Penafiel vs Vizela betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League 2 Portugal match on January 26th, 2025

Penafiel and Vizela will be playing against each other on Sunday, January 26th, 2025, at 11:00h (UTC), in a League 2 Portugal football game in Portugal, check the Penafiel vs Vizela betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Penafiel vs Vizela 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, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Penafiel vs Vizela 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 2.52 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.45 goals per game of the last championship.

Penafiel last match

Penafiel is coming off a draw. In its last outing they faced UD Oliveirense in a match valid for League 2 Portugal, and the match ended 2-2. The eleven coached by H. Rodrigues Cristóvão played in a 4-3-3 formation.

A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.10.

Vizela 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, Vizela, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the União de Leiria team with a final score of 1-0.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.05, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Penafiel vs Vizela h2h

The last time Penafiel went up against Vizela, it was in Segunda Liga. Penafiel, ranked 3rd place, started with a 4-3-3 tactic, while Vizela, then in 2nd place, was charged with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2024/2025 League 2 Portugal season. The match, played on 18-08-2024, recorded the 1-2 win for Penafiel.

The last match between these two clubs was a seesaw battle to the end.

Penafiel

League 2 Portugal leaderboard now

The Penafiel team with 36 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion, with a campaign of 10 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses.

This means that in the 19th round the team has an advantage of 2 points in relation to the Benfica II team that is in the 2nd place.

Penafiel analysis

After 18 matches, Penafiel shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 30 goals and conceded 22.

Penafiel is certainly not the team that has totaled the most danger to opposing goalkeepers this year, but when it creates some it knows how to hurt. The team has averaged so far 3.78 shots per game, with an average goal of 1.67 per match: as many as 40 percent of the total shots have gone in.

With an average ball possession of 45% per game in the current league, Penafiel cannot call itself a team that holds the game in its hands, rather it prefers the counterattacking strategy. But if they want to try to win the game against Vizela they must try to impose their game to create difficulties for their opponents.

Best goalscorer from Penafiel

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Gabriel Barbosa. The Attacker has scored 8 times in this competition and helped Penafiel avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Vizela

League 2 Portugal leaderboard now

Vizela arrives in this game with 24 points, and in 10th place in the League 2 Portugal, having won 6 games in total and lost 6 times, making a total of 6 draws.

Feirense ranks just above, occupying 9th place in the 19th round, the team has the same number of points.

Vizela analysis

After round 18 of League 2 Portugal we count 20 goals scored by Vizela and 18 conceded.

It is an average ball possession of 59.6% that the Vizela team usually uses to control the game. The reason for this is ball possession above 50% typically allows teams to have some control over their opponents.

Best goalscorer from Vizela

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Prosper Soporuchi Obah. The Attacker has scored 5 times in the current season and has helped Vizela come out with a positive result on several occasions.

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

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Penafiel is Gabriel Barbosa, who has already scored 8 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Vizela is Prosper Soporuchi Obah, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

Corners Top Betting Tips

For favorable betting results, note that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 1.34 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.11 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 Vizela 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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