Moreirense - Vitória SC: Small difference between teams in Primeira Liga clash

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 03.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas (6153 seats)

Home advantage feels safe and nice for Moreirense, but Vitória SC are fully bent and able to get all three points. How will it turn out?

Insights:
  • Moreirense is in the worst form (0-1-5)

This could be an intriguing match with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well recovered since they last played a game. Game on!

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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 3 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. With Moreirense having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Pinto.

In their previous game, the manager Pinto led his Moreirense to a defeat away at Paços de Ferreira. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas. Luis, a striker, was the top performer for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 7.64 (out of 10). Luis served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Sporting CP with the scoreline 0-2.

Moreirense are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Moreirense's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vitória SC form and stats

There's been little loot from Vitória SC's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 14 away games in the Primeira Liga. Vitória SC only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Sporting CP with 1-3 on the scoreboard. The attacker Estupiñán got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Estupiñán scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Marítimo with the score of 1-0.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Vitória SC have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head match ended Vitória SC - Moreirense 2-1, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Moreirense victory, four draws and five Vitória SC wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Vitória SCO. Estupiñán Vallesilla
O. Estupiñán Vallesilla
12 goals
Vitória SCM. Edwards
M. Edwards
7 goals
MoreirenseA. Silva de Aguiar
A. Silva de Aguiar
6 goals

Moreirense missing players

Vitória SC missing players

Moreirense Vitória SC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 3 14 27
4 3 0 Won W 0 3 10
8 3 1 Drew D 1 4 6
15 7 4 Lost L 2 7 11
24 15 5 Scored S 4 13 37
44 19 10 Conceded C 6 19 37
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 89%
70% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 70%
44% 46% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 63%
26% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 21% 33%
15% 15% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 11%
52% 54% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 63%
11% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 19%
41% 38% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 30%
 
4.4 4.1 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.4 5.1
5.4 5.1 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.6 5.3
3.2 3.2 4.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.8 3.6
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
11.5 11.2 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 12.6 14
2.6 2.2 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.4 4.4
35% 52% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 27% 31%
 
12.5 11.8 13.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.6 11.9
4.6 4.5 5.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.6 4.3
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Moreirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Moreirense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Moreirense is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 27 23 4 0 68 19 13 11 2 0 34 9 14 12 2 0 34 10 49 73
2 Sporting CP 27 21 4 2 54 17 13 11 1 1 24 5 14 10 3 1 30 12 37 67
3 Benfica 27 19 4 4 68 25 14 9 2 3 33 14 13 10 2 1 35 11 43 61
4 Sporting Braga 27 14 7 6 43 26 14 7 4 3 22 11 13 7 3 3 21 15 17 49
5 Gil Vicente 27 12 10 5 38 26 14 5 5 4 20 16 13 7 5 1 18 10 12 46
6 Vitória SC 27 10 6 11 37 37 13 7 2 4 24 18 14 3 4 7 13 19 0 36
7 Estoril 27 8 10 9 31 32 13 3 6 4 17 17 14 5 4 5 14 15 -1 34
8 Marítimo 27 8 9 10 31 34 13 3 6 4 14 12 14 5 3 6 17 22 -3 33
9 Paços de Ferreira 27 8 9 10 25 32 14 4 5 5 16 19 13 4 4 5 9 13 -7 33
10 Santa Clara 27 7 10 10 30 43 14 6 5 3 18 21 13 1 5 7 12 22 -13 31
11 Portimonense 27 7 8 12 26 32 14 2 4 8 11 19 13 5 4 4 15 13 -6 29
12 Famalicao 27 6 10 11 33 41 13 3 6 4 13 14 14 3 4 7 20 27 -8 28
13 Boavista 27 4 15 8 31 40 14 3 9 2 18 16 13 1 6 6 13 24 -9 27
14 Vizela 27 5 11 11 29 45 14 3 6 5 13 18 13 2 5 6 16 27 -16 26
15 Arouca 27 5 8 14 25 48 13 3 2 8 11 27 14 2 6 6 14 21 -23 23
16 Tondela 27 6 4 17 33 54 14 4 2 8 20 27 13 2 2 9 13 27 -21 22
17 Moreirense 27 4 8 15 24 44 13 3 3 7 15 19 14 1 5 8 9 25 -20 20
18 Belenenses 27 3 9 15 15 46 13 3 3 7 10 26 14 0 6 8 5 20 -31 18

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.