Sporting de Cabinda vs Interclube preview

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Competition: Angola Girabola
Competition: Sat 10.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal do Tafe (25000 seats)

Sporting de Cabinda will plan to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Interclube.

Insights:
  • Sporting de Cabinda have the most conceded goals (9) at home in Girabola
  • Interclube have the most clean sheets (3) in Girabola

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Interclube have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-9-9 (win-draw-loss) from 28 matches.

Interclube have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sporting de Cabinda form and stats

2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Sporting de Cabinda have to build on here at Estádio Municipal do Tafe in the Girabola. Three consecutive losses here at Estádio Municipal do Tafe is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

The home team returns to Estádio Municipal do Tafe after drawing with Wiliete (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

Before that game, the home loss against Sagrada Esperança with the scoreline 0-3.

It should be considered that a peek at the 11 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cabinda here at Estádio Municipal do Tafe in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 6 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Interclube form and stats

There's been little loot from Interclube's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Girabola. Interclube only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.

Interclube are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the match against Recreativo do Libolo (placed 12th).

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Desportivo Huila.

The attacking power of Interclube when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Sporting de Cabinda wins - draws - Interclube wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Sporting de Cabinda missing players

Interclube missing players

Sporting de Cabinda Interclube
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 3 Played P 2 6 12
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 6
2 1 0 Drew D 2 3 3
5 3 3 Lost L 0 2 3
7 3 0 Scored S 0 5 18
15 9 9 Conceded C 0 6 9
91% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 83%
64% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 75%
36% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 42%
9% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
18% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 33%
45% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 50%
45% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 6
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 1.3
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 1 11.2
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 4.4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 36%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 7.4
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1.8
Key stats in Girabola this season:
  • Interclube have created more than twice as many corners as Sporting de Cabinda.
  • Interclube have scored more than double the goals of Sporting de Cabinda.
  • Interclube have the most clean sheets (3) in Girabola
  • Interclube have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Girabola
  • Interclube have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Interclube have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sporting de Cabinda have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sporting de Cabinda have the most conceded goals (9) at home in Girabola

  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 Sagrada Esperança 12 7 3 2 20 7 7 6 0 1 16 4 5 1 3 1 4 3 13 24
3 Wiliete 11 7 3 1 15 6 6 5 1 0 11 3 5 2 2 1 4 3 9 24
4 Interclube 12 6 3 3 18 9 6 5 0 1 13 3 6 1 3 2 5 6 9 21
5 1 de Agosto 7 6 1 0 10 3 3 2 1 0 5 3 4 4 0 0 5 0 7 19
6 Academica do Lobito 11 4 3 4 11 9 6 3 2 1 9 4 5 1 1 3 2 5 2 15
7 Desportivo Huila 10 4 3 3 7 5 5 3 2 0 5 0 5 1 1 3 2 5 2 15
8 Santa Rita 10 4 2 4 7 12 5 2 1 2 5 7 5 2 1 2 2 5 -5 14
9 Sporting de Cabinda 11 4 2 5 7 15 6 2 1 3 3 9 5 2 1 2 4 6 -8 14
10 Cubango 11 3 4 4 9 10 6 2 3 1 5 3 5 1 1 3 4 7 -1 13
11 Onze Bravos 11 3 3 5 10 9 6 2 2 2 7 3 5 1 1 3 3 6 1 12
12 Recreativo do Libolo 10 3 3 4 6 12 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 2 1 2 3 7 -6 12
13 CD Lunda-Sul 10 2 3 5 6 9 4 2 1 1 4 2 6 0 2 4 2 7 -3 9
14 Sporting de Benguela 11 2 3 6 4 12 4 1 1 2 2 3 7 1 2 4 2 9 -8 9
15 Isaac de Benguela 12 0 4 8 6 22 5 0 2 3 0 7 7 0 2 5 6 15 -16 4
16 Dragao 11 0 3 8 2 16 6 0 2 4 1 6 5 0 1 4 1 10 -14 3