Season ticket holders at Estádio João Cardoso haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Tondela languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Portimonense will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Tondela form and stats
Overall stats at home this season for Tondela are 4-3-6 (wins-draw-losses).In their previous game, the manager Pepa led his Tondela to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Benfica. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio João Cardoso. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Feirense.
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 four games. Tondela has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Tondela aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio João Cardoso with only 12 goals from 13 games. 17 goals have been conceded.
Portimonense form and stats
Portimonense has only collected 10 points from their away games after 3-1-9 (13 played).This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Primeira Liga home defeat versus Moreirense with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Belenenses.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 21 similar matches played by Portimonense in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Portimonense, 3 draws and 13 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Portimonense as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Portimonense have conceded 24 goals on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Portimonense - Tondela 3-2 entered in the official records. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 2 Tondela victories, 3 draws and 4 Portimonense wins.Top Goalscorers
 
Tómané
9 goals / 4 assists
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J. Martínez
8 goals / 1 assists
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J. Delgado
5 goals / 2 assists
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Tondela missing players
Portimonense missing players
| Tondela | Portimonense | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | Played | 13 | 27 |
| 29 | 12 | Scored | 11 | 36 |
| 41 | 17 | Conceded | 24 | 43 |
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 77% | Over 1.5 | 85% | 85% |
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | 54% | 48% |
| 26% | 8% | Over 3.5 | 23% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 8% | 19% |
| 56% | 54% | Both teams to score | 46% | 56% |
| 11% | 15% | Clean Sheet | 23% | 15% |
| 37% | 31% | Failed To Score | 31% | 30% |
- Portimonense hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Portimonense is involved in more goals away, than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 73 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 50 | 66 |
| 2 | Porto | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 39 | 66 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 27 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 58 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 27 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 58 |
| 5 | Moreirense | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 45 |
| 6 | Vitória Guimarães | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 42 |
| 7 | Belenenses | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 38 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -4 | 32 |
| 10 | Portimonense | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -7 | 32 |
| 11 | Marítimo | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -14 | 30 |
| 12 | Desportivo Aves | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 29 |
| 13 | Boavista | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -12 | 29 |
| 14 | Vitória Setúbal | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 15 | Nacional | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 58 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 41 | -28 | 26 |
| 16 | Tondela | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 24 | -12 | 25 |
| 17 | Chaves | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -19 | 24 |
| 18 | Feirense | 27 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 26 | -30 | 15 |
