Castro Daire vs Amarante match preview

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Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group B
Competition: Sun 15.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

It's advantage Castro Daire so far with their 5th position in the 2. Division: Group B table, welcoming Amarante who are placed 10th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Castro Daire form and stats

6-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Division: Group B numbers at home for Castro Daire so far this season. Castro Daire has a nice streak going on as they have played 20 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Valadares Gaia defeat 175 days ago.

Castro Daire drew their last game, 1-1 away at Canelas 2010 (placed 9th).

Castro Daire has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Castro Daire's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Amarante form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Division: Group B.

The travelling fans enjoy Amarante's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 12 league matches away. As for defending, Amarante rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Amarante - Castro Daire 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Castro DaireM. Cardoso Ribeiro
M. Cardoso Ribeiro
7 goals
Castro DaireL. da Silva Barry
L. da Silva Barry
6 goals
AmaranteM. Marques Baptista
M. Marques Baptista
5 goals

Castro Daire missing players

Amarante missing players

Castro Daire Amarante
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 5 12 25
12 6 2 Won W 1 4 8
8 3 0 Drew D 1 4 9
5 3 0 Lost L 3 4 8
32 14 3 Scored S 4 19 31
22 13 0 Conceded C 7 18 29
84% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 83% 80%
64% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 60%
36% 42% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 58% 40%
20% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 42% 24%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 16%
40% 42% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 58% 48%
48% 42% 100% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 32%
28% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 33% 40%
 
3.3 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 4.5
5.4 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 6.3 5.7
3 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
76 11 0 Total Shots T S 34 73 115
31 6 0 Shots on Target S O 14 33 51
39% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 30% 27%
Key stats in 2. Division: Group B this season:
  • Amarante has the most dropped points from leading position (12)
  • Amarante have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Amarante is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Castro Daire have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Castro Daire have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arouca 25 18 4 3 49 19 13 13 0 0 35 6 12 5 4 3 14 13 30 58
2 Lusitania FC Lourosa 25 14 8 3 43 18 13 10 2 1 30 10 12 4 6 2 13 8 25 50
3 Espinho 25 13 9 3 44 17 12 6 5 1 25 9 13 7 4 2 19 8 27 48
4 Leca 25 13 7 5 41 27 12 5 4 3 13 10 13 8 3 2 28 17 14 46
5 Castro Daire 25 12 8 5 32 22 12 6 3 3 14 13 13 6 5 2 18 9 10 44
6 Sanjoanense 25 12 6 7 36 30 13 8 3 2 23 15 12 4 3 5 13 15 6 42
7 Felgueiras 1932 25 12 5 8 51 37 13 7 3 3 28 18 12 5 2 5 23 19 14 41
8 Paredes 25 9 7 9 26 19 13 3 5 5 11 10 12 6 2 4 15 9 7 34
9 Canelas 2010 25 7 12 6 23 19 12 5 7 0 17 9 13 2 5 6 6 10 4 33
10 Amarante 25 8 9 8 31 29 13 4 5 4 12 11 12 4 4 4 19 18 2 33
11 Trofense 25 8 6 11 24 30 12 3 3 6 7 16 13 5 3 5 17 14 -6 30
12 Coimbrões 25 8 6 11 29 41 12 4 3 5 11 18 13 4 3 6 18 23 -12 30
13 Pedras Rubras 25 7 7 11 28 32 12 5 5 2 15 11 13 2 2 9 13 21 -4 28
14 Gondomar 25 7 6 12 28 33 13 6 2 5 19 17 12 1 4 7 9 16 -5 27
15 Lusitano FCV 25 7 4 14 29 36 12 2 1 9 11 20 13 5 3 5 18 16 -7 25
16 Valadares Gaia 25 7 4 14 28 47 13 4 2 7 14 22 12 3 2 7 14 25 -19 25
17 Vila Real 25 4 3 18 20 47 12 4 2 6 13 15 13 0 1 12 7 32 -27 15
18 Ginasio Figueirense 25 2 3 20 11 70 13 1 2 10 8 37 12 1 1 10 3 33 -59 9

Read more about 2. Division: Group B

The Campeonato de Portugal is the third-level football league in Portugal. It currently has four divisions based on geographic criteria. Each division has 18 teams who play each other home and away to decide a final league table. The top eight teams in total (two from each division) play a playoff to decide promotion.