Penafiel vs Leixões betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League 2 Portugal match on December 14th, 2024

A League 2 Portugal match between Penafiel and Leixões will hold on December 14th, 2024, Saturday at 14:00h (UTC), in Portugal, check the Penafiel vs Leixões betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Penafiel vs Leixões will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril stadium, in the city of Penafiel, with a capacity for 5230 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 Penafiel 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 2.53 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.45 goals per game of the last championship.

Penafiel last match

Penafiel comes from a defeat recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Feirense, in a match valid for League 2 Portugal, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 3-0. On the field, H. Rodrigues Cristóvão's team lined up with a 4-2-3-1.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.40, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

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 Felgueiras 1932 team with a final score of 2-2.

In the previous analysis the draw was among the logical results of this match, especially because it was expected a fairly even game between both teams and had odds around 3.20.

Penafiel vs Leixões h2h

Leixões was in 16th place in the Segunda Liga while Penafiel was in 15th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Leixões team entered the field with the 3-5-2 formation, the same tactic Penafiel used in the match.

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2023/2024 League 2 Portugal season. The match, played on 21-01-2024, recorded the 0-1 win for Penafiel.

The last time these teams met, there were no easy wins!

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

Penafiel

League 2 Portugal leaderboard now

The Penafiel team with 25 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion, with a campaign of 7 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.

Which means that in the 14th round, the team has 1 point in advantage, over Chaves team who is in the position 3.

Penafiel analysis

Penafiel at the end of round 13 in League 2 Portugal had 22 goals scored and 18 conceded.

If the average number of shots on target by Penafiel in the league is not the best, the team's accuracy, on the other hand, is excellent! There are only 3.77 shots on target per game, with an average of 1.69 goals. In other words, more than 40% of shots on goal will end up in the back of the net.

Penafiel, with a ball possession of 44.4% per game on average, is not the team that imposes its game, and rather prefers a tactic devoted to waiting and counterattacks. However, in the match against Leixões of 2024/2025 they will have to do something more, try to maintain possession of the ball and attack the opponent's goal with more continuity.

Best goalscorer from Penafiel

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Zé Leite. The Attacker scored 6 goals in the current season, helping Penafiel to achieve victory in several disputes.

Leixões

League 2 Portugal leaderboard now

Leixões arrives in this game with 19 points, and in 7th place in the League 2 Portugal, having won 5 games in total and lost 4 times, making a total of 4 draws.

This means that Marítimo team, in 8th place, is close behind in the 14th round with the same number of points.

Leixões analysis

Leixões goal quotient is definitely positive, with 18 down scored and 14 conceded after 13 rounds played.

Best goalscorer from Leixões

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Werton de Almeida Rêgo. He has scored 3 times in the current season and has helped Leixões come out with a positive result on several occasions.

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Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Penafiel is Zé Leite, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Leixões is Werton de Almeida Rêgo, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Taking into consideration that Leixões scores an average of 0.5 goals 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.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.57.

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

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 0.92 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.38 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Penafiel side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 4 times this season, very different from Leixões who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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

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