penafiel five wins, two draws and Varzim three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Rodrigues Cabral 4 goals | R. Rodrigues Tavares 3 goals | W. de Andrade Borges 3 goals |
Penafiel missing players
Varzim missing players
| Penafiel | Varzim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 86% |
| 71% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 64% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 36% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 21% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 3.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.9 | 9.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 5.3 | 7.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| 41% | 46% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 19% |
- Penafiel has the most clean sheets (4) at home in Segunda Liga
- Penafiel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Penafiel have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Penafiel have scored more than double the goals of Varzim.
- Penafiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Varzim has the fewest points (1) away in Segunda Liga
- Varzim has the fewest scored goals (7) in Segunda Liga
- Varzim has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Segunda Liga
- Varzim has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Segunda Liga
- Varzim has the the worst goal difference (-13) in Segunda Liga
- Varzim have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Varzim have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Varzim have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Feirense | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Academica | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Chaves | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Penafiel | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Mafra | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Arouca | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Vizela | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Benfica II | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Cova Piedade | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Sporting Covilha | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Vilafranquense | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Academico Viseu | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Porto II | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Leixoes | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | UD Oliveirense | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 10 |
| 18 | Varzim | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 7 |