Penafiel vs Lusitânia betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Portuguese Cup match on October 20th, 2024

Penafiel and Lusitânia are scheduled to play against each other on October 20th, 2024, Sunday, in a Portuguese Cup match to be held in Portugal, check the Penafiel vs Lusitânia betting tip and prediction to win with your bets.

We are now at the tournament stage where the teams from the lower divisions that managed to win the past matches try to stay alive, having to face theoretically stronger teams from the Segunda Liga or even from the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

It's at this stage that the bettors can start paying attention to the surprise teams, which aren't usually favorites in their matches, studying their last games in the competition, in comparison with the current form of the teams from the upper echelons, which start their way in the Portuguese Cup at this time.

Unlike other competitions, the Portuguese Cup has a one-leg format per round, with the exception of the semi-final which is played two-legged. Thus, each game will be seen as a final and there is no room to let your guard down.

However, not every team goes through every knockout round. Clubs from the Portuguese first league only compete from the third qualifying round onwards and as visitors. In the previous rounds, clubs from the second league, senior national championship or below play.

The game will be played in the small Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril stadium, in the city of Penafiel, with a capacity for 5230 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Penafiel vs Lusitânia betting tip 2024/2025

Two teams from the national lower division will be playing in this match, which guarantees a competitive game, disputed until the last minute. The home factor in these qualifiers also influences and allows the home team to dream of advancing to the next phase.

In the matches for this competition, there are always different match facts. And, if wins are always needed to get to this stage (including overtime and/or penalties), we have to look at other criteria that makes them get here. Penafiel performance to this stage is 4 goals scored and still 1 against.

On the other hand, Lusitânia come this far with 4 goals scored and 2 conceded.

And while we're on the historical factor, it's important to point out that it's always pertinent to consider the history of relevance in the competition, so for this game it doesn't make that much difference, as neither team has had the honor of adding a Portuguese Cup trophy to their respective trophy cabinet.

In fact, the objective of these teams is to try to go as far as possible. They know that it is difficult to win the title in this edition. Even so, the surprise could be the Cup, as in the championship the fight is quite different.

Regarding the current form of the teams, based on statistical data, we can assume that the Penafiel team has shown over the five most recent meetings a greater regularity, accumulating 3 wins when compared to Lusitânia, which won 2 games.

To get a more recent analysis of the form of both teams individually, their performance in recent matches, featured players, and other essential statistics will also be evaluated.

Penafiel

In the Segunda Liga, the Penafiel group has 5 wins, 0 defeats and 3 draws, making a total of 18 points after 8 rounds, ranking them in 1st place. Adding to this data, the Penafiel team goes with a total of 17 goals scored and 10 goals conceded.

Penafiel come from a draw in the last match. The game against Alverca, valid for the League 2 Portugal, ended with a 2-2. The team coached by H. Rodrigues Cristóvão lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

On the last matchday of the premier competition of Portuguese football, the team of Penafiel faced and beat the team of Tocha, with a score of 4-1, in a game counting for the 2nd Round putting them in the game against Lusitânia.

Let's now analyze the point that concerns the main objective of all the teams, which is to score goals. We can see that Penafiel, in its two principal domestic competitions (Segunda Liga and Portuguese Cup), in this 2024/2025 season, has managed to score a total of 21 goals so far.

Alternatively, the Penafiel team's defense and goalkeeping. now adds up to a total of 11 goals conceded this season in their two main domestic competitions.

Lusitânia

On the last matchday of the premier competition of Portuguese football, the team of Lusitânia faced and beat the team of Regua, with a score of 2-1, in a game counting for the 2nd Round putting them in the game against Penafiel.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Score market betting suggestions

Some study shows us that between 75-90 minutes is where most goals occur, this can be a good bet for those who follow the live game.

In order to generate a good prediction on the goal market for this match, we must first analyze the average number of goals in each team's games this season. Thus, we were able to obtain that in their matches, the Penafiel team scores a total of 4 goals on average and accumulates a total of 1 goals conceded.

On the other hand, in the matches of Lusitânia, they score an average of 2 goals per match and conceed a total of 1 goals.