Football match preview: Valadares Gaia vs Santa Cruz de Alvarenga

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Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group C
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Complexo Desportivo de Valadares (750 seats)

2. Division: Group C: Valadares Gaia are 3 points after Santa Cruz de Alvarenga, but intend to go all in. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Valadares Gaia have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Santa Cruz de Alvarenga have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in 2. Division: Group C

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.

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Valadares Gaia form and stats

When playing at home in the 2. Division: Group C, Valadares Gaia have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Valadares Gaia with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Espinho game, 28 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

In their previous game, the manager Pereira Ribeiro led his Valadares to a defeat in the 2. Division: Group C match away at Salgueiros. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Complexo Desportivo de Valadares.

Preceding that match was the home game against Gondomar that was lost 1-2.

Valadares has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Valadares are not conceding a lot of goals here at Complexo Desportivo de Valadares in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Santa Cruz de Alvarenga form and stats

As the visiting team in 2. Division: Group C matches, Santa Cruz de Alvarenga have produced an overall stat of 1-0-3 so far.

Alvarenga play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Espinho (placed 5th).

A 0-1 loss hosting Salgueiros before that.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Alvarenga have conceded 6 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Valadares Gaia and Santa Cruz de Alvarenga have faced each other earlier this season: Santa Cruz de Alvarenga - Valadares 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

ValadaresF. Teixeira da Costa Júnior
F. Teixeira da Costa Júnior
3 goals
Santa Cruz de AlvarengaB. Moreira Santos Lopes
B. Moreira Santos Lopes
3 goals
Valadares GaiaP. Correia Júnior
P. Correia Júnior
2 goals

Valadares Gaia missing players

Santa Cruz de Alvarenga missing players

Valadares Gaia Santa Cruz de Alvarenga
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 0 4 9
2 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
5 2 1 Lost L 0 3 4
10 7 3 Scored S 0 3 8
10 4 2 Conceded C 0 6 9
89% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 89%
67% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 56%
44% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 33%
11% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
11% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 33%
22% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 44%
 
4.6 3.6 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.8 4.3
3.5 3.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6.2
2.1 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.4 8.8 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4.5 5.2
2.9 3.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.8 2
39% 41% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 33%
 
7.8 7.4 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.2 12.2
3.4 3.2 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.5 4.3
Key stats in 2. Division: Group C this season:
  • Santa Cruz de Alvarenga have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Santa Cruz de Alvarenga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Santa Cruz de Alvarenga have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in 2. Division: Group C
  • Santa Cruz de Alvarenga have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Santa Cruz de Alvarenga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Valadares Gaia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santa Cruz de Alvarenga have scored away.
  • Valadares Gaia have won significantly less corners at 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 +/- P
1 Leca 9 7 1 1 20 5 5 3 1 1 12 2 4 4 0 0 8 3 15 22
2 Salgueiros 9 7 1 1 12 8 4 4 0 0 7 3 5 3 1 1 5 5 4 22
3 Castro Daire 9 6 1 2 14 7 5 3 1 1 7 4 4 3 0 1 7 3 7 19
4 Gondomar 9 5 1 3 17 7 5 3 0 2 13 4 4 2 1 1 4 3 10 16
5 Espinho 9 4 2 3 8 7 4 3 0 1 6 3 5 1 2 2 2 4 1 14
6 Santa Cruz de Alvarenga 9 3 2 4 8 9 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 1 0 3 3 6 -1 11
7 Valadares Gaia 9 2 2 5 10 10 5 2 1 2 7 4 4 0 1 3 3 6 0 8
8 União de Coimbra 9 1 3 5 8 13 3 0 2 1 2 4 6 1 1 4 6 9 -5 6
9 Gouveia 9 1 2 6 4 16 5 1 0 4 4 7 4 0 2 2 0 9 -12 5
10 Ferreira de Aves 9 1 1 7 3 22 4 1 1 2 2 5 5 0 0 5 1 17 -19 4

Read more about 2. Division: Group C

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.