Leixões vs Mafra betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League 2 Portugal match on December 20th, 2024

Leixões and Mafra will be playing against each other on Friday, December 20th, 2024, at 18:00h (UTC), in a League 2 Portugal football game in Portugal, check the Leixões vs Mafra betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Leixões vs Mafra will occur

The game takes place in the small Estádio do Mar stadium, in the city of Matosinhos, with a capacity for 9821 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Take the opportunity to check out the match live in Betarena, bringing much information to your bets, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Leixões vs Mafra betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the League 2 Portugal has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.53 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.45 goals per game of the last championship.

Leixões last match

Leixões in its last official match lost (3-1) against Penafiel, in a match valid for League 2 Portugal. Coach C. Fangueiro Soares' lined up a 3-4-3 formation.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 2.80.

Mafra last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for League 2 Portugal, Mafra, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Benfica II team with a final score of 2-0.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.60, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Leixões vs Mafra h2h

Leixões was in 14th place in the Segunda Liga while Mafra was in 11th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Leixões team entered the field with the 4-3-3 formation, the same tactic Mafra used in the match.

In the 2023/2024 football season, these teams played against each other on 17-03-2024 in a battle-themed League 2 Portugal match which ended in a 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Leixões

League 2 Portugal leaderboard now

Considering the home team Leixões, standing in 9th place with 19 points in the League 2 Portugal competition in Portugal. Their performance statistics have been such as 5 wins, 5 losses and, 4 draws.

In the 15th round, the team has no difference over the Marítimo team, which is in position 10 just below, and the same score that the Feirense team that occupies the 8th place.

Leixões will try to take advantage of the home factor to get a win in spite of being ranked in the middle of the league table in the Portugal League 2 Portugal and having no high ambitions or relegation concerns.

Leixões analysis

At the end of round 14 of League 2 Portugal, Leixões collected 19 goals scored and 17 goals conceded.

The average shooting on goal for the Leixões team in the league is not the best. There are only 3.71 per game. This turns out to be another good indication that the team does not usually score many goals or give much work to the opposing goalkeepers.

Having a record of 4 wins versus 1 loss, and 2 draws in comparison to the 1 game they won as the visiting team, there’s no place like home for this team.

Best goalscorer from Leixões

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Werton de Almeida Rêgo. Leixões owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 3 goals in this season.

Mafra

League 2 Portugal leaderboard now

Mafra arrives in this game with 14 points, and in 15th place in the League 2 Portugal, having won 3 games in total and lost 6 times, making a total of 5 draws.

Saddled with the same score that the Vizela team in position 14, in the 15th round.

Mafra analysis

Mafra, with 15 goals scored and 21 conceded, has a negative goal difference after 14 rounds.

Best goalscorer from Mafra

Stanley Iheanacho has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 3 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Mafra to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Leixões is Werton de Almeida Rêgo, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Mafra is Stanley Iheanacho, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

Taking into consideration that Mafra scores an average of 1 goal per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

Good betting results could be obtained if one notes that there is an average of 1.54 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.86 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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