The Castro Daire & Espinho managers V. Cardoso Almeida and J. Castro Ferreira are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the 2. Division: Group B league table.
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.
Castro Daire form and stats
6 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Castro Daire have to build on here in the 2. Division: Group B. Castro Daire has a nice streak going on as they have played 18 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Valadares Gaia defeat 161 days ago. It’s been three wins in a row for Castro Daire here, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Castro Daire manager V. Cardoso Almeida and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Coimbrões (placed 11th) in the 2. Division: Group B. Before that, Castro Daire had a home game versus Valadares Gaia which ended with a victory 2-1.
Castro Daire are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 11 games. 13 goals have been conceded.
Espinho form and stats
Espinho, who have the the best goal difference (+11) away in 2. Division: Group B, have an excellent away record in the 2. Division: Group B so far with 7-3-2 from 12 games.
The Espinho goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 367 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Espinho are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the 2. Division: Group B against Lusitano FCV (placed 13th). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Pedras Rubras.
As mentioned above, Espinho was the only team on the pitch versus Lusitano FCV in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Espinho are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 12 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Espinho - Castro Daire 2-2. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Castro Daire victories, one draw and one Espinho win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 J. Ferreira Silva 10 goals | M. Cardoso Ribeiro 7 goals | L. da Silva Barry 6 goals |
Castro Daire missing players
Espinho missing players
| Castro Daire | Espinho | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 19 | 41 |
| 21 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 87% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 87% |
| 65% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 70% |
| 39% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 48% |
| 22% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 30% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 39% | 45% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 48% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 52% |
| 26% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 25% | 26% |
| 3.3 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.8 |
| 5.4 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2.9 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 69 | 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 83 | 254 |
| 28 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 29 | 98 |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 41% | 30% |
- Castro Daire have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Castro Daire have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Espinho has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8)
- Espinho has the the best goal difference (+11) away
- Espinho have created more than twice as many corners as Castro Daire.
- Espinho have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Espinho 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 | Arouca | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 55 |
| 2 | Lusitania FC Lourosa | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 47 |
| 3 | Espinho | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 25 | 44 |
| 4 | Leca | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 43 |
| 5 | Castro Daire | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 42 |
| 6 | Sanjoanense | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Felgueiras 1932 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 35 |
| 8 | Canelas 2010 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 32 |
| 9 | Paredes | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 10 | Amarante | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Coimbrões | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 29 |
| 12 | Trofense | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | -7 | 27 |
| 13 | Lusitano FCV | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | -4 | 25 |
| 14 | Pedras Rubras | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 15 | Gondomar | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Valadares Gaia | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -20 | 21 |
| 17 | Vila Real | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 30 | -28 | 12 |
| 18 | Ginásio Figueirense | 23 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 24 | -50 | 8 |