Primeira Liga match preview and statistics: Belenenses fight Portimonense

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Thu 06.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nacional (37593 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Belenenses in 11th and Portimonense in 10th place.

Insights:
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (21) in Primeira Liga

Belenenses and Portimonense 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.

Belenenses are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Portimonense are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Belenenses form and stats

Belenenses, who have the fewest scored goals (21) in Primeira Liga, have collected 20 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 5-5-5. Two home wins in a row for Belenenses bring valid hopes of a third.

Belenenses are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Pacos de Ferreira. Before that, Belenenses had a home game versus Gil Vicente which ended with a victory 2-1.

Belenenses have scored 14 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Belenenses have conceded 16 goals.

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Portimonense form and stats

There's been little loot from Portimonense's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 15 away games in the Primeira Liga. Portimonense only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws.

Portimonense's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Rio Ave that finished 0-0. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Farense.

A quick return to home after this game, as Portimonense are hosting Moreirense in the Primeira Liga only four days away.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Portimonense have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Portimonense - Belenenses 1-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Belenenses four wins, four draws and Portimonense two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortimonenseN. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
11 goals
BelenensesZ. Cassierra Cabezas
Z. Cassierra Cabezas
7 goals
BelenensesM. Nunes Cardoso
M. Nunes Cardoso
5 goals

Belenenses missing players

Portimonense missing players

Belenenses Portimonense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 4 15 30
7 5 2 Won W 1 3 9
13 5 1 Drew D 1 3 7
10 5 0 Lost L 2 9 14
21 14 4 Scored S 4 14 33
28 16 0 Conceded C 6 22 37
73% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 87%
57% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 67%
27% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 47%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
33% 47% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 43%
40% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 33%
53% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.7 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.7 2.5
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.9 10.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11 11.1
3.1 3.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 3.5
23% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 27% 31%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Belenenses have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (21) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Primeira Liga

  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 30 23 7 0 54 15 15 11 4 0 28 9 15 12 3 0 26 6 39 76
2 Porto 30 21 7 2 61 27 15 11 3 1 31 14 15 10 4 1 30 13 34 70
3 Benfica 30 20 6 4 58 21 15 11 2 2 26 11 15 9 4 2 32 10 37 66
4 Sporting Braga 30 18 4 8 49 30 15 10 2 3 24 13 15 8 2 5 25 17 19 58
5 Pacos de Ferreira 30 14 6 10 35 35 15 10 2 3 22 16 15 4 4 7 13 19 0 48
6 Vitória SC 30 12 5 13 33 37 15 7 1 7 19 22 15 5 4 6 14 15 -4 41
7 Santa Clara 30 10 7 13 37 35 15 5 5 5 21 16 15 5 2 8 16 19 2 37
8 Moreirense 30 8 12 10 29 38 15 3 9 3 19 21 15 5 3 7 10 17 -9 36
9 Tondela 30 10 5 15 32 49 15 8 2 5 15 15 15 2 3 10 17 34 -17 35
10 Portimonense 30 9 7 14 33 37 15 6 4 5 19 15 15 3 3 9 14 22 -4 34
11 Belenenses 30 7 13 10 21 28 15 5 5 5 14 16 15 2 8 5 7 12 -7 34
12 Marítimo 30 10 3 17 25 40 15 5 2 8 10 20 15 5 1 9 15 20 -15 33
13 Gil Vicente 30 9 5 16 28 39 15 4 3 8 11 17 15 5 2 8 17 22 -11 32
14 Famalicao 30 7 10 13 34 44 15 2 7 6 15 24 15 5 3 7 19 20 -10 31
15 Rio Ave 30 6 13 11 23 33 15 4 6 5 12 13 15 2 7 6 11 20 -10 31
16 Boavista 30 6 11 13 35 46 15 4 3 8 15 21 15 2 8 5 20 25 -11 29
17 Farense 30 6 9 15 27 37 15 3 5 7 16 18 15 3 4 8 11 19 -10 27
18 Nacional 30 6 6 18 26 49 15 4 3 8 17 25 15 2 3 10 9 24 -23 24

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.