Balanced ball game between Estoril and Moreirense expected

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota (8000 seats)

Turn on the lights for Estoril - Moreirense! Despite the season performances so far, this game should be awesome!

Insights:
  • Estoril is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Moreirense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Estoril are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Moreirense are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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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Estoril form and stats

The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Estoril at their home stadium (Estádio António Coimbra da Mota) is 3 wins, 8 draws and 5 defeats. Estoril have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Estoril lost their last game at Famalicao (placed 13th) after a 1-3 scoreline. The attacking player Fonte was named "man of the match" for Estoril with a rating of 7.52/10. Fonte scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

In the match before that, Estoril hosted Belenenses and drew the game 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Estoril perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Estoril as a small favourite), we find ten games. Estoril has won three of these, drawn three and lost four.

Estoril has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Estoril's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Moreirense form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Moreirense so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-9 (win-draw-lose).

Moreirense's previous game was their home loss versus Boavista (1-2). The attacker Martins got a match rating of 7.33 in that game. Martins scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Portimonense's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Moreirense in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Moreirense, four draws and three defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Moreirense as they have only managed to score 11 times from 16 away games in the league. As for defending, Moreirense rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides encountered each other before this season: Moreirense - Estoril 1-0. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Estoril won four, Moreirense triumphed in three and we saw three draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, eight matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

EstorilA. Russo Franco
A. Russo Franco
10 goals
MoreirenseC. Martins de Souza Ladislau
C. Martins de Souza Ladislau
7 goals
MoreirenseA. Silva de Aguiar
A. Silva de Aguiar
6 goals

Estoril missing players

Moreirense missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Estoril Moreirense
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
8 3 1 Won W 0 2 6
12 8 2 Drew D 2 5 8
12 5 2 Lost L 3 9 18
35 20 7 Scored S 3 11 29
41 21 8 Conceded C 6 27 49
84% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
72% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 69% 69%
47% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 44%
28% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 22%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
53% 62% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 50%
31% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 12%
31% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 44% 41%
 
4.4 4.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 4.6 4.4
5.3 5.4 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 6 5.3
3 3.3 3.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 3.4 3.4
7 4 3 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
11.3 11.1 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 12.2 11.8
3.7 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 3.2 2.7
30% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 22% 34%
 
14.7 13.9 13 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 14.2 12.7
4 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.8 4.5
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Estoril have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Estoril is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Moreirense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they 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 32 27 4 1 83 22 16 14 2 0 48 11 16 13 2 1 35 11 61 85
2 Sporting CP 32 25 4 3 66 21 16 13 1 2 30 8 16 12 3 1 36 13 45 79
3 Benfica 32 22 5 5 76 29 16 10 3 3 36 15 16 12 2 2 40 14 47 71
4 Sporting Braga 32 18 8 6 49 28 16 9 4 3 26 13 16 9 4 3 23 15 21 62
5 Gil Vicente 32 12 12 8 44 37 16 5 6 5 22 19 16 7 6 3 22 18 7 48
6 Vitória SC 32 12 8 12 44 40 16 8 3 5 29 20 16 4 5 7 15 20 4 44
7 Maritimo 32 9 10 13 38 42 16 4 6 6 19 16 16 5 4 7 19 26 -4 37
8 Pacos de Ferreira 31 9 10 12 28 39 15 5 5 5 18 19 16 4 5 7 10 20 -11 37
9 Santa Clara 32 8 13 11 36 50 16 7 6 3 22 23 16 1 7 8 14 27 -14 37
10 Estoril 32 8 12 12 35 41 16 3 8 5 20 21 16 5 4 7 15 20 -6 36
11 Boavista 32 7 15 10 36 49 16 4 9 3 19 19 16 3 6 7 17 30 -13 36
12 Portimonense 32 9 8 15 28 42 16 4 4 8 13 19 16 5 4 7 15 23 -14 35
13 Famalicao 32 7 12 13 39 47 16 4 7 5 19 19 16 3 5 8 20 28 -8 33
14 Vizela 32 7 11 14 35 53 16 4 6 6 15 20 16 3 5 8 20 33 -18 32
15 Arouca 32 7 9 16 30 53 16 5 3 8 15 29 16 2 6 8 15 24 -23 30
16 Moreirense 32 6 8 18 29 49 16 4 3 9 18 22 16 2 5 9 11 27 -20 26
17 Tondela 31 7 5 19 38 61 16 4 3 9 22 31 15 3 2 10 16 30 -23 26
18 Belenenses 32 5 10 17 21 52 16 5 3 8 13 27 16 0 7 9 8 25 -31 25

Table
  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 32 27 4 1 83 22 16 14 2 0 48 11 16 13 2 1 35 11 61 85
2 Sporting CP 32 25 4 3 66 21 16 13 1 2 30 8 16 12 3 1 36 13 45 79
3 Benfica 32 22 5 5 76 29 16 10 3 3 36 15 16 12 2 2 40 14 47 71
4 Sporting Braga 32 18 8 6 49 28 16 9 4 3 26 13 16 9 4 3 23 15 21 62
5 Gil Vicente 32 12 12 8 44 37 16 5 6 5 22 19 16 7 6 3 22 18 7 48
6 Vitória SC 32 12 8 12 44 40 16 8 3 5 29 20 16 4 5 7 15 20 4 44
7 Maritimo 32 9 10 13 38 42 16 4 6 6 19 16 16 5 4 7 19 26 -4 37
8 Pacos de Ferreira 31 9 10 12 28 39 15 5 5 5 18 19 16 4 5 7 10 20 -11 37
9 Santa Clara 32 8 13 11 36 50 16 7 6 3 22 23 16 1 7 8 14 27 -14 37
10 Estoril 32 8 12 12 35 41 16 3 8 5 20 21 16 5 4 7 15 20 -6 36
11 Boavista 32 7 15 10 36 49 16 4 9 3 19 19 16 3 6 7 17 30 -13 36
12 Portimonense 32 9 8 15 28 42 16 4 4 8 13 19 16 5 4 7 15 23 -14 35
13 Famalicao 32 7 12 13 39 47 16 4 7 5 19 19 16 3 5 8 20 28 -8 33
14 Vizela 32 7 11 14 35 53 16 4 6 6 15 20 16 3 5 8 20 33 -18 32
15 Arouca 32 7 9 16 30 53 16 5 3 8 15 29 16 2 6 8 15 24 -23 30
16 Moreirense 32 6 8 18 29 49 16 4 3 9 18 22 16 2 5 9 11 27 -20 26
17 Tondela 31 7 5 19 38 61 16 4 3 9 22 31 15 3 2 10 16 30 -23 26
18 Belenenses 32 5 10 17 21 52 16 5 3 8 13 27 16 0 7 9 8 25 -31 25

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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.