Paços de Ferreira vs Leixões betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League 2 Portugal match on January 31st, 2025

A League 2 Portugal match between Paços de Ferreira and Leixões will hold on January 31st, 2025, Friday at 18:00h (UTC), in Portugal, check the Paços de Ferreira vs Leixões betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Paços de Ferreira vs Leixões will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Estádio da Capital do Móvel stadium, in the city of Pacos de Ferreira, with a capacity for 9077 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Paços de Ferreira vs Leixões 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 2.49 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.45 goals per game of the last championship.

Paços de Ferreira last match

Paços de Ferreira is coming off a draw. In its last outing they faced Marítimo in a match valid for League 2 Portugal, and the match ended 2-2. The eleven coached by C. Fangueiro Soares played in a 4-1-4-1 formation.

The favorite to win the match was the rival team, that's why the draw (odd 3.50) in the end can be considered a positive result.

Leixões last match

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

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.00 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Paços de Ferreira vs Leixões h2h

Leixões was in 6th place when they last went head-to-head in Segunda Liga against Paços de Ferreira, who was in 10th place. Leixões formed a 4-3-3 arrangement while Paços de Ferreira took to the pitch with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

In the 2024/2025 football season, these teams played against each other on 24-08-2024 in a battle-themed League 2 Portugal match which ended in a 3-3 draw.

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

The Paços de Ferreira team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Leixões has been more irregular.

Paços de Ferreira

League 2 Portugal leaderboard now

Paços de Ferreira joins this game with 22 points, having lost 9 games, winning only 6, and scoring 4 draws. The team ranks in 14th place in the League 2 Portugal and suffers from a negative balance.

Saddled with the same points against Felgueiras 1932 in position 13, in the 20th round.

Paços de Ferreira analysis

Paços de Ferreira have a negative goal difference, having after 19 rounds conceded 31 goals to opponents and scored 24. An average to improve.

The average number of shots toward the net of Paços de Ferreira can give us useful indications about the team's offensive abilities, and its goal average. The team counted 4.16 shots into the opponent's goal for each match played.

Paços de Ferreira is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 39.75%. In the next match against Leixões a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Paços de Ferreira will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

While Leixões has only managed to convert 22 of their 1546 attacks into goals, Paços de Ferreira has been much more successful with 1599 attacks and 24 goals.

Best goalscorer from Paços de Ferreira

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Tomás Morais Costa. The Attacker scored 4 goals in the current season, helping Paços de Ferreira to achieve victory in several disputes.

Historical data Paços de Ferreira

The Paços de Ferreira team is one of the leading names in the sport, with 4 titles won in the history of the tournament. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the match and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress their opponents with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

Leixões

League 2 Portugal leaderboard now

Leixões arrives in this game with 24 points, and in 11th place in the League 2 Portugal, having won 6 games in total and lost 7 times, making a total of 6 draws.

Saddled with the same score that the Feirense team in position 10, in the 20th round.

Leixões analysis

Currently, in the League 2 Portugal, Leixões sums 22 goals for and a total of 24 goals against, after 19 rounds played.

Teams with ball possession above 50% typically have some control over the opponents. Therefore, the Leixões team usually tries to control the game with an average ball possession of 54.25%.

Best goalscorer from Leixões

Werton de Almeida Rêgo has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 5 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Leixões to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Paços de Ferreira is Tomás Morais Costa, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Leixões is Werton de Almeida Rêgo, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

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

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 1.02 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.79 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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