Premier League match preview: Portmore United versus Tivoli Gardens

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Competition: Jamaica Premier League
Competition: Sun 01.March
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Prison Oval (3000 seats)

3rd position in the Premier League table for Portmore United so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Tivoli Gardens visits Prison Oval.

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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Portmore United form and stats

7-1-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Portmore United so far this season. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Prison Oval.

No payout for Portmore United in their previous match, an away game at Cruz Azul that ended in defeat 0-4. Preceding that match was a defeat to Cruz Azul (1-2).

As you see from the result above, Portmore United suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Harbour View are coming to town in four days.

A decent goal production from Portmore United in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. Portmore United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tivoli Gardens form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Tivoli Gardens, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The supporters enjoyed Tivoli Gardens's previous game versus Waterhouse (placed 1st), a Premier League 4-3 win played at home. A 1-1 draw at Cavalier's stadium before that.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Waterhouse was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

Tivoli Gardens have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Tivoli Gardens have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Tivoli Gardens - Portmore United 0-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Portmore United won five, Tivoli Gardens won two and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tivoli Gardens
N. Sterling
5 goals
Portmore United
R. Smith
4 goals
Portmore United
S. Smith
4 goals

Portmore United missing players

Tivoli Gardens missing players

Portmore United Tivoli Gardens
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
13 7 2 Won W 1 4 10
3 1 0 Drew D 0 4 7
9 5 2 Lost L 3 5 10
35 20 5 Scored S 4 15 33
26 14 4 Conceded C 7 19 33
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 92% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 70%
40% 46% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 46% 37%
16% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 22%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
40% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 54% 44%
32% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 26%
32% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 30%
 
4.3 4.1 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 4
3.5 3.8 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.2 4
2 2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
241 140 33 Total Shots T S 34 137 220
86 51 14 Shots on Target S O 15 53 80
38% 37% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 35%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Portmore United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portmore United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Tivoli Gardens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tivoli Gardens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Waterhouse 27 14 8 5 46 25 12 8 2 2 29 11 15 6 6 3 17 14 21 50
2 Mount Pleasant Academy 27 15 5 7 42 21 12 8 1 3 22 10 15 7 4 4 20 11 21 50
3 Portmore United 25 13 3 9 35 26 13 7 1 5 20 14 12 6 2 4 15 12 9 42
4 Humble Lions 26 11 9 6 29 23 14 7 4 3 16 12 12 4 5 3 13 11 6 42
5 Dunbeholden 27 11 6 10 32 30 13 5 3 5 11 11 14 6 3 5 21 19 2 39
6 Arnett Gardens 27 10 9 8 40 40 13 3 6 4 14 19 14 7 3 4 26 21 0 39
7 Tivoli Gardens 27 10 7 10 33 33 14 6 3 5 18 14 13 4 4 5 15 19 0 37
8 Cavalier 27 9 9 9 40 32 13 5 6 2 28 15 14 4 3 7 12 17 8 36
9 Harbour View 26 9 8 9 26 33 15 7 3 5 17 13 11 2 5 4 9 20 -7 35
10 Molynes United 27 7 6 14 29 46 13 3 1 9 15 27 14 4 5 5 14 19 -17 27
11 UWI 27 2 12 13 24 45 14 1 7 6 14 23 13 1 5 7 10 22 -21 18
12 Jamalco 27 2 12 13 18 40 14 2 10 2 12 9 13 0 2 11 6 31 -22 18