Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Famalicão 8th with 44 points, Paços de Ferreira 17th with 23, 21 apart. Paços de Ferreira had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 9th in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.76/1.82 for Paços de Ferreira and 1.15/1.38 for Famalicão (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.25.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Paços de Ferreira, 1 draw and 3 for Famalicão, at 2.57 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 86% of the meetings.
Estádio da Capital do Móvel in Pacos de Ferreira staged the fixture, a ground that holds 9,077. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.