This is football, this is Segunda Liga and this is Penafiel - Vilafranquense. Prepare with our thorough match preview!
- Penafiel have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Segunda Liga
- Vilafranquense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This arena has grass, which is not Vilafranquense's usual surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on grass Vilafranquense have performed like this: Played 42 matches taking 9 wins, 12 draws and 21 defeats with the goal difference 43-75 (scored/conceded).
Penafiel and Vilafranquense 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.
Penafiel form and stats
3-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Segunda Liga numbers at home for Penafiel so far this season.
Penafiel drew their last game, also a home match. Academico Viseu (placed 14th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Porto II.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Penafiel here at Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 9 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Penafiel have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vilafranquense form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Two travels in a row for Vilafranquense, whose manager Gouveia could celebrate last time after the Segunda Liga win against Trofense.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Casa Pia.Vilafranquense have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Vilafranquense have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides encountered each other before this season: Vilafranquense - Penafiel 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Penafiel one win, two draws and Vilafranquense two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Maximiano Rodrigo 7 goals |   Â. da Silva 4 goals | W. de Andrade Borges 3 goals |
Penafiel missing players
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| Penafiel | Vilafranquense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 82% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 59% | 44% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 76% |
| 35% | 11% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 59% |
| 41% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 18% |
| 29% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
| 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.9 | 6.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10.9 | 12.1 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7 | 7.2 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 25% | 17% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 33% |
| 11.3 | 9.9 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.9 | 12.5 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
- Penafiel have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Segunda Liga
- Vilafranquense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Vilafranquense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vilafranquense have won significantly less corners away then 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 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Casa Pia | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Feirense | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Nacional | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Porto II | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Chaves | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Estrela Amadora | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Mafra | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 10 | Penafiel | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Trofense | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 12 | Vilafranquense | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Leixoes | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | Academico Viseu | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 18 |
| 15 | Sporting Covilha | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 15 |
| 16 | Farense | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | Academica | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -12 | 8 |
| 18 | Varzim | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 8 |
