Belenenses vs Portimonese Predictions

• 3 of the last 5 meetings between these two clubs have produced under 2.5 goals.
• 3 of Belenenses’ last 6 matches have produced under 2.5 goals.
• 3 of Portimonense’ last 6 matches have produced under 2.5 goals.
• Portimonense have lost 44% and failed to score in 56% of their away games this season.

Neither side have scored enough goals this season

Two teams that lack goals and concede too many of them go head to head in the Primeira Liga this weekend as Belenenses look to recover from their 1-0 home defeat against Vitoria Setubal last weekend against a Portimonense side that were thrashed 3-0 away at the divisions’ bottom club Aves last time out.

Belenenses are unbeaten in their last five matches against Portimonese but have only won one of those games, and three of the duos’ last six encounters have seen under 2.5 goals scored. Three of Belenenses’ last six matches have produced under 2.5 goals and the most the hosts have scored during any of those games is one goal, while three of Portimonense’ last six matches have also featured under three goals and the visitors have failed to score in their last two outings.

The hosts have only won twice at home this season but their guests have lost four times on the road, with Belenenses averaging 0.88 points per home game and Portimonense averaging 0.78 points per away game. Belenenses score an average of 0.75 goals per home game and Portimonese average 0.56 goals per away game, and we have backed a final scoreline of 1-0 in favour of the hosts this weekend.

Both teams won’t want to lose this game which should make it a tense affair

Only 25% of Belenenses’ home games and 33% of Portimonense’s away games this season have produced over 2.5 goals, which adds weight to our prediction of under 2.5 goals being scored in Sunday’s clash. Both teams have scored in just 38% of Belenenses’ home games and 44% of Portimonense’s away games so far this season, suggesting that we are most likely to just the one team score on Sunday, if any at all.

Belenenses have only managed to keep clean sheets in 12% of their home games this season but Portimonense have failed to score in 56% of their away games and have only kept clean sheets in 11% of their games on the road. Portimonese have lost-to-nil in 44% of their away matches with exactly 1-goal being scored in 38% of Belenenses’ home games, which is why we believe a 1-0 win for the hosts is on the cards this weekend.

A majority of Belenenses’s wins this season (3) have been obtained with a 1-goal margin, while 3 of Portimonense’s defeats have also been via a 1-goal margin, which ties in well with our prediction for Sunday’s clash. We’re confident that under 2.5 goals will be produced in Sunday’s match and we have predicted a final scoreline of 1-0 in favour of Belenenses. The hosts have a decent record against their in recent seasons and have secured two wins at home so far, while Portimonese have only won once on the road, losing four times.