Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Penafiel (6th, 51 pts) held a 34-point advantage over Académica (18th, 17 pts). Per game in the league, Académica were scoring 1.03 and conceding 1.82, Penafiel 1.12 and 1.12, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
Académica had lost four in a row. Over the last five, Académica had taken 1 of 15 points to Penafiel's 7.
5 meetings are on record — 2 won by Académica, 0 by Penafiel, 3 drawn, at 1.2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Campo Academia Dolce Vita, capacity 1,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
Key stats
Possession: Académica 57% · Penafiel 43% · Total shots: 19-10 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 8-4