Porto II - Penafiel: Small difference between teams in Segunda Liga clash

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Thu 23.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio (8272 seats)

There has been no shortage of highs and lows for these contenders so far this season, sitting in positions near the midpoint of the Segunda Liga table. Here's the Porto II - Penafiel latest:

Insights:
  • Porto II have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Penafiel have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Segunda Liga

It's no vacation for neither Porto nor Penafiel as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Porto II form and stats

The story so far in the Segunda Liga for Porto II at their home stadium (Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats. Porto has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Porto's last game was hosting Academico Viseu (placed 13th) and winning 1-0.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Vilafranquense.

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 Porto have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won four, drawn seven and lost two.

The Porto fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Porto are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.

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Penafiel form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Penafiel has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Home advantage was not enough for Penafiel in their previous game, as they lost their Segunda Liga-match, hosting Estrela Amadora, 0-2.

The game before that, in the League Cup, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Sporting CP.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Penafiel in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Penafiel, four draws and three defeats.

The visiting Penafiel have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Penafiel have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Porto three wins, four draws and Penafiel three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PenafielR. Maximiano Rodrigo
R. Maximiano Rodrigo
6 goals
PortoS. Gonçalves Varela
S. Gonçalves Varela
3 goals

Porto II missing players

Penafiel missing players

Porto II Penafiel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 3 Played P 1 7 15
5 3 2 Won W 0 3 6
6 5 1 Drew D 0 2 5
4 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
20 11 6 Scored S 1 9 15
20 7 3 Conceded C 2 8 14
87% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 87%
73% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 60%
53% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 33%
33% 38% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 13%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 47%
27% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 40%
20% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 27%
 
5.1 4.5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.6 5.5
4.8 5.6 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.4 5.3
2.5 2.4 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.6 3.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 12.8 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 9 10.3
4.6 5.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.5
29% 26% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 29%
 
11.4 11.6 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12.4 10.9
4.5 4.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.2
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Penafiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Penafiel have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II have not yet lost a 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 15 10 3 2 32 16 8 5 2 1 16 6 7 5 1 1 16 10 16 33
2 Casa Pia 15 8 3 4 20 10 7 6 0 1 14 3 8 2 3 3 6 7 10 27
3 Rio Ave 15 8 3 4 25 18 7 4 0 3 12 11 8 4 3 1 13 7 7 27
4 Feirense 14 8 2 4 22 14 8 4 1 3 13 11 6 4 1 1 9 3 8 26
5 Nacional 15 6 5 4 24 18 7 4 2 1 15 6 8 2 3 3 9 12 6 23
6 Chaves 15 6 5 4 23 18 7 4 2 1 13 6 8 2 3 3 10 12 5 23
7 Mafra 15 6 5 4 19 16 7 1 4 2 5 7 8 5 1 2 14 9 3 23
8 Penafiel 15 6 5 4 15 14 8 3 3 2 6 6 7 3 2 2 9 8 1 23
9 Estrela Amadora 15 6 4 5 24 26 8 4 1 3 14 14 7 2 3 2 10 12 -2 22
10 Porto II 15 5 6 4 20 20 8 3 5 0 11 7 7 2 1 4 9 13 0 21
11 Trofense 14 5 5 4 14 13 7 3 2 2 6 5 7 2 3 2 8 8 1 20
12 Leixoes 15 5 3 7 19 21 8 4 1 3 13 12 7 1 2 4 6 9 -2 18
13 Academico Viseu 15 5 2 8 14 22 8 3 2 3 7 9 7 2 0 5 7 13 -8 17
14 Vilafranquense 15 3 7 5 15 20 8 1 5 2 10 12 7 2 2 3 5 8 -5 16
15 Farense 15 2 8 5 18 21 7 1 4 2 9 9 8 1 4 3 9 12 -3 14
16 Sporting Covilha 14 2 6 6 9 21 6 1 3 2 4 6 8 1 3 4 5 15 -12 12
17 Academica 15 1 4 10 15 27 7 1 2 4 10 11 8 0 2 6 5 16 -12 7
18 Varzim 14 1 4 9 12 25 7 1 1 5 6 15 7 0 3 4 6 10 -13 7

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.