Pacos de Ferreira, currently third in the league standings, take on Estoril Praia in round four of the Portuguese Primeira Liga on Friday when they play host to their opponents at the Estadio Capital do Movel with kickoff at 10:15 pm.
Pacos de Ferreira haven’t gotten up and running in Portugal’s top-flight campaign, falling to a 3-0 loss at the hands of Portimonense two Mondays ago.
Uilton received his marching orders in the game, and Pacos were simply outplayed and outwitted on their home turf as Yago Caju, Luquinha, and Ewerton all found the target for Portimao.
Prior to that, Pacos kicked off their 2022-23 Primeira Liga campaign with a slender 1-0 loss away to Gil Vicente on August 8 when Ali Alipour struck with five minutes left in the game to hand the hosts all three points.
Estoril Praia failed to return to winning ways last weekend as they were held to a 2-2 draw by a resilient Rio Ave side at the Estadio Antonio Coimbra da Mota. Costinha, who scored against Benfica last week, opened the scoring for Estoril inside the opening 10 minutes before Rodrigo Martins levelled in the 20th minute.
Two second-half goals from Aziz turned the game around heading into the final quarter of an hour before Tiago Gouveia scored in the 80th minute to earn a share of the spoils for both teams.
Pacos de Ferreira vs Estoril Head to Head
Both sides have 18 games against each other with hosts taking four wins while visitors with seven wins. Here is a look at their previous encounters:
Home
- Pacos de Ferreira 0-3 Portimonense
- Gil Vicente 1-0 Ferreira
- Ferreira 1-2 FC Vizela
- Ferreira 0-1 CD Trofense
Away
- Estoril 2-2 Rio Ave
- Vitoria SC 1-0 Estoril
- Estoril 2-0 FC Famalicao
- UD Vilafranquense 2-1 Estoril
Pacos de Ferreira Team News
Pacos de Ferreira will be without former Atletico Madrid midfielder Nicolas Gaitan, who picked up an injury in the opening 15 minutes of the team’s last game against Portimonense. His replacement in the game, Uilton, was given a straight red card three minutes after coming off the bench and is also unavailable for this weekend’s matchup.
Estoril Team News
Meanwhile, Estoril Praia will be without the services of Lucas Africo, who continues his long road to full fitness after suffering a long-term knee injury last November. The visitors will be led by loanee Gouveia and look likely to attack with Martin and Arthur Gomes.
Prediction and Odds
Pacos de Ferreira and Estoril enter the weekend’s contest evenly matched on paper and we predict the spoils will be shared in an entertaining draw.
- Draw
- Double Chance
- Goals Over 3.5
