Primeira Liga duel: Close contest expected between Tondela and Moreirense

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio João Cardoso (5000 seats)

Tondela have won 9 of their 12 in total here in familiar surroundings. Will they claim the win versus Moreirense?

Insights:
  • Tondela have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Moreirense have yet to win a game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Tondela form and stats

3 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Tondela have to build on here at Estádio João Cardoso in the Primeira Liga.

Tondela lost their last game at Sporting CP (placed 2nd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Tondela's goalkeeper Pedro Trigueira was extremely busy against Sporting CP, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Pedro Trigueira, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.65 out of 10 in that game. Trigueira stopped the opponent with six saves.

Ahead of that match, Tondela won a home game hosting Leixoes (3-1).

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

Tondela can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 12 times. Tondela are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 6 played).

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Moreirense form and stats

Moreirense have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 0-3-3 (6 played). Moreirense has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

There were no winners in Moreirense's previous match, a Primeira Liga home game that ended 2-2 vs Gil Vicente (placed 8th). Kewin had red hot gloves after the game against Gil Vicente, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. The attacker Yan Santos got a match rating of 7.55 in that game. Santos scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Moreirense secured a home win against Vitoria Guimaraes with the score 3-2.

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.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Moreirense have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Tondela four wins, three draws and Moreirense three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TondelaJ. Almeida Machado
J. Almeida Machado
5 goals
MoreirenseA. Silva de Aguiar
A. Silva de Aguiar
5 goals
TondelaP. Borges da Costa
P. Borges da Costa
2 goals

Tondela missing players

Moreirense missing players

Tondela Moreirense
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 1 6 12
4 3 3 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 3 6
8 3 0 Lost L 1 3 5
17 12 10 Scored S 1 4 14
23 12 4 Conceded C 2 11 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 83%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 67%
33% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 42%
17% 33% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
58% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 75%
17% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 8%
25% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
3.6 4.2 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6.2 5
5.4 5.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 5
3.1 3 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 3 3.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.3 11.8 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 20 13 11.6
3.7 4.8 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.3 2.3
39% 41% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 29% 50%
 
16.3 16.2 19.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.3 12.7
6.6 6.5 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.8 4.7
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • All of Tondela's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Moreirense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Moreirense have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Moreirense have yet to win a game away.
  • Tondela have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tondela have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Moreirense have scored away.
  • Tondela haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 12 10 2 0 30 8 6 6 0 0 18 3 6 4 2 0 12 5 22 32
2 Sporting CP 12 10 2 0 19 4 7 6 1 0 11 1 5 4 1 0 8 3 15 32
3 Benfica 12 10 1 1 34 7 5 4 0 1 13 4 7 6 1 0 21 3 27 31
4 Estoril 11 5 5 1 16 9 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 4 2 0 11 4 7 20
5 Portimonense 12 6 2 4 13 9 6 2 1 3 4 5 6 4 1 1 9 4 4 20
6 Sporting Braga 11 5 4 2 17 14 5 2 2 1 9 5 6 3 2 1 8 9 3 19
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 12 4 4 4 14 12 6 3 1 2 9 6 6 1 3 2 5 6 2 16
8 Gil Vicente 12 3 5 4 15 15 6 1 2 3 7 8 6 2 3 1 8 7 0 14
9 Arouca 12 3 4 5 13 18 6 3 1 2 9 8 6 0 3 3 4 10 -5 13
10 Tondela 12 4 0 8 17 23 6 3 0 3 12 12 6 1 0 5 5 11 -6 12
11 Boavista 12 2 5 5 15 22 6 2 3 1 9 7 6 0 2 4 6 15 -7 11
12 Pacos de Ferreira 12 2 5 5 9 16 6 1 3 2 5 7 6 1 2 3 4 9 -7 11
13 Famalicao 12 2 4 6 16 20 6 0 3 3 4 9 6 2 1 3 12 11 -4 10
14 Marítimo 12 2 4 6 12 17 6 1 3 2 6 7 6 1 1 4 6 10 -5 10
15 Vizela 11 1 7 3 9 16 6 1 4 1 6 6 5 0 3 2 3 10 -7 10
16 Moreirense 12 1 6 5 14 22 6 1 3 2 10 11 6 0 3 3 4 11 -8 9
17 Belenenses 12 1 5 6 7 22 6 1 2 3 5 14 6 0 3 3 2 8 -15 8
18 Santa Clara 11 1 3 7 7 23 6 1 2 3 4 13 5 0 1 4 3 10 -16 6

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.