Football · History

How the Primeira Liga has changed

Primeira Liga, 2016/17–2021/22 against 2022/23–2025/26: goals per game rose from 2.60 to 2.65; home advantage (home minus away points per game) fell from 0.45 to 0.37; the share of draws held at about 24%.

Measure2016/17–2021/222022/23–2025/26
Goals per game2.602.65
Home advantage (points per game)0.450.37
Draws24%24%
Home wins46%44%
Competitive balance (Noll-Scully)2.052.15

Averages of the first and last 4 complete seasons on file; curtailed and Covid-affected seasons left out.

Goals per game

2.22.42.62.83201620182020202220242026Season (start year)Goals per gameGoals per game

2026/27 is the season so far.

Home wins, draws and away wins

02040201620182020202220242026Season (start year)% of matchesHome winsDrawsAway wins
  • Home wins
  • Draws
  • Away wins

Home advantage

00.20.40.60.8201620182020202220242026Season (start year)Points per gameHome advantage

Home minus away points per game. 2019/20 and 2020/21 were played wholly or partly behind closed doors.

What it took to win the league

01220162018202020222024Season (start year)Points per gameChampions
  • Champions

Points per game, so seasons of different lengths compare.

Competitive balance

1.61.822.22.420162018202020222024Season (start year)Noll-ScullyNoll-Scully

Noll-Scully ratio: the spread of clubs' win rates against what pure chance would give. 1 is perfectly even; higher means a more unequal league.

Season by season

SeasonGoals/gameHomeDrawAway
2026/27 (so far)2.7439%29%32%
2025/262.6841%27%32%
2024/252.5743%26%31%
2023/242.8743%25%32%
2022/232.4949%18%33%
2021/222.6440%28%32%
2020/212.4242%25%33%
2019/202.4941%26%33%
2018/192.7047%20%33%
2017/182.7052%20%28%
2016/172.3844%26%29%