Feirense vs Mafra Match Preview

Feirense and Mafra meet at Estádio Marcolino de Castro, in a match for the 7th round of the Portuguese Segunda Liga.

Feirense is in the 5th position of the Portuguese Segunda Liga, after 3 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss, having bagged 11 points so far. In the previous round, they took an important away point, playing against league leaders Estoril by 3‑3. They are a team that has no impact playing home or away from it, since they have a 1-1-1 home record vs 2-1-0 on the road, continuing their previous season’s trend (6-4-2 playing at home and 5-5-2 on the road).

In tonight’s match against Mafra, coach Filó has not available his first-choice left-back, Ruca, who is serving his suspension.

Mafra was in the 1st position of the league having won15 points after six rounds played, after 5 wins and 1 loss. They are coming from a 2-0 home win against Vizela. They are quite a good side playing on the road having 4 wins, 2 draws, and 4 losses in their 10 most recent outings (2-0-1 this season).

Coach Filipe Cândido has all his players available for this match with Feirense. He will probably choose tonight a solid defensive line trying to find a couple of goals with some quick transitions. Mafra has scored at least one goal in each of this season’s six rounds.

This is a match between two promotion candidates. Feirense is playing at home but virtually this does not give them an advantage, as stated before. On the other hand, Mafra, through a 4-4-2 formation can become dangerous in their counter attacks and score at least once.

The away odds seem tempting to me and I’ll take the risk. Mafra to win is my call in this one.