The Portugal Primeira Division continues this weekend and on the 31st of January we have a meeting between GD Estoril and Paços de Ferreira at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota.
The hosts begin the weekend in 7th place on 25 points while the visitors are in 12th place on 19 points.
GD Estoril come into the match on the back of a 2-1 defeat at home by Arouca. GD Estoril opened the scoring after only 6 minutes of the game and it appeared as though they were going to take maximum points as the clock ticked to full time.
However, with only 1 minute of normal time remaining, Arouca equalised and then snatched a winner in injury time.
The defeat came as a blow against a team in the bottom half of the table and that result means GD Estoril have lost each of their last 5 fixtures in all competitions.
Four of those 5 games have come in the Primeira Division and in addition to the recent defeat at home by Arouca, GD Estoril have lost at home against Porto and away to Moreirense and Vitoria Guimaraes.
Home form in the league shows GD Estoril have failed to win any of their 7 most recent league matches at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota.
However, they have remained undefeated in 4 of their last 6 league games on home soil, with both teams scoring in each of those 6 matches.
Paços de Ferreira make the trip to the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota having picked up a point at home against Boavista last weekend.
It was the hosts who opened the scoring just before half time but they could not hold out in the second half and Paços de Ferreira conceded the equalising goal in the 85th minute.
That result means Paços de Ferreira are undefeated in each of their last 2 Primeira Division games having been held to a 0-0 draw at Famalicão the previous week.
Recent results show Paços de Ferreira have been difficult to beat and they are undefeated in 4 of their last 5 league fixtures.
However, Paços de Ferreira have been struggling to win matches and they have recorded just 2 victories from their 13 most recent games in all competitions.
Trends show under 2.5 goals have been scored in the 5 most recent away Primeira games of Paços de Ferreira.
Looking ahead to the teams and GD Estoril are without the suspended midfielder João Gamboa. Defender Lucas Áfrico is still struggling to recover from a muscle injury.
Paços de Ferreira are without André Ferreira and Luís Bastos due to COVID-19. Jorge Silva has a ligament injury and is not expected back in action until March.
Neither team have been winning games frequently and we expect that trend to continue in this match. Both teams could find the net but with under 2.5 goals scored and that makes the most likely outcome 1-1.