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Paços Ferreira and Porto face off in the Estádio do Capital do Móvel, in a match of the 16th round of Liga Sagres. The history of direct matches played in this stadium favors the visiting team, who in the last 4 matches won 2, drew 1 and lost 1. However, in the last match at this stadium, in a match for Liga Sagres on 10-04-2016, Paços Ferreira only managed to win, for (1-0). Diogo Jota (80 ‘) scored the only goal of the match. The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between 13th and 2nd of the overall standings, this is in fact a confrontation between the 9th in home games and the 3rd as a visitor.
Investments
The home team is currently in 13th place with 16 points earned after 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, won at home to the Belenenses by (1-0). In the last match, lost out to Feirense by (2-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 12 points, against only 4 in their games as a visitor. In the last game that played, for the League Cup, tied with Vitoria de Guimarães away by (2-2). In the last 7 home games for the championship, Paços Ferreira has recorded 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, having won 12 points out of 21.
In this competition, you do not lose in your stadium there are 6 matches. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 3 of their 7 matches. The team conceded goals to their opponents in 9 of their last 10 games in this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In 15 games in this competition, suffered the first goal 8 times and never managed to turn the score. There are 1 highlights in the last 9 home games in all competitions: he scored 4 of his 11 goals in the minutes (16’-30 ‘).
Paços de Ferreira’s team come to this game with a 2-2 draw against Vitória de Guimarães in the group stage of the League Cup: the goals were scored by Gleison and Mateus. In this match in the house, coach Vasco Seabra should keep the team in 4-3-3 with Welthon being the most offensive reference: this player is Paços de Ferreira’s top scorer with 5 goals scored. It is worth mentioning that the home team has an excellent performance in their field, and only adds one defeat in seven games. For this game the home manager can not count on injured Romeo, Cícero, Paulo Henrique and Rabiola, in addition to Leandro Silva, Ivo Rodrigues and Gleison, players loaned by FC Porto.
FC Porto
After 10 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, the visiting team is in 2nd place, having won 34 points. In the last match, he won the Keys at home (2-1), after his previous home win in a game against Marítimo (2-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 12 points and 22 visitors in their stadium, with 16 goals scored and 4 goals conceded at home, against 12 goals scored and 3 suffered as a visitor. The team arrives in this match after a defeat out with Moreirense by (1-0). In the championship, Porto won 12 points in 21 chances, after 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the last 7 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, you have not lost any of the last 5 games outside your stadium. In the games played as a visitor there are some more frequent results: at the end of the first 45 ‘0-0 (3 in 8 games) and at the end of the game 0-0 (3 in 8 games). His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition.
The FC Porto team comes to this game with a 1-0 defeat at the Moreirense field, adding in this way the second consecutive game without proving the flavor of the victory. In the away game, the coach Nuno Espírito Santo should align in the usual 4-4-2 with the benefit of possession and organized attacks, that is, the goal is to attack without exposing himself defensively. Similar to his opponent, FC Porto have only one defeat in seven games played in these conditions. The top scorer of the Dragons, André Silva with 10 goals, is the big doubt for this game against Paços de Ferreira. In addition to this player, the visiting coach can not count on Kelvin, Layún and Otávio, injured.
Prediction: over 1.5 goals @ 1.30