It's still early in the Segunda Liga season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Porto II - Vilafranquense preview!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It should be mentioned that Vilafranquense play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Vilafranquense on grass are 8 victories, 8 draws and 13 defeats from 29 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 27-39. You can compare this with overall results below.
Porto II form and stats
Only two Segunda Liga home games for Porto II so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The Porto fans got no joy from their last match, a Segunda Liga game also here at Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio: A 1-2 defeat against Penafiel (placed 4th). 2-2 away at UD Oliveirense before that.
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 Porto have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won six times, drawn three and lost five.
Early season league goal statistics from Porto II's 2 home games: 5 goals, 3 conceded.
Vilafranquense form and stats
Things could have gone better for Vilafranquense in their Segunda Liga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
There were no winners in Vilafranquense's previous match, a Segunda Liga home game that ended 0-0 vs UD Oliveirense (placed 10th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Penafiel with the score of 2-1.
Vilafranquense 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, one draw and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
It's early days yet, but Vilafranquense has scored 4 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Porto won zero, Vilafranquense won one and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Porto II missing players
Vilafranquense missing players
| Porto II | Vilafranquense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 62 | 36 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 15 | 30 |
| 21 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 33% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 44% | 29% |
| Porto II | Last season | Vilafranquense | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Scored | S | 8 | 27 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 24 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 54% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 54% | ||
| 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 25% | ||
| 75% | 92% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 54% | ||
| 17% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 17% | ||
| 17% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 287 | 160 | Total Shots | T S | 111 | 216 | ||
| 100 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 80 | ||
| 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mafra | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Feirense | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Estoril | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Penafiel | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Chaves | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Vizela | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Benfica II | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Arouca | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Varzim | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | UD Oliveirense | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 11 | Casa Pia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 5 |
| 12 | Porto II | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Académica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Sporting Covilha | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Vilafranquense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Cova Piedade | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Leixões | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| 18 | Academico Viseu | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nacional | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 50 |
| 2 | Farense | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 48 |
| 3 | Feirense | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 42 |
| 4 | Estoril | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Mafra | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Varzim | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 37 |
| 7 | Académica | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 35 |
| 8 | Academico Viseu | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 34 |
| 9 | Leixões | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 33 |
| 10 | UD Oliveirense | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 32 |
| 11 | Sporting Covilha | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Chaves | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 32 |
| 13 | Porto II | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -1 | 29 |
| 14 | Penafiel | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| 15 | Benfica II | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -4 | 28 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -18 | 24 |
| 17 | Cova Piedade | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 27 | -22 | 17 |
| 18 | Casa Pia | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 47 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -28 | 11 |