Sao Joao Ver (home)
- Pedro Lomba has been the manager of Sao Joao Ver since April 2025 and since taking the reins, he has focused on disciplined defending and controlling the central midfield area with a 3-5-2 setup.
- His side have been mixed at home, but they have lacked the firepower up front, even when employing advanced wing-backs to overload central areas of the pitch.
- Sao Joao Ver’s form has been poor, even accounting for their recent back-to-back defeats, they’re on a run of 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in their last 5 games.
- They’ve won two, drawn three and lost two at home in Liga 3 this term.
Fafe (away)
- Joel Sampaio has done a good job at Fafe since taking over as head coach in April 2025, implementing a disciplined defensive style whilst getting his side to hit their opponents on the break with a compact 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 structure.
- Fafe’s form (W2, D1, L2) has been much better than the host’s in recent weeks and they currently sit 5th in the Liga 3, Group A 2025/2026 table with 20 points from 15 games.
- Sao Joao Ver are 9th with 13 points from 15, which is a clear indication of which way this game could go.
Head-to-Head
- Fafe have won 3 of the last 5 H2H encounters with Sao Joao Ver losing once and drawing once.
- On average, these games have featured 4 goals per 90 minutes, with the hosts scoring 2.5 and Fafe notching 1.5.
Key Players
- Ka Semedo is the leading scorer for Fafe in the competition with 3 goals from 15 games, whilst fellow attacker Carlos Daniel has found his goal-scoring boots in recent games, netting twice in his last 5.
- Joao Castro has also been on a hot streak for the home side, netting 2 of his side's 4 goals in their last 5.
Betting Insights
- Fafe are the narrow favorites at 2.06 and we’re going for the outsiders at 3.29.
- Sao Joao Ver’s home matches average just 1.28 goals per game in Liga 3 this season (0.57 scored + 0.71 conceded).
Prediction
Both teams to score is 1.78 and under 2.5 goals is 1.71 , although we think this could be a low scoring match and Sampaio’s men are fancied to edge it.
