Vilafranquense hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 15th position in the Segunda Liga table. Visiting Penafiel holds 9th place with 23 pts.
Vilafranquense and Penafiel should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Penafiel have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 2-1-1 (win-draw-loss) from four matches.
Vilafranquense form and stats
Vilafranquense have played 7 Segunda Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Campo do Cevadeiro after being equal after 90 minutes with Mafra (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Segunda Liga game ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Vilafranquense lost 0-3 at home to Varzim.
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 Vilafranquense have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 1.
A decent goal production from Vilafranquense in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Vilafranquense with 14 goals conceded in these matches.
Penafiel form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Penafiel so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
270 minutes! That's how long the Penafiel goalkeeper Luis Carlos Gaspar Santos Ribeiro and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed Penafiel's previous game versus Farense (placed 2nd), a Segunda Liga 3-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Leixoes with the score of 1-0.
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: 2 wins for Penafiel, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Penafiel as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Penafiel have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. dos Santos Januário 7 goals |  J. Ribeiro 5 goals |   R. Rodrigues 3 goals |
Vilafranquense missing players
Penafiel missing players
| Vilafranquense | Penafiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 27 | 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 81% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 62% |
| 56% | 86% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 31% | 57% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 25% | 43% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 44% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 44% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 146 | 63 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 49 | 138 |
| 56 | 27 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 13 | 60 |
| 36% | 48% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 46% | 30% |
- All of Vilafranquense's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Penafiel have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Penafiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Penafiel have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vilafranquense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vilafranquense have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Penafiel have scored 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 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Farense | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 33 |
| 3 | Sporting Covilhã | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Mafra | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Varzim | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Chaves | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Academica | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 8 | Leixoes | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | Penafiel | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Academico Viseu | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Estoril | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Feirense | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 13 | Benfica II | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Vilafranquense | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Porto II | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 15 |
| 17 | Casa Pia | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -19 | 8 |
| 18 | Cova Piedade | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 22 | -21 | 8 |