Primeira Liga match preview: Estoril against Portimonense

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota (8000 seats)

Primeira Liga: The average league table placements shows the journey Estoril and Portimonense have taken so far. Both participants are ready for the match; bring it!

Insights:
  • Estoril have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portimonense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

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

With 2 Primeira Liga wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Estoril are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Estoril drew their last game, 0-0 away at Gil Vicente (placed 5th). Ferraresi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.81 out of 10. The defender Ferraresi won 6 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match, Estoril lost 2-3 at home to Boavista.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Estoril have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost four.

The Estoril fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Estoril have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Portimonense form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Portimonense playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Portimonense, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Moreirense game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Portimonense's previous game was their home loss versus Benfica (1-2). Carlinhos got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Carlinhos served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 43 successful passes (of 52 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Vizela that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Portimonense playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were four Portimonense wins, three draws and two defeats.

Portimonense find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Portimonense are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the squads faced each other earlier this season; Portimonense - Estoril 0-2. Last ten meetings between these teams: Estoril won five, Portimonense were winners in three and we saw two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

EstorilA. Russo Franco
A. Russo Franco
8 goals
EstorilR. da Rocha Fonte
R. da Rocha Fonte
3 goals
EstorilB. Ponces Lourenço
B. Ponces Lourenço
2 goals

Estoril missing players

Portimonense missing players

Estoril Portimonense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
7 2 1 Won W 1 5 7
10 6 3 Drew D 2 4 8
8 4 0 Lost L 0 3 10
28 15 6 Scored S 5 15 25
30 17 5 Conceded C 2 11 28
84% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
68% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 72%
44% 58% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 36%
28% 42% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 4%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
52% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 42% 48%
32% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 28%
32% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 28%
 
4.4 3.6 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.2 4.1
5 5.2 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 7.8 6.1
3.1 3.3 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.8 3.6
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.9 10.8 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 8.3 12
3.6 3.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 3.6 4.2
31% 34% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 35% 24%
 
14.3 13.2 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 17.7 15.6
4 4.2 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.2
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Estoril have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Estoril have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Portimonense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Portimonense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Portimonense 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 Porto 25 21 4 0 63 19 12 10 2 0 30 9 13 11 2 0 33 10 44 67
2 Sporting CP 25 19 4 2 49 16 13 11 1 1 24 5 12 8 3 1 25 11 33 61
3 Benfica 25 18 3 4 65 23 12 8 1 3 30 12 13 10 2 1 35 11 42 57
4 Sporting Braga 25 13 7 5 41 24 13 7 4 2 22 10 12 6 3 3 19 14 17 46
5 Gil Vicente 25 11 9 5 36 25 13 5 4 4 19 15 12 6 5 1 17 10 11 42
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 25 9 6 10 35 34 12 7 2 3 23 15 13 2 4 7 12 19 1 33
7 Maritimo 25 8 8 9 30 32 12 3 6 3 14 11 13 5 2 6 16 21 -2 32
8 Estoril 25 7 10 8 28 30 12 2 6 4 15 17 13 5 4 4 13 13 -2 31
9 Portimonense 25 7 8 10 25 28 13 2 4 7 10 17 12 5 4 3 15 11 -3 29
10 Santa Clara 25 7 8 10 30 43 13 6 4 3 18 21 12 1 4 7 12 22 -13 29
11 Paços de Ferreira 25 6 9 10 22 31 13 3 5 5 14 18 12 3 4 5 8 13 -9 27
12 Famalicão 25 6 8 11 32 40 12 3 5 4 13 14 13 3 3 7 19 26 -8 26
13 Boavista 25 4 14 7 31 39 13 3 9 1 18 15 12 1 5 6 13 24 -8 26
14 Vizela 25 5 9 11 27 43 13 3 5 5 12 17 12 2 4 6 15 26 -16 24
15 Arouca 25 5 7 13 23 45 12 3 2 7 11 26 13 2 5 6 12 19 -22 22
16 Tondela 25 6 3 16 31 48 13 4 1 8 18 25 12 2 2 8 13 23 -17 21
17 Moreirense 25 4 8 13 23 40 12 3 3 6 15 17 13 1 5 7 8 23 -17 20
18 Belenenses 25 3 7 15 15 46 12 3 2 7 10 26 13 0 5 8 5 20 -31 16

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.