Football preview: Petro de Luanda favourites when Sagrada Esperança arrive

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Competition: Angola Girabola
Competition: Sat 10.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Joaquim Dinis (8000 seats)

The two sides are happy with a good season so far and fixtures like this could be decisive. Read more about Petro de Luanda - Sagrada Esperança!

Insights:
  • Petro de Luanda have the most scored goals (23) in Girabola
  • Sagrada Esperança have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

It's quite the trip for Sagrada Esperança when visiting Luanda as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

This promises to be an action-packed fixture with lots of fun and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Petro de Luanda form and stats

Petro de Luanda have collected 10 points from their Girabola home games so far after 3-1-2.

A good away victory last time out for Petro de Luanda, who won 2-0 against Academica do Lobito (placed 7th).

Preceding that match was a defeat to 1 de Agosto (0-1).

It should be considered that a peek at the 12 latest league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

There will be little rest for Petro de Luanda after this match as they are travelling to Cubango for a Girabola game in only four days.

From these home matches, Petro de Luanda have conceded only 4 goals.

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Sagrada Esperança form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Girabola travels is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat. In general it has been a productive period now for Esperança as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Sagrada Esperança go into this game after a win, the home game against Sporting de Benguela that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Esperança was the only team on the pitch versus Sporting de Benguela in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Cubango.

The attacking power of Sagrada Esperança when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Sagrada Esperança are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the former ten meetings involving these two squads are: five wins for Petro de Luanda, two draws and three wins for Sagrada Esperança. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Petro de Luanda missing players

Sagrada Esperança missing players

Petro de Luanda Sagrada Esperança
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 5 12
9 3 1 Won W 0 1 7
1 1 0 Drew D 0 3 3
2 2 1 Lost L 1 1 2
23 6 2 Scored S 0 4 20
5 4 2 Conceded C 2 3 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 60% 83%
67% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 67%
42% 17% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 50%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
25% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 33%
58% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 58%
17% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 25%
 
6.5 6.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 2
1.3 1.3 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 7
0.8 0.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.8 9.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14 14
3 3 0.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2
33% 33% 200% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
4.8 4.8 3 Shots against (avg) S A 16 16 16
1.4 1.4 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 8 8
Key stats in Girabola this season:
  • Petro de Luanda have created more than twice as many corners as Sagrada Esperança.
  • Petro de Luanda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Petro de Luanda have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Girabola
  • Petro de Luanda have the most scored goals (23) in Girabola
  • Petro de Luanda have the the best goal difference (+18) in Girabola
  • Petro de Luanda have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Petro de Luanda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sagrada Esperança have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Sagrada Esperança have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Petro de Luanda 12 9 1 2 23 5 6 3 1 2 6 4 6 6 0 0 17 1 18 28
2 Wiliete 11 7 3 1 15 6 6 5 1 0 11 3 5 2 2 1 4 3 9 24
3 1 de Agosto 8 7 1 0 12 4 3 2 1 0 5 3 5 5 0 0 7 1 8 19
4 Interclube 12 6 3 3 18 9 6 5 0 1 13 3 6 1 3 2 5 6 9 21
5 Sagrada Esperança 11 6 3 2 18 7 6 5 0 1 14 4 5 1 3 1 4 3 11 24
6 Desportivo Huila 11 4 3 4 8 7 6 3 2 1 6 2 5 1 1 3 2 5 1 15
7 Academica do Lobito 11 4 3 4 11 9 6 3 2 1 9 4 5 1 1 3 2 5 2 15
8 Sporting de Cabinda 11 4 2 5 7 15 6 2 1 3 3 9 5 2 1 2 4 6 -8 14
9 Santa Rita 10 4 2 4 7 12 5 2 1 2 5 7 5 2 1 2 2 5 -5 14
10 Cubango 11 3 4 4 9 10 6 2 3 1 5 3 5 1 1 3 4 7 -1 13
11 Recreativo do Libolo 10 3 3 4 7 12 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 2 1 2 4 7 -5 12
12 Onze Bravos 11 3 3 5 10 9 6 2 2 2 7 3 5 1 1 3 3 6 1 12
13 Sporting de Benguela 11 2 3 6 4 12 4 1 1 2 2 3 7 1 2 4 2 9 -8 9
14 CD Lunda-Sul 10 2 3 5 6 9 4 2 1 1 4 2 6 0 2 4 2 7 -3 9
15 Isaac de Benguela 11 0 4 7 5 20 5 0 2 3 0 7 6 0 2 4 5 13 -15 4
16 Dragao 11 0 3 8 2 16 6 0 2 4 1 6 5 0 1 4 1 10 -14 3