Trofense vs Lusitania FC Lourosa: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group B
Date: Sun 05.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Struggling Trofense will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Lusitania FC Lourosa in the upcoming league round. It's 16th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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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Trofense form and stats

With {0 2. Division: Group B wins}, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Trofense are certainly not brimming with confidence. Trofense are slowly digging their own grave here with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Gil Vicente match.

The home team returns after sharing the points with Amarante (placed 15th) on their last time out; the 2. Division: Group B game ended 0-0. Heartbreak before that as Trofense lost 1-2 at Canelas 2010's place.

The lack of attacking qualities in Trofense means that they have only scored 2 goals in 7 league home games, less than half a goal per match. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Trofense defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Lusitania FC Lourosa form and stats

Playing away, Lusitania FC Lourosa, who have the the best goal difference (+18) in 2. Division: Group B, have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the 2. Division: Group B this season. Visiting Lusitania FC Lourosa has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

The supporters enjoyed Lusitania FC Lourosa's previous game versus Canelas 2010 (placed 8th), a 2. Division: Group B 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Espinho.

Lusitania FC Lourosa have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Lusitania FC LourosaG. Zakpa
G. Zakpa
8 goals
Lusitania FC LourosaLeo
Leo
8 goals
Lusitania FC LourosaJaime Poulson
Jaime Poulson
3 goals

Trofense missing players

Lusitania FC Lourosa missing players

Trofense Lusitania FC Lourosa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 4 Played P 0 7 15
3 0 0 Won W 0 2 9
4 2 1 Drew D 0 4 5
8 5 3 Lost L 0 1 1
12 2 2 Scored S 0 8 28
20 13 9 Conceded C 0 6 10
73% 71% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 93%
60% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 86% 80%
47% 43% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 33%
20% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 27%
13% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 53%
33% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 47%
53% 71% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 7%
 
4.6 2.8 2 Corners For (avg) C F 0 6.2 5.5
4.6 2.8 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 4.2 4.4
3.1 3.4 3.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 1.8
4 4 2 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
146 64 35 Total Shots T S 0 57 129
57 22 10 Shots on Target S O 0 21 56
18% 5% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 38%
Key stats in 2. Division: Group B this season:
  • Lusitania FC Lourosa has the most matches under the total-line (8)
  • Lusitania FC Lourosa has the most scored goals in the second half (20)
  • Lusitania FC Lourosa has the the best goal difference (+18)
  • Lusitania FC Lourosa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lusitania FC Lourosa have scored more than double the goals of Trofense.
  • Trofense has the fewest points (2) at home
  • Trofense has the fewest scored goals (2) at home
  • Trofense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Trofense have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Trofense have yet to win a game at home.

  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 15 11 2 2 24 11 8 8 0 0 16 2 7 3 2 2 8 9 13 35
2 Lusitania FC Lourosa 15 9 5 1 28 10 8 7 1 0 20 4 7 2 4 1 8 6 18 32
3 Sanjoanense 15 9 3 3 22 15 8 7 1 0 15 5 7 2 2 3 7 10 7 30
4 Leca 15 8 5 2 24 16 7 4 3 0 7 3 8 4 2 2 17 13 8 29
5 Paredes 15 7 5 3 19 9 8 2 4 2 8 6 7 5 1 1 11 3 10 26
6 Espinho 15 6 7 2 24 11 7 2 5 0 10 4 8 4 2 2 14 7 13 25
7 Felgueiras 1932 15 6 4 5 30 18 7 3 2 2 15 8 8 3 2 3 15 10 12 22
8 Canelas 2010 15 5 6 4 17 13 7 4 3 0 14 7 8 1 3 4 3 6 4 21
9 Lusitano FCV 15 6 2 7 23 20 7 2 1 4 10 10 8 4 1 3 13 10 3 20
10 Castro Daire 15 5 5 5 14 16 8 3 2 3 7 9 7 2 3 2 7 7 -2 20
11 Coimbrões 15 6 2 7 18 28 7 3 0 4 8 15 8 3 2 3 10 13 -10 20
12 Gondomar 15 5 3 7 21 20 8 4 1 3 13 11 7 1 2 4 8 9 1 18
13 Pedras Rubras 15 4 4 7 19 22 7 3 2 2 11 10 8 1 2 5 8 12 -3 16
14 Valadares Gaia 15 5 1 9 21 34 8 3 0 5 12 17 7 2 1 4 9 17 -13 16
15 Amarante 15 3 6 6 13 16 8 1 4 3 5 7 7 2 2 3 8 9 -3 15
16 Trofense 15 3 4 8 12 20 7 0 2 5 2 13 8 3 2 3 10 7 -8 13
17 Vila Real 15 2 1 12 11 33 7 2 1 4 7 11 8 0 0 8 4 22 -22 7
18 Ginásio Figueirense 15 2 1 12 9 37 8 1 1 6 6 21 7 1 0 6 3 16 -28 7

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.