Struggling Cesarense will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Espinho in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Cesarense form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Cesarense have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses so far from their games here at Estádio do Mergulhão. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 22 attempts. Cesarense are slowly digging their own grave here at Estádio do Mergulhão with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Sporting Meda match.The home team returns to Estádio do Mergulhão after sharing the points with Marítimo II on their last time out; the 2. Division: Group B game ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Cesarense lost 0-4 at home to Lusitano FCV.
The Cesarense fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. Cesarense have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Espinho form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Espinho playing as the away team this season. Espinho have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. Espinho love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.Espinho won their last game, 1-0 versus Leca played at home. Prior to that result Espinho won their away game at Penalva Castelo. The scoreline was 3-1.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Espinho as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Espinho - Cesarense 1-1. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 1 Cesarense victory, 3 draws and 5 Espinho wins.Top Goalscorers
  Gustavo Souza 11 goals |   F. Cuero 10 goals |  Diogo Pereira 8 goals |
Cesarense missing players
Espinho missing players
| Cesarense | Espinho | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | Played | 15 | 31 |
| 34 | 15 | Scored | 17 | 42 |
| 51 | 25 | Conceded | 10 | 19 |
| 94% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 80% | 84% |
| 77% | 80% | Over 1.5 | 60% | 65% |
| 58% | 60% | Over 2.5 | 27% | 32% |
| 35% | 33% | Over 3.5 | 13% | 16% |
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 65% | 60% | Both teams to score | 20% | 39% |
| 13% | 13% | Clean Sheet | 53% | 48% |
| 29% | 33% | Failed To Score | 47% | 29% |
| 2 | 1.6 | Corners For (avg) | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Corners Against (avg) | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
- Cesarense is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 | D | P |
| 1 | Gondomar | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 44 |
| 2 | Lusitania FC Lourosa | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 42 |
| 3 | Lusitano FCV | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 39 |
| 4 | Espinho | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 5 | Paredes | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 37 |
| 6 | Sanjoanense | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 37 |
| 7 | Águeda | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 35 |
| 8 | Amarante | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 33 |
| 9 | Coimbrões | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | União Madeira | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 31 |
| 11 | Gafanha | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 31 |
| 12 | Marítimo II | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 13 | Cinfães | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 25 |
| 14 | Pedras Rubras | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Penalva Castelo | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -19 | 23 |
| 16 | Leca | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -14 | 20 |
| 17 | Cesarense | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 18 |
| 18 | Sporting Meda | 22 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 30 | -53 | 1 |
