Liga Revelacao U23 match preview: Portimonense U23 versus Sporting CP U23

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Competition: Portugal Liga Revelacao U23
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)

The visiting Sporting CP U23 side should be favourites in this visit to Portimonense U23, as the away team holds a 22 point advantage from their 20 league games this season.

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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Portimonense U23 form and stats

Portimonense U23's struggle is real here with only 7 points collected from 9 Liga Revelacao U23 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-4.

The points were shared in Portimonense U23's previous game, also at home. Visiting Sporting Braga U23 (placed 4th) travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Portimonense U23 lost 1-2 at Vitória Setúbal U23's place.

The Portimonense U23 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. Portimonense U23 have conceded 20 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Sporting CP U23 form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (43) in Liga Revelacao U23, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Liga Revelacao U23.

Sporting CP U23 failed to get anything from their last game, a Liga Revelacao U23 home match vs Famalicao U23 (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Maritimo U23.

Sporting CP U23 are a potent attacking force on the road with their 25 goals in 10 league games. Sporting CP U23 are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sporting CP U23 - Portimonense U23 4-3 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Portimonense U23 won 0 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Sporting CP U23 has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 0

Portimonense U23 missing players

Sporting CP U23 missing players

Portimonense U23 Sporting CP U23
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 10 20
5 1 0 Won W 3 7 13
5 4 1 Drew D 0 2 3
9 4 1 Lost L 0 1 4
36 15 2 Scored S 13 25 43
44 20 4 Conceded C 2 8 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 70%
95% 89% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 65%
63% 67% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 40%
32% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 20% 25%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 55%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 35%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 20%
 
5.1 6.8 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.5 6
5.8 6.2 10.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.7 7 6.4
2.4 2.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2 1.9
6 4 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
 
198 101 23 Total Shots T S 35 98 200
93 45 9 Shots on Target S O 22 43 92
39% 33% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 59% 58% 47%
Key stats in Liga Revelacao U23 this season:
  • All of Portimonense U23's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Portimonense U23 has the fewest clean sheets (0)
  • Portimonense U23 has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
  • Portimonense U23 has the fewest matches under the total-line (1)
  • Portimonense U23 has the most conceded goals (44)
  • Portimonense U23 has the most dropped points from leading position (24)
  • Portimonense U23 has the most matches over the total-line (18)
  • Portimonense U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Portimonense U23 have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Portimonense U23 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Portimonense U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sporting CP U23 has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
  • Sporting CP U23 has the most points (23) away
  • Sporting CP U23 has the most scored goals (25) away
  • Sporting CP U23 has the most scored goals (43)
  • Sporting CP U23 has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
  • Sporting CP U23 has the the best goal difference (+17) away
  • Sporting CP U23 has the the best goal difference (+23)
  • Sporting CP U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting CP U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP U23 20 13 3 4 43 20 10 6 1 3 18 12 10 7 2 1 25 8 23 42
2 Benfica U23 20 12 5 3 35 18 11 9 1 1 21 10 9 3 4 2 14 8 17 41
3 Rio Ave U23 20 11 5 4 35 20 10 7 1 2 17 10 10 4 4 2 18 10 15 38
4 Sporting Braga U23 21 9 7 5 24 18 11 8 2 1 20 11 10 1 5 4 4 7 6 34
5 Estoril U23 20 9 6 5 33 21 11 8 2 1 24 9 9 1 4 4 9 12 12 33
6 Belenenses U23 20 10 3 7 27 18 10 6 2 2 14 7 10 4 1 5 13 11 9 33
7 Deportivo Aves U23 19 8 5 6 29 27 8 6 1 1 15 7 11 2 4 5 14 20 2 29
8 Leixões U23 20 6 8 6 24 26 8 3 4 1 10 7 12 3 4 5 14 19 -2 26
9 Maritimo U23 20 6 7 7 28 31 10 6 2 2 18 11 10 0 5 5 10 20 -3 25
10 Cova da Piedade U23 20 5 9 6 23 25 10 2 5 3 11 12 10 3 4 3 12 13 -2 24
11 Portimonense U23 19 5 5 9 36 44 9 1 4 4 15 20 10 4 1 5 21 24 -8 20
12 Vitória Setúbal U23 19 5 5 9 22 31 10 3 4 3 13 15 9 2 1 6 9 16 -9 20
13 Vitoria Guimaraes U23 20 4 5 11 19 38 10 2 3 5 9 21 10 2 2 6 10 17 -19 17
14 Académica U23 20 3 7 10 24 31 11 1 5 5 11 16 9 2 2 5 13 15 -7 16
15 Feirense U23 19 3 7 9 19 36 10 1 5 4 11 19 9 2 2 5 8 17 -17 16
16 Famalicao U23 19 1 9 9 23 40 9 0 6 3 11 19 10 1 3 6 12 21 -17 12

Read more about Liga Revelacao U23

The Campeonato Nacional de Sub-23 (U23) is the under-23 development team league in Portugal. It currently has 14 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 26 fixtures. After that, the top six in the league table play a championship round while the bottom eight play a relegation round.