Week 24 brings us a match on Feb 25th, where Belenenses will host Paços de Ferreira in a meeting of these two Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Belenenses recorded a 0-2 loss against Gil Vicente. Juan Jose Calero scored the first goal for Gil Vicente in the 68th minute, then Élder Santana added another in the 78th minute In the end, Belenenses couldn’t muster any offence and Gil Vicente ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while paços de Ferreira is fresh off their 2-1 win against Vizela. Bruno Wilson scored the first goal for Vizela in the 24th minute, then Nuno Santos tied it up for Paços de Ferreira in the 42nd minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 64th minute on a goal by Matchoi Bobo Djalo to cap off a wild match. Paços de Ferreira is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
On Monday Sep 27th, Paços de Ferreira hosted Belenenses in their last match together. Paços de Ferreira and Belenenses battled to a 2-2 draw. Nuno Santos struck first for Paços de Ferreira in the 12th minute on a feed from Hélder Ferreira, then Hélder Ferreira added another in the 20th minute.
Antunes has been the most prolific scorer on Paços de Ferreira in his last five matches with two goals. Both Camara and Safira have been the hottest scorers for Belenenses in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.