Vilafranquense vs Leixões betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Fri 16.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior (2500 seats)

Vilafranquense hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 27 points and a 15th position in the Segunda Liga table. Visiting Leixões holds 10th place with 33 pts.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

0 - 1 - 1 with 1-3. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Leixões when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Leixões play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Vilafranquense form and stats

When playing at home in the Segunda Liga, Vilafranquense have managed 2 wins, 9 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games.

Vilafranquense are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Estoril. Before that, Vilafranquense had a home game versus Mafra which ended with a victory 2-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Vilafranquense perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Vilafranquense as a small favourite), we find nine games. Vilafranquense has won four of these, drawn four and lost one.

Vilafranquense have scored 13 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Vilafranquense have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Leixões form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Leixões so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-7 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Leixões are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Leixões are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Segunda Liga against Penafiel (placed 7th). Prior to that match, the Leixões manager J. Ferreira da Mota faced defeat when travelling to UD Oliveirense and losing 1-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Leixões playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were three Leixões wins, eight draws and seven defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Leixões as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games in the league. Leixões have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Leixões - Vilafranquense 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Vilafranquense won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Leixões has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two

Vilafranquense missing players

Leixões missing players

Vilafranquense Leixões
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 5 14 28
4 2 1 Won W 2 2 8
15 9 4 Drew D 1 5 9
9 3 0 Lost L 2 7 11
27 13 8 Scored S 5 11 28
38 16 7 Conceded C 6 18 34
82% 79% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
71% 64% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 71% 71%
46% 36% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 36% 36%
29% 29% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 18%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
57% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 64% 54%
25% 29% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 14% 21%
36% 43% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.3 2.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 2.6 2.6
4 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
8.2 8.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 7.6 9.2
2.6 2.4 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.3 3.2
37% 38% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 34% 31%

  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 28 19 6 3 48 19 14 9 4 1 30 13 14 10 2 2 18 6 29 63
2 Vizela 28 14 10 4 46 30 14 9 4 1 22 12 14 5 6 3 24 18 16 52
3 Academica 28 13 10 5 34 23 14 7 4 3 18 13 14 6 6 2 16 10 11 49
4 Chaves 28 14 7 7 37 27 14 5 5 4 13 13 14 9 2 3 24 14 10 49
5 Feirense 28 14 6 8 36 25 14 7 3 4 18 14 14 7 3 4 18 11 11 48
6 Arouca 28 13 8 7 33 22 14 7 4 3 14 9 14 6 4 4 19 13 11 47
7 Penafiel 28 10 7 11 34 35 14 6 4 4 18 14 14 4 3 7 16 21 -1 37
8 Benfica II 28 10 6 12 45 37 14 8 2 4 25 14 14 2 4 8 20 23 8 36
9 Casa Pia 27 8 11 8 32 36 14 5 4 5 18 20 13 3 7 3 14 16 -4 35
10 Leixões 28 8 9 11 28 34 14 6 4 4 17 16 14 2 5 7 11 18 -6 33
11 Mafra 27 9 6 12 30 37 13 6 4 3 17 15 14 3 2 9 13 22 -7 33
12 Sporting Covilha 28 7 10 11 27 32 14 4 6 4 17 17 14 3 4 7 10 15 -5 31
13 Cova Piedade 28 7 9 12 31 40 14 3 5 6 14 21 14 4 4 6 17 19 -9 30
14 Academico Viseu 28 7 8 13 25 37 14 3 4 7 10 19 14 4 4 6 15 18 -12 29
15 Vilafranquense 28 4 15 9 27 38 14 2 9 3 13 16 14 2 6 6 14 22 -11 27
16 Varzim 28 7 6 15 21 34 14 3 3 8 10 18 14 4 3 7 11 16 -13 27
17 UD Oliveirense 28 6 8 14 22 41 14 3 5 6 12 17 14 3 3 8 10 24 -19 26
18 Porto II 28 5 10 13 33 42 14 3 2 9 18 24 14 2 8 4 15 18 -9 25

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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.