Liga Portugal duel: Close contest expected between Estrela Amadora and Vitória SC

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Gomes (9288 seats)

It's a fresh start in Liga Portugal - the first game of the season. Read our full preview and see how Estrela Amadora and Vitória SC did in their pre-season training matches!

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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Estrela Amadora form and stats

Disaster struck Estrela Amadora last season as they could not defend their status as a Segunda Liga team. With 15 defeats from 34 games, and only 9 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Estrela Amadora are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W5 D3 L9.

Estrela have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Estrela Amadora scored {1 goals} and let in {5 goals} during these two games.

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Vitória SC form and stats

Let's have a look at how Vitória SC performed last season in the Liga Portugal: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 5 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded {39 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 16/27 goals scored/conceded.

Vitória SC played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats. In these five matches Vitória SC scored 5 and conceded {5 goals}.

Head 2 Head

Last seven meetings involving these sides: Estrela Amadora won five, Vitória SC triumphed in one and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Estrela Amadora missing players

Vitória SC missing players

Estrela Amadora Vitória SC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
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 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Estrela Amadora Last season Vitória SC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
2 1   Played P   17 34
1 1   Won W   6 16
0 0   Drew D   2 5
1 0   Lost L   9 13
3 2   Scored S   16 34
3 1   Conceded C   27 39
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 88%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 53%
100% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 47%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 15%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
100% 100%   BTTS BTTS   47% 35%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 41%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   29% 35%
 
4.5 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5
7.5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5
2.5 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.9 3.5
0 0   Red cards R C   8 9
 
12 13   Shots (avg) S (   11.1 12
3.5 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.7
43% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 27%
 
18 10   Shots against (avg) S A   14.9 12.4
5.5 2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 3.7

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Casa Pia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Estoril 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Estrela Amadora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Famalicao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Farense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Gil Vicente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Moreirense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Portimonense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Rio Ave 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sporting Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sporting CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Vitória SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vizela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Benfica 34 28 3 3 82 20 17 15 1 1 48 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 62 87
2 Porto 34 27 4 3 73 22 17 15 0 2 44 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 51 85
3 Sporting Braga 34 25 3 6 75 30 17 13 2 2 40 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 45 78
4 Sporting CP 34 23 5 6 71 32 17 13 2 2 42 12 17 10 3 4 29 20 39 74
5 Arouca 34 15 9 10 36 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 17 5 7 5 14 20 -1 54
6 Vitória SC 34 16 5 13 34 39 17 10 3 4 18 12 17 6 2 9 16 27 -5 53
7 Chaves 34 12 10 12 35 40 17 6 5 6 20 21 17 6 5 6 15 19 -5 46
8 Famalicao 34 13 5 16 39 47 17 9 1 7 21 19 17 4 4 9 18 28 -8 44
9 Boavista 34 12 8 14 43 54 17 8 6 3 23 21 17 4 2 11 20 33 -11 44
10 Casa Pia 34 11 8 15 31 40 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 5 3 9 13 23 -9 41
11 Vizela 34 11 7 16 34 38 17 5 4 8 18 19 17 6 3 8 16 19 -4 40
12 Rio Ave 34 10 10 14 36 43 17 8 3 6 18 14 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 40
13 Gil Vicente 34 10 7 17 32 41 17 6 6 5 15 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -9 37
14 Estoril 34 10 5 19 33 49 17 7 2 8 20 24 17 3 3 11 13 25 -16 35
15 Portimonense 34 10 4 20 25 48 17 6 3 8 14 21 17 4 1 12 11 27 -23 34
16 Maritimo 34 7 5 22 32 63 17 6 3 8 21 23 17 1 2 14 11 40 -31 26
17 Pacos de Ferreira 34 6 5 23 26 62 17 3 2 12 13 33 17 3 3 11 13 29 -36 23
18 Santa Clara 34 5 7 22 26 58 17 4 5 8 18 29 17 1 2 14 8 29 -32 22

Read more about Liga Portugal

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.