Match Report
The table read 17th (Paços de Ferreira, 23 pts) against 13th (Gil Vicente, 37 pts), 14 points apart. Paços de Ferreira's recent output outran their position: 9th on form over five rounds, 17th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Paços de Ferreira 0.76 scored and 1.82 conceded per game, Gil Vicente 0.94 and 1.21, with the league averaging 1.25.
From the last five rounds, Paços de Ferreira held 4 points of 15 and Gil Vicente 12.
The head-to-head ledger counts 17 games: 4 Paços de Ferreira wins, 8 for Gil Vicente, 5 draws, at 2.24 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 29% of the wins in this matchup. Historically tight: 35% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Estádio da Capital do Móvel in Pacos de Ferreira staged the fixture, a ground that holds 9,077. Paços de Ferreira led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.