Chaves – Feirense : Preview & Prediction
Chaves and Feirense meet in the Municipal Stadium Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira, in a match of the 15th round of Liga Sagres. At this stage, the record of direct confrontations indicates balance between these two teams, since there have been 2 draws and 1 win for each team in the last 4 games. However, the last time they faced in this stadium was in 26-08-2017, in a game by Liga Sagres that ended the victory of Feirense by (0-2). The goals of the match were scored by Flavio (26 ‘) and Tiago Silva (86’) for Feirense.
Chaves
Chaves team is currently in 18th place with 7 points, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses. In the penultimate match, lost at home to Moreirense by (1-2). In the last match, lost out to the Nacional of Funchal by (2-0). The team arrives at this meeting after a home win with Varzim by (3-1). For the championship, Chaves scored 4 points in 18 chances, after 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats in the last 6 games he played in his stadium.
In this competition, you have not won any of the last 5 games in your stadium. In their domestic league matches the most frequent scorer in the break was 0-1 (4 out of 6 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded at least one goal in each of the last 10 games in this competition. This is a team that scored few times first and they only managed to open the scoring in 3 of their last 14 games for the Liga Sagres, these 3 reached the break in advantage in all and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 2. In 14 games in the competition, never managed to turn the scoring in the 11 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 6 home games in all competitions there are 1 highlights: he scored 3 of his 7 goals in minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Chaves enters this match after a 3-1 win at the Varzim home game in the League Cup. However, we point out that the transmontanos have not won 9 consecutive games in the Portuguese championship. In this indoor game, coach Tiago Fernandes must remain faithful to his strategy, that is, to benefit from maintaining possession of the ball and the attacks paused by the sides. Niltinho is one of the highlights of the Chaves team with 2 goals and 1 assist. For this game the coach can not count on João Teixiera and Ghazaryan, both with physical problems.
Feirense
The visiting team is currently in 17th place with 10 points, after 2 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Braga by (4-0). In the last match, lost at home to Portimonense by (0-1). In the last game that played, for the League Cup, lost with Sporting at home for (1-4). In the last 7 games away from the league, Feirense recorded 1 win and 6 losses, having won 3 points out of 21 possible.
For this competition, it registers a sequence of 6 losses in the last games like visitor and has not won any of the last 12 games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games, and his attack has not been very tangible since he did not score goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that scores a few times first: just opened the scoring in 3 of their last 14 games for the Liga Sagres, of those 3 reached the break in lead in 1 and won in the late 90 ‘in 2. In 14 games in this competition , suffered the first goal 9 times and never managed to turn the score.
Feirense comes to this unmotivated game after having been defeated at home by Sporting, by 1-4, in play by the League Cup. In the last round of the Portuguese championship, the visitors lost to Portimonense by 0-1. In the away game, technician Nuno Manta Santos should have started by 4-3-3, benefiting from defensive loading and counterattacks, exploiting the defensive fragility of the opponent. The offensive Edinho is the great highlight of this team with 3 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on the suspension Tiago Silva, besides Edson and João Silva, these with physical problems, but can recover in time of the game.
Chaves – Feirense : Betting Tips
Chaves – Win Odds: 2.25
Both teams to score / YES – Odds: 1.70
Over 2.5 Goals – Odds: 1.70
