Delightful dogfight as daring Estoril duel with determined Belenenses

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 24.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota (8000 seats)

Carrying a 11 point edge in the league standings, Estoril club members crave to see their team earn full points from this fixture against Belenenses.

Insights:
  • Estoril have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (19) in Primeira Liga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Estoril form and stats

3 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Estoril have to build on here at Estádio António Coimbra da Mota in the Primeira Liga.

Estoril haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 235 minutes ago. Ruiz scored that one.

Estoril drew their last game, also a home match. Sporting Braga (placed 4th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Midfielder Franco was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.6 (out of ten) in that game. Franco hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Heartbreak before that as Estoril lost 0-2 at Santa Clara's place.

Estoril are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. On the other hand, Estoril have conceded 19 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Belenenses form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Belenenses so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 0-6-9 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Belenenses have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 15 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Porto game.

Belenenses go into this game after a win, the home game against Vizela that ended 1-0. Midfield player Sousa was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Sousa served one assist and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Benfica's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Belenenses when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing one and winning zero games.

Belenenses are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 6 goals from 15 away games. Belenenses's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other already this season, with the result Belenenses - Estoril 0-1 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Estoril four wins, two draws and Belenenses four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

EstorilA. Russo Franco
A. Russo Franco
9 goals
BelenensesA. Camará
A. Camará
5 goals
BelenensesA. Pelegrini Safira
A. Pelegrini Safira
5 goals

Estoril missing players

Belenenses missing players

Estoril Belenenses
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 5 15 30
8 3 1 Won W 0 0 5
11 7 1 Drew D 4 6 9
11 5 2 Lost L 1 9 16
32 18 5 Scored S 3 6 19
36 19 6 Conceded C 5 23 49
83% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 80% 87%
70% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 70%
43% 53% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 20% 30%
23% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 20%
7% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 13%
50% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 33% 40%
33% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 20% 23%
33% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 67% 50%
 
4.5 4.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4 3.7
5.2 5.3 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 6 6.1
2.9 3.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 3.5 3.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
11.4 11.3 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 9.8 8.9
3.7 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 2.8 2.8
29% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 14% 23%
 
14 13.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 16 16.3 16
3.9 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.8 4.8
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Belenenses have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Belenenses have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have the fewest points (6) away in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (19) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have yet to win a game away.
  • Estoril have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Estoril have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Belenenses have scored 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 Porto 30 26 4 0 79 19 15 13 2 0 44 9 15 13 2 0 35 10 60 82
2 Sporting CP 30 23 4 3 59 20 15 12 1 2 26 7 15 11 3 1 33 13 39 73
3 Benfica 30 21 4 5 75 29 15 10 2 3 36 15 15 11 2 2 39 14 46 67
4 Sporting Braga 30 16 8 6 47 28 15 8 4 3 25 13 15 8 4 3 22 15 19 56
5 Gil Vicente 30 12 11 7 42 32 15 5 5 5 21 18 15 7 6 2 21 14 10 47
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 30 12 6 12 42 38 15 8 2 5 28 19 15 4 4 7 14 19 4 42
7 Maritimo 30 9 9 12 36 39 15 4 6 5 19 15 15 5 3 7 17 24 -3 36
8 Pacos de Ferreira 30 9 9 12 27 38 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 4 7 9 19 -11 36
9 Estoril 30 8 11 11 32 36 15 3 7 5 18 19 15 5 4 6 14 17 -4 35
10 Santa Clara 30 8 11 11 33 47 15 7 5 3 20 21 15 1 6 8 13 26 -14 35
11 Boavista 30 6 15 9 34 45 15 4 9 2 19 16 15 2 6 7 15 29 -11 33
12 Portimonense 30 8 8 14 27 41 15 3 4 8 12 19 15 5 4 6 15 22 -14 32
13 Famalicao 30 6 11 13 36 46 15 3 7 5 16 18 15 3 4 8 20 28 -10 29
14 Vizela 30 6 11 13 31 48 15 3 6 6 13 19 15 3 5 7 18 29 -17 29
15 Arouca 30 6 9 15 28 51 15 4 3 8 14 29 15 2 6 7 14 22 -23 27
16 Moreirense 30 6 8 16 28 46 15 4 3 8 17 20 15 2 5 8 11 26 -18 26
17 Tondela 30 7 4 19 37 60 15 4 2 9 21 30 15 3 2 10 16 30 -23 25
18 Belenenses 30 5 9 16 19 49 15 5 3 7 13 26 15 0 6 9 6 23 -30 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.