Moreirense vs Portimonense: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 24.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas (6153 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Moreirense in 8th and Portimonense in 12th place.

Insights:
  • Moreirense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Portimonense has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Primeira Liga

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Moreirense form and stats

Moreirense have played 7 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Moreirense, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Nacional away with the result 1-0. Steven Vitória found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was a Taça De Portugal defeat to Santa Clara (1-2).

The Moreirense fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Moreirense have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Portimonense form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Portimonense so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-6 (win-draw-lose). A depressing five defeats in a row for Portimonense in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Maritimo.

Portimonense won their last game, 1-0 versus Belenenses played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Rio Ave wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Portimonense rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Moreirense wins - draws - Portimonense wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortimonenseN. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
3 goals
MoreirenseP. Fernandes Ferreira
P. Fernandes Ferreira
2 goals
MoreirenseF. Gonçalves Abreu
F. Gonçalves Abreu
2 goals

Moreirense missing players

Portimonense missing players

Moreirense Portimonense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 3 7 14
4 3 2 Won W 1 1 4
5 3 0 Drew D 0 0 2
5 1 0 Lost L 2 6 8
11 9 3 Scored S 2 4 10
15 6 1 Conceded C 5 12 17
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
64% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 57%
29% 29% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 36%
7% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 36%
36% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
43% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 57% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 10.9 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.7 12.8
3.2 4.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.1 3.5
24% 29% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 27% 20%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Moreirense have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Portimonense have scored away.
  • Moreirense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Portimonense has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Primeira Liga
  • Portimonense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Portimonense have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Portimonense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 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.