📊 Form Guide

Porto B

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Porto B enter this match following on from a 1-1 LigaPro drawn game against Feirense.

In that match, Porto B managed 44% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. For their opponents, Feirense got 16 shots at goal with 5 on target. Sérgio Conceição (30') was the scorer for Feirense.

Fewer than three goals per game were seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Porto B have taken part. With regard to the goal distribution from this period, opposing sides scored an aggregate of 6 while Porto B managed the sum of 5.

Coming into this meeting, Porto B have not lost to Penafiel when playing them at home in the previous 2 league games.

Penafiel

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Benfica B in LigaPro competition, Penafiel will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Penafiel managed 43% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 on target. Benfica B got 7 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Penafiel have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 8 goals overall. Defensively, Penafiel just haven’t been too solid at all. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this game, of course.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 21/02/2021 tells us that Porto B have won 3 of these and Penafiel 1, with the tally of draws being 2.

In all, 15 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 9 from Dragões and 6 being from Rubro-Negros. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was LigaPro match day 10 on 11/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Penafiel 3-2 Porto B.

In that match, Penafiel had 35% possession and 7 shots at goal with 4 on target. The goals were scored by Reko (11') and Robinho (64').

For their opponents, Porto B got 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

🗞️ Team News: Porto B

The Porto B manager Rui Barros has no fitness worries at all ahead of this game with a fully healthy group ready to go.

📋 Team News: Penafiel

Thanks to a fully healthy squad available to choose from, the Penafiel boss Miguel Leal doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Penafiel have the ability to put one past this Porto B lineup, however it isn’t expected to be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re tipping a very close game with a 2-1 win for Porto B after the 90. Let’s see what happens here.

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

Lucas Pereira, 15:04 30/03/2024