Another enjoyable game in 2. Division: Group C as Castro Daire welcome Espinho

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Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group C
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

It's match week two of the 2. Division: Group C campaign and important points to play for. Don't miss our detailed preview of Castro Daire-Espinho!

Castro Daire and Espinho should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Castro Daire form and stats

The previous season, Castro Daire's league statistics were 10 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses, resulting in 5th spot in the 2. Division: Group D. Over these 22 matches they scored 23 goals and conceded 24. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season Castro Daire produced 6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 13 conceded. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Castro Daire has won their last four matches.

Castro's previous game was a Taça De Portugal match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Trancoso. The home side are looking to build on that result.

In the game before, an away victory in the 2. Division: Group C match versus Gouveia with a 2-1 scoreline.

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Espinho form and stats

Let's have a look at how Espinho performed last season in the 2. Division: Group D: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 16/11 goals scored/conceded.

Espinho are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Uniao Lamas (after extra-time, 6-7 on penalties).

The game before that, in the 2. Division: Group C, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Leca.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero Castro victories, three draws and two Espinho wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CastroM. Cardoso Ribeiro
M. Cardoso Ribeiro
1 goals
Castro DaireD. Monteiro Braz
D. Monteiro Braz
1 goals
EspinhoK. Silva Có
K. Silva Có
1 goals

Castro Daire missing players

Espinho missing players

Castro Daire Espinho
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 9
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 14%
Castro Daire Last season Espinho
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
10 6   Won W   3 9
5 2   Drew D   2 4
7 3   Lost L   6 9
23 14   Scored S   16 33
24 13   Conceded C   11 22
91% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
73% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 59%
41% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 41%
9% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 23%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 14%
32% 45%   BTTS BTTS   27% 27%
36% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 41%
41% 27%   Failed to Score F T   45% 36%
 
4.4 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.5
5.7 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.6
2.6 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.3
6 3   Red cards R C   1 1
 
7.1 7.3   Shots (avg) S (   6.4 7.3
2.8 2.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.1 2.9
40% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   71% 46%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Castro Daire 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
2 Leca 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Salgueiros 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Santa Cruz de Alvarenga 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Gondomar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 União de Coimbra 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Espinho 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 Gouveia 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 Ferreira de Aves 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Valadares Gaia 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Anadia 22 13 5 4 39 15 11 7 2 2 21 6 11 6 3 2 18 9 24 44
2 Canelas 2010 22 12 5 5 28 13 11 8 1 2 16 5 11 4 4 3 12 8 15 41
3 Lusitania FC Lourosa 22 11 6 5 38 26 11 6 3 2 22 15 11 5 3 3 16 11 12 39
4 Sanjoanense 22 8 12 2 26 13 11 5 5 1 15 4 11 3 7 1 11 9 13 36
5 Castro Daire 22 10 5 7 23 24 11 6 2 3 14 13 11 4 3 4 9 11 -1 35
6 Valadares Gaia 22 10 3 9 36 27 11 6 2 3 20 9 11 4 1 6 16 18 9 33
7 Espinho 22 9 4 9 33 22 11 6 2 3 17 11 11 3 2 6 16 11 11 31
8 Beira-Mar 22 9 4 9 30 23 11 6 2 3 17 10 11 3 2 6 13 13 7 31
9 Sao Joao Ver 18 8 6 4 26 13 9 4 5 0 14 2 9 4 1 4 12 11 13 30
10 Agueda 22 4 5 13 17 28 11 4 3 4 11 12 11 0 2 9 6 16 -11 17
11 Lusitano FCV 22 4 4 14 17 34 11 3 3 5 10 17 11 1 1 9 7 17 -17 16
12 Sao Joao Ver 4 2 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 8
13 Vila Cortez 22 1 1 20 8 86 11 1 0 10 3 39 11 0 1 10 5 47 -78 4

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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.