The Caldas & Praiense managers J. Santos Vala and F. de Matos Agatão are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the 2. Division: Group C league table.
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.
It's quite the trip for Praiense when visiting Caldas as the cities are 9500 kilometers apart.
Caldas form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Division: Group C for Caldas at their home stadium is 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat. Caldas haven’t lost a game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Benfica Castelo Branco, 125 days ago.
Caldas shared the glory with União Santarém in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. 1-1 away at Fontinhas before that.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Caldas have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 15 goals in 10 league matches. Caldas have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Praiense form and stats
As the visiting team in 2. Division: Group C matches, Praiense, who have the most scored goals (42) in 2. Division: Group C, have produced an overall stat of 5-4-1 so far. Momentum is building for Praiense in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Praiense played 1-1 against Fátima in their previous match. Prior to that result Praiense won their away game at Beira-Mar. The scoreline was 1-0.
The Praiense manager F. de Matos Agatão has got the team scoring on the road, with 20 away goals in 10 league matches. As opposed to that, Praiense have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Praiense - Caldas 0-1 earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Caldas victory, two draws and two Praiense wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Medeiros Andrade 11 goals |  M. Nogueira Albuquerque de Souza 7 goals |  H. Santos Neto 5 goals |
Caldas missing players
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| Caldas | Praiense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 42 |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 81% | 70% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 90% | 86% |
| 38% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 52% |
| 24% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 33% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 57% | 30% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 70% | 62% |
| 43% | 70% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 30% | 33% |
| 19% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 4.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
| 3.9 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.4 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 91 | 23 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 85 | 206 |
| 48 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 39 | 88 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 41% | 41% |
- Caldas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Caldas have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Praiense has the most points (19) away
- Praiense has the most scored goals (20) away
- Praiense has the most scored goals (42)
- Praiense has the most scored goals in the first half (21)
- Praiense has the most scored goals in the second half (21)
- Praiense has the the best goal difference (+10) away
- Praiense has the the best goal difference (+25)
- Praiense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Praiense have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Praiense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Praiense 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 | Praiense | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 25 | 45 |
| 2 | Caldas | 21 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Benfica Castelo Branco | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Fátima | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Anadia | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 32 |
| 6 | Beira-Mar | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Sertanense | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | Torreense | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Marinhense | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 28 |
| 10 | União de Leiria | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Oleiros | 21 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 |
| 12 | Condeixa | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| 13 | Agueda | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Oliveira Hospital | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 24 |
| 15 | União Santarém | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 24 |
| 16 | Ideal | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 18 |
| 17 | Vitória de Sernache | 21 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 13 |
| 18 | Fontinhas | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 23 | -26 | 12 |