Pacos Ferreira vs Boavista Predictions

• Boavista haven’t lost any of their last 4 league meetings with Pacos Ferreira.
• Boavista have secured 2 wins and 1 draw from their last 5 matches.
• Pacos Ferreira have lost 3 and drawn 2 of their last 5 matches.
• Both teams have scored in just 1 of Pacos Ferreira’s and 1 of Boavista’s last 5 matches.

The visitors don’t concede many goals on the road

Pacos Ferreira suffered a disappointing 2-1 defeat at Santa Clara at the weekend while Boavista made it back to back league wins as they won 2-0 at home to Vitoria Guimaraes, meaning the gap between the two clubs was increased to 9pts heading into Friday’s head to head. Boavista have avoided defeat in each of their last four matches against Pacos Ferreira and the newly-promoted club have failed to win any of their last five competitive matches, while Boavista have won two and drawn one of their last five outings, so you can see why we have backed the visitors with a double chance bet.

Both teams have scored in just three of the last seven meetings between Pacos Ferreira and Boavista and both teams have scored in one of Pacos Ferreira’s and one of Boavsta’s last six matches, which is one of the main reasons we have backed a 1-0 final scoreline in favour of Boavista this Friday.

The hosts have already dropped points in seven of their ten home games in the Primeira Liga this season, while Boavista have picked up points in six of their nine away games. Pacos Ferreira average just 1.10 points per home game, which is below the league average of 1.33 points, while Boavista average 1.33 points per away game, which is above the league average of 1.26 points.

Pacos Ferreira are in poor form and haven’t been scoring many goals of late

The hosts only score an average of 0.70 goals per home game and concede an average of 1.00 goals, which is why we have backed a narrow 1-0 win for Boavista this Friday. The visitors don’t score many goals on the road but with just 0.78 goals conceded on average when playing away from home, you can see why we have backed Boavista to keep a clean sheet against their struggling hosts.

Over 2.5 goals have been scored in just 30% of Pacos Ferreira’s home games and 11% of Boavista’s away games and both teams have scored in 30% of the hosts’ home matches and 33% of the visitors’ trips on the road, adding further weight to our prediction for a tight 1-0 away win on Friday.

Boavista have kept clean sheets in 33% of their away games and Pacos Ferreira have failed to score in 50% of their home matches, losing-to-nil 30% of the time, which provides even more reasoning to our prediction for a 1-0 away win this Friday. A majority of Boavista’s wins this season (4) have been obtained with a 1-goal margin, while a majority of Pacos Ferreira’s defeats (7) have had a 1-goal margin.

We’re confident that a double chance bet is the best way to go this Friday and we have predicted a final scoreline of 1-0. Boavista head into this match as the form favourites and boast a decent record of avoiding defeat on the road, while Pacos Ferreira are playing poorly right now and have failed to score in four of their last five outings which doesn’t bode well heading into a tricky match this Friday.