📏 Form Guide

Académico Viseu

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Académico Viseu will be hoping for a better result after a 1-0 LigaPro defeat last time out to Belenenses.

In that game, Académico Viseu had 49% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Belenenses got 14 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Ricardo Matos (66') scored for Belenenses.

Fewer than three goals per game were seen in 6 of the last 6 meetings where Académico Viseu have taken part. Regarding the goal distribution in that period, opposing sides scored a total of 7 and Académico Viseu totted up 4. However, it remains to be seen if such a trend might be replicated in this upcoming game or not.

Mafra

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In their last fixture, Mafra drew 0-0 in the LigaPro match with Feirense.

In that match, Mafra had 70% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. On the other side, Feirense had 4 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

The stats tell the story, and Mafra have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals in total. Defensively, Mafra have been far from perfect.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 07/02/2021, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Académico Viseu winning 2 of those games, Mafra 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

In all, 12 goals were produced between them in this period, with 6 for Os Viriatos and 6 coming from Mafra. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The last league meeting between these clubs was LigaPro match day 13 on 10/12/2023 and the score finished Mafra 1-1 Académico Viseu.

That time, Mafra managed 52% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Diogo Almeida (27').

On the other side, Académico Viseu had 12 shots at goal with 6 on target. Arthur Chaves (45') was the scorer.

ℹ️ Team News: Académico Viseu

The Académico Viseu boss will be thankful to have no fitness worries at all coming into this clash with a completely healthy group available for selection.

📋 Team News: Mafra

From a largely available group of players, there is only a single fitness worry for the Mafra boss to be concerned about. Gui Ferreira (Broken finger) won’t be in action.

💭 Prediction

We feel that Mafra will have a tough ask to score against this Académico Viseu lineup who we think will likely be able to grind out a win.

We’re therefore predicting a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning margin for Académico Viseu at the conclusion of the game.

It should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 12:02 21/04/2024