Moreirense vs Estoril match preview: Even contest expected at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Tue 28.December
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas (6153 seats)

Both Moreirense and Estoril are yearning for points in this match, despite the away team carrying a 16 point lead so far.

Insights:
  • Moreirense is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Estoril haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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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Moreirense form and stats

Moreirense's results here at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas in the Primeira Liga have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Moreirense haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Vitoria scored that one.

Moreirense lost their last game at Mafra after a 1-3 scoreline.

Heartbreak before that as Moreirense lost 0-1 at Boavista's place.

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 Moreirense have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost four.

Moreirense has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Moreirense have conceded 12 from these games. When Moreirense hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Vizela, Santa Clara, Belenenses, Tondela and Famalicao), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Estoril form and stats

Estoril have an excellent away record in the Primeira Liga so far with 5-2-1 from 8 games.

Two away games in a row for Estoril, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Tondela in the Taça De Portugal.

A draw for Estoril before that, at their own venue hosting Famalicao (2-2).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Estoril in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Estoril, three draws and five defeats.

Estoril are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. Estoril are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Moreirense victories, three draws and five Estoril wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

EstorilA. Russo Franco
A. Russo Franco
6 goals
MoreirenseA. Silva de Aguiar
A. Silva de Aguiar
5 goals
EstorilChiquinho
Chiquinho
3 goals

Moreirense missing players

Estoril missing players

Moreirense Estoril
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 3 8 15
1 1 0 Won W 2 5 6
6 3 0 Drew D 1 2 7
7 3 3 Lost L 0 1 2
14 10 3 Scored S 4 12 21
24 12 6 Conceded C 2 6 15
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
71% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 80%
57% 71% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 40%
36% 43% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 27%
14% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 86% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 60%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 27%
36% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 20%
 
5.2 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 5.9 5
4.7 4.6 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.4 4.6
2.9 3 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.1 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 10.6 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 12.1 11.1
2.5 2.4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.5 3.8
40% 59% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 33% 37%
 
12.4 12.1 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.2 12.8
4.6 5.4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 3.7
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Estoril haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Moreirense have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Moreirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Moreirense have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Moreirense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Moreirense is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 15 13 2 0 38 8 7 7 0 0 19 3 8 6 2 0 19 5 30 41
2 Sporting CP 15 13 2 0 27 5 8 7 1 0 13 1 7 6 1 0 14 4 22 41
3 Benfica 15 12 1 2 46 12 7 5 0 2 21 8 8 7 1 0 25 4 34 37
4 Sporting Braga 15 8 4 3 24 16 8 5 2 1 16 6 7 3 2 2 8 10 8 28
5 Estoril 15 6 7 2 21 15 7 1 5 1 9 9 8 5 2 1 12 6 6 25
6 Portimonense 15 7 3 5 15 13 8 2 2 4 5 9 7 5 1 1 10 4 2 24
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 15 6 4 5 21 16 7 4 1 2 14 8 8 2 3 3 7 8 5 22
8 Gil Vicente 15 5 5 5 20 18 8 2 2 4 11 11 7 3 3 1 9 7 2 20
9 Boavista 15 3 6 6 17 25 8 3 4 1 11 8 7 0 2 5 6 17 -8 15
10 Maritimo 15 3 5 7 18 26 7 2 3 2 10 8 8 1 2 5 8 18 -8 14
11 Pacos de Ferreira 15 3 5 7 11 19 8 1 3 4 6 10 7 2 2 3 5 9 -8 14
12 Arouca 15 3 5 7 16 25 7 3 1 3 10 12 8 0 4 4 6 13 -9 14
13 Vizela 14 2 7 5 14 25 7 1 4 2 6 10 7 1 3 3 8 15 -11 13
14 Santa Clara 15 3 4 8 13 30 8 3 2 3 7 14 7 0 2 5 6 16 -17 13
15 Tondela 14 4 0 10 19 29 7 3 0 4 12 13 7 1 0 6 7 16 -10 12
16 Famalicao 15 2 5 8 19 30 7 0 3 4 5 13 8 2 2 4 14 17 -11 11
17 Moreirense 14 1 6 7 14 24 7 1 3 3 10 12 7 0 3 4 4 12 -10 9
18 Belenenses 14 1 5 8 7 24 7 1 2 4 5 15 7 0 3 4 2 9 -17 8

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.