2. Division: Group C: União de Leiria - Benfica Castelo Branco preview and statistics

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Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group C
Date: Sun 12.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa (23888 seats)

The managers Filipe Cândido and Sérgio Gaminha are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the 2. Division: Group C 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.

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União de Leiria form and stats

União de Leiria have been outstanding at home so far with 13 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses. The União de Leiria fans aren't used to losing here at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa and will expect new points from this game. União de Leiria has played 17 games in a row here without a defeat. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.

A good away victory last time out for União de Leiria, who won 3-0 against Peniche. Before that, União de Leiria had a home game versus AD Nogueirense which ended with a victory 4-0.

The União de Leiria fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 30 goals in 16 matches. União de Leiria have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.

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Benfica Castelo Branco form and stats

8 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Benfica Castelo Branco, who have the fewest conceded goals (19) in 2. Division: Group C, playing as the away team this season.

The supporters enjoyed Benfica Castelo Branco's previous game versus Santa Iria, a 2. Division: Group C 2-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Sertanense.

Benfica Castelo Branco are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 16 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

União de Leiria and Benfica Castelo Branco have met before this season: Benfica Castelo Branco - União de Leiria 0-2. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 5 União de Leiria victories, 2 draws and 2 Benfica Castelo Branco wins.

Top Goalscorers

E. Nyarko
15 goals
João Vasco
14 goals

União de Leiria missing players

Benfica Castelo Branco missing players

União de Leiria Benfica Castelo Branco
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played 4 16 33
23 13 1 Won 1 8 18
3 3 3 Drew 1 5 11
7 0 0 Lost 2 3 4
57 30 5 Scored 4 18 47
23 6 3 Conceded 4 11 19
97% 94% 75% Over 0.5 100% 94% 88%
67% 69% 75% Over 1.5 75% 62% 64%
48% 44% 25% Over 2.5 25% 25% 27%
24% 19% 25% Over 3.5 0% 0% 12%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 6%
39% 38% 75% BTTS 50% 38% 33%
52% 62% 25% Clean Sheets 25% 50% 58%
12% 6% 25% Failed To Score 25% 19% 21%
 
6.8 8.2 8.3 Corners For (avg) 2.5 1.8 2.7
3 3.9 4.3 Corners Against (avg) 4.5 2.1 3.5
1.7 1.2 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.5 0.8 1.3
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 3 4

União de Leiria
All Taça De Portugal 2. Division: Centro 2. Division: Group C Club Friendlies 2. Division: Group E 2. Division: Group F
All Home Away
10-03-19 2D União de Leiria 3 - 1 Santa Iria
17-03-19 2D Alverca 1 - 0 União de Leiria
24-03-19 2D Vilafranquense 3 - 2 União de Leiria
31-03-19 2D União de Leiria 2 - 1 Torreense
07-04-19 2D Sintrense 0 - 1 União de Leiria
13-04-19 2D União de Leiria 2 - 0 Oleiros
20-04-19 2D Caldas 0 - 2 União de Leiria
28-04-19 2D União de Leiria 4 - 0 AD Nogueirense
05-05-19 2D Peniche 0 - 3 União de Leiria
12-05-19 2D União de Leiria 16:00 Benfica Castelo Branco
Benfica Castelo Branco
All Taça De Portugal 2. Division: Centro 2. Division: Group C Club Friendlies 2. Division: Group E 2. Division: Group F
All Home Away
10-03-19 2D AD Nogueirense 0 - 1 Benfica Castelo Branco
17-03-19 2D Benfica Castelo Branco 3 - 0 Macao
24-03-19 2D Benfica Castelo Branco 1 - 0 Loures
31-03-19 2D Oliveira Hospital 0 - 2 Benfica Castelo Branco
07-04-19 2D Benfica Castelo Branco 1 - 1 Anadia
14-04-19 2D Alcains 3 - 0 Benfica Castelo Branco
20-04-19 2D Benfica Castelo Branco 2 - 0 Fátima
28-04-19 2D Sertanense 0 - 1 Benfica Castelo Branco
05-05-19 2D Benfica Castelo Branco 2 - 0 Santa Iria
12-05-19 2D União de Leiria 16:00 Benfica Castelo Branco

  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 União de Leiria 33 23 3 7 57 23 16 13 3 0 30 6 17 10 0 7 27 17 34 72
2 Vilafranquense 33 20 9 4 54 21 16 14 2 0 35 5 17 6 7 4 19 16 33 69
3 Anadia 33 19 11 3 49 22 16 10 6 0 25 7 17 9 5 3 24 15 27 68
4 Benfica Castelo Branco 33 18 11 4 47 19 17 10 6 1 29 8 16 8 5 3 18 11 28 65
5 Oliveira Hospital 33 13 13 7 40 24 17 7 5 5 19 13 16 6 8 2 21 11 16 52
6 Sintrense 33 14 9 10 44 41 16 9 4 3 24 19 17 5 5 7 20 22 3 51
7 Alverca 33 12 9 12 36 36 16 8 2 6 21 20 17 4 7 6 15 16 0 45
8 Oleiros 33 11 12 10 37 41 17 6 7 4 22 15 16 5 5 6 15 26 -4 45
9 Torreense 33 11 11 11 36 33 17 5 7 5 16 17 16 6 4 6 20 16 3 44
10 Caldas 33 11 10 12 34 38 16 7 5 4 22 17 17 4 5 8 12 21 -4 43
11 Loures 33 11 8 14 33 30 17 6 4 7 19 16 16 5 4 7 14 14 3 41
12 AD Nogueirense 33 11 8 14 31 37 17 6 6 5 20 16 16 5 2 9 11 21 -6 41
13 Fátima 33 11 7 15 35 45 16 7 3 6 19 20 17 4 4 9 16 25 -10 40
14 Sertanense 33 7 17 9 28 36 16 2 8 6 10 17 17 5 9 3 18 19 -8 38
15 Santa Iria 33 8 8 17 32 53 16 7 4 5 21 20 17 1 4 12 11 33 -21 32
16 Alcains 33 5 8 20 20 45 17 3 5 9 13 25 16 2 3 11 7 20 -25 23
17 Peniche 33 5 8 20 22 47 17 3 4 10 9 20 16 2 4 10 13 27 -25 23
18 Macao 33 3 6 24 20 64 17 1 3 13 9 31 16 2 3 11 11 33 -44 15

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