Vilafranquense vs Academico Viseu match preview

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sat 09.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior (2500 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Segunda Liga, Vilafranquense holding 13th place and Academico Viseu lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Academico Viseu has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Segunda Liga

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Segunda Liga.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Academico Viseu have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 0-0-1 (win-draw-loss) from one match.

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Vilafranquense form and stats

Vilafranquense's results here at Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior in the Segunda Liga have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Vilafranquense travelled for their previous game, a trip to Varzim that ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Arouca in a game that was won 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 Vilafranquense have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost one.

Vilafranquense have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Vilafranquense's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Academico Viseu form and stats

Playing away, Academico Viseu have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Segunda Liga this season.

Academico Viseu's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Casa Pia that finished 1-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Porto II.

As mentioned above, Academico drew the match against Casa Pia. Manager S. Rodrigues Branco brought on Anthony Carter to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Academico are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and four defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Academico have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Academico have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Vilafranquense missing players

Academico Viseu missing players

Vilafranquense Academico Viseu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 6 14
3 1 0 Won W 1 2 3
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 6
4 2 0 Lost L 0 2 5
13 4 0 Scored S 4 6 10
16 7 0 Conceded C 3 6 14
77% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
62% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 57%
46% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 17% 14%
31% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 7%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 7%
46% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 43%
38% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 21%
38% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.2 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 2.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.5 8.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7 6.9
2.9 2.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2.7 2.6
34% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 38% 28%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Academico Viseu has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Segunda Liga
  • Academico Viseu has the most matches under the total-line (10) in Segunda Liga
  • Academico Viseu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Academico Viseu haven’t played a single 0-0 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 14 4 6 4 18 23 7 2 2 3 8 14 7 2 4 1 10 9 -5 18
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 Covilhã 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 14 3 6 5 10 14 8 1 4 3 4 8 6 2 2 2 6 6 -4 15
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

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.