About Match
Penafiel go into the game 7th in the table on 4 points; Académica sit 1st on 9 — a 5-point gap. Victory would move Penafiel to 7 points and up to 2nd, with other results unchanged.
Académica come in having won three on the spin. Over the last five, Penafiel have taken 4 of 15 points to Académica's 11.
6 meetings are on record — 0 won by Penafiel, 2 by Académica, 4 drawn, at 1 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 17% of meetings.