Match preview Primeira Liga: Belenenses - Tondela at Estádio Nacional

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Mon 25.January
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nacional (37593 seats)

Season ticket holders at Estádio Nacional haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Belenenses languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Tondela will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Belenenses has the fewest scored goals (6) in Primeira Liga
  • Tondela has the most conceded goals (15) away in Primeira Liga

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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Belenenses form and stats

With 1 Primeira Liga win, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Belenenses, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Primeira Liga, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Belenenses are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estádio Nacional, having lost their two previous games here.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 346 minutes without scoring a league goal. M. Cardoso was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager A. Gonçalves Teixeira led his Belenenses to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Portimonense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Nacional. In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Fafe (after extra-time).

Belenenses's goalkeeper Stanislav Kritsyuk was extremely busy against Portimonense, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

The manager A. Gonçalves Teixeira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Benfica in only three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Belenenses here at Estádio Nacional in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). On the other hand, Belenenses have conceded 8 goals.

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Tondela form and stats

Tondela, who have the most conceded goals (15) away in Primeira Liga, have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 0-1-5 (6 played). Bitter travels for Tondela as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Gil Vicente match.

Tondela go into this game after a win, the home game against Boavista that ended 3-1. A 0-2 defeat away at Benfica before that.

The attacking power of Tondela when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Tondela's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 15 goals in 6 travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Belenenses victories, five draws and one Tondela win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TondelaM. González Gutiérrez
M. González Gutiérrez
5 goals
TondelaS. Milhazes Agra
S. Milhazes Agra
3 goals
BelenensesM. Nunes Cardoso
M. Nunes Cardoso
2 goals

Belenenses missing players

Tondela missing players

Belenenses Tondela
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 6 14
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 4
6 3 2 Drew D 1 1 3
6 3 0 Lost L 1 5 7
6 5 0 Scored S 1 5 13
12 8 0 Conceded C 3 15 23
64% 71% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
43% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 79%
21% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 7%
29% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 36%
43% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
64% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3 2.4
4 1 0 Red cards R C 3 3 5
 
10 11.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.3 9.6
3.4 4.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.5 3.1
13% 16% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 30%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • All of Tondela's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Belenenses has the fewest scored goals (6) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tondela has the most conceded goals (15) away in Primeira Liga
  • Tondela has the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Primeira Liga
  • Tondela have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Tondela have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Tondela have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tondela have scored more than double the goals of Belenenses.
  • Tondela have yet to win a game away.
  • Tondela haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Sporting CP 14 11 3 0 31 9 7 5 2 0 15 5 7 6 1 0 16 4 22 36
2 Porto 14 10 2 2 36 17 8 6 1 1 19 9 6 4 1 1 17 8 19 32
3 Benfica 14 10 2 2 29 14 7 6 0 1 15 7 7 4 2 1 14 7 15 32
4 Sporting Braga 14 9 0 5 23 15 6 5 0 1 9 3 8 4 0 4 14 12 8 27
5 Pacos de Ferreira 14 7 4 3 19 12 7 5 1 1 12 6 7 2 3 2 7 6 7 25
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 12 6 2 4 15 12 6 2 0 4 4 9 6 4 2 0 11 3 3 20
7 Maritimo 14 5 2 7 16 18 6 2 2 2 5 5 8 3 0 5 11 13 -2 17
8 Moreirense 14 4 5 5 11 15 7 3 3 1 9 6 7 1 2 4 2 9 -4 17
9 Santa Clara 14 4 3 7 13 18 7 1 2 4 5 10 7 3 1 3 8 8 -5 15
10 Rio Ave 14 3 6 5 10 16 6 2 2 2 6 6 8 1 4 3 4 10 -6 15
11 Tondela 14 4 3 7 13 23 8 4 2 2 8 8 6 0 1 5 5 15 -10 15
12 Portimonense 14 4 2 8 10 17 7 3 2 2 6 5 7 1 0 6 4 12 -7 14
13 Famalicao 14 3 5 6 16 25 7 1 3 3 9 16 7 2 2 3 7 9 -9 14
14 Nacional 13 3 4 6 11 16 8 2 3 3 9 11 5 1 1 3 2 5 -5 13
15 Gil Vicente 14 3 4 7 10 16 7 2 2 3 5 6 7 1 2 4 5 10 -6 13
16 Farense 13 3 3 7 15 19 7 3 2 2 12 9 6 0 1 5 3 10 -4 12
17 Belenenses 14 2 6 6 6 12 7 1 3 3 5 8 7 1 3 3 1 4 -6 12
18 Boavista 14 1 8 5 14 24 6 1 2 3 5 11 8 0 6 2 9 13 -10 11

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.