Leixões vs Penafiel Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Leixões

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Leixões will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 1-2 LigaPro loss in their previous game against Oliveirense.

In that match, Leixões had 45% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Oliveirense got 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

Fewer than three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Leixões have been participants. Breaking down the goal split in this period, opposing sides scored a total of 8 while Leixões totted up 3.

Their previous form shows that Leixões:

• haven't beaten Penafiel in their last 3 league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 2 matches in the league.

Penafiel

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Estrela Amadora in LigaPro action, Penafiel will be aiming to make amends here.

Tavares (12') scored for Estrela Amadora.

The forward players for Penafiel have failed to get amongst the goals over their previous six encounters, contributing the poor return of just 4. In those matches, Rubro-Negros have also seen the overall goal tally of their opponents equal 8. That trend won’t necessarily be continued here, though.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head clashes going back to 04/01/2020 tells us that Leixões have won 1 of these games & Penafiel 3, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

7 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 3 of them from Leixoes and 4 coming from Rubro-Negros. The average goals per game has been 1.17.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was LigaPro match day 1 on 08/08/2022 when the final score was Penafiel 0-0 Leixões.

📰 Team News: Leixões

The Leixões manager Manuel Cajuda does not have any fitness worries at all ahead of this game with a fully healthy group available for selection.

🗞️ Team News: Penafiel

Owing to a fully injury-free group available for selection, the Penafiel manager Miguel Leal has no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash.

💭 Prediction

We feel that Penafiel and Leixões could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.

A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. That is why we are leaning toward a close game with a 1-1 draw at the conclusion of the game.

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

Peter Guest, 01:42 25/01/2023