The visiting Farense side should be favourites in this visit to Vilafranquense, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 20 league games this season.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Farense 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 2-2-1 (win-draw-loss) from five matches.
Vilafranquense form and stats
4-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Segunda Liga numbers at home for Vilafranquense so far this season.
Vilafranquense are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Nacional. Before that, Vilafranquense had a home game versus Sporting Covilha which ended with a victory 1-0.
The Vilafranquense fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.
Farense form and stats
Playing away, Farense, who have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Segunda Liga, have won 6 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Segunda Liga this season.
Farense are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Porto II (placed 14th). Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Estoril.
Farense find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Farense are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Farense - Vilafranquense 3-0. Vilafranquense-Farense H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Vilafranquense one win, Farense one win, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  W. dos Santos Januário 7 goals |  J. Ribeiro Vieira 5 goals |   C. Irobiso 4 goals |
Vilafranquense missing players
Farense missing players
| Vilafranquense | Farense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 24 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 36 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 86% | 90% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 65% |
| 52% | 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 19% | 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 70% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 35% |
| 19% | 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 30% | 40% |
| 29% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 4.7 | 4 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 191 | 90 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 95 | 213 |
| 71 | 37 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 30 | 85 |
| 34% | 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 43% | 29% |
- Farense has the the best goal difference (+4) away
- Farense haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Vilafranquense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vilafranquense haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Nacional | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 40 |
| 2 | Farense | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 38 |
| 3 | Mafra | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Estoril | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Academica | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Sporting Covilha | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Feirense | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Leixoes | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Chaves | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Academico Viseu | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Varzim | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Penafiel | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 13 | UD Oliveirense | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 25 |
| 14 | Porto II | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 15 | Benfica II | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 17 | Cova Piedade | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | Casa Pia | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -24 | 10 |