Delightful dogfight as daring Estoril duels with determined Académica

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sat 06.February
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota (8000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Estoril - Académica!

Insights:
  • Estoril has the fewest conceded goals (11) in Segunda Liga

The hosts Estoril saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Segunda Liga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Arouca.

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Estoril form and stats

Estoril, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Segunda Liga, have performed here at Estádio António Coimbra da Mota this season with 4 wins from 8 Segunda Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0.

Estoril faced defeat in their previous match, away at Arouca (0-1). Before that match, a Taça De Portugal win away at Maritimo (after extra-time).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Estoril handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and zero defeats.

The Estoril manager B. Nogueira Pinheiro has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Académica form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Bruno Teles (2) scored in Académica's previous match, the home game against Academico Viseu that ended 2-1. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Leixões.

We have checked recent matches where Académica have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were three victories, two draws and five defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Académica have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Académica - Estoril 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Estoril victories, two draws and two Académica wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AcadémicaM. Bouldini
M. Bouldini
10 goals
EstorilA. Yakubu
A. Yakubu
7 goals
EstorilM. Crespo da Silva
M. Crespo da Silva
3 goals

Estoril missing players

Académica missing players

Estoril Académica
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 3 9 18
11 4 1 Won W 2 4 10
5 4 2 Drew D 0 4 6
2 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
28 16 6 Scored S 6 11 24
11 8 5 Conceded C 3 6 12
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 83%
56% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 61%
22% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 44%
22% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 11%
11% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 44% 50%
56% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 56% 44%
17% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 2.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.6 10.6 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.3 9
4.2 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.6 3.2
37% 41% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 34% 41%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Estoril has the fewest conceded goals (11) in Segunda Liga
  • Estoril has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Segunda Liga
  • Estoril has the most clean sheets (10) in Segunda Liga
  • Estoril has the most scored goals (16) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Estoril has the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Segunda Liga
  • Estoril has the the best goal difference (+17) in Segunda Liga
  • Estoril has the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Estoril have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Estoril have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Estoril have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Estoril 18 11 5 2 28 11 8 4 4 0 16 8 10 7 1 2 12 3 17 38
2 Académica 18 10 6 2 24 12 9 6 2 1 13 6 9 4 4 1 11 6 12 36
3 Feirense 18 10 4 4 27 16 9 5 1 3 13 10 9 5 3 1 14 6 11 34
4 Vizela 18 9 5 4 27 23 9 7 1 1 15 9 9 2 4 3 12 14 4 32
5 Chaves 18 8 3 7 22 20 9 3 2 4 6 9 9 5 1 3 16 11 2 27
6 Arouca 18 7 6 5 17 16 9 4 3 2 8 7 9 3 3 3 9 9 1 27
7 Casa Pia 18 6 8 4 23 26 10 3 4 3 12 17 8 3 4 1 11 9 -3 26
8 Mafra 17 7 4 6 23 19 9 4 3 2 13 9 8 3 1 4 10 10 4 25
9 Penafiel 17 7 4 6 26 25 9 5 2 2 14 9 8 2 2 4 12 16 1 25
10 Leixões 18 5 7 6 19 21 8 4 3 1 12 8 10 1 4 5 7 13 -2 22
11 Benfica II 18 5 5 8 30 27 8 3 2 3 14 11 10 2 3 5 16 16 3 20
12 Vilafranquense 17 3 9 5 17 22 9 1 6 2 8 11 8 2 3 3 9 11 -5 18
13 UD Oliveirense 18 4 6 8 16 26 10 2 3 5 8 13 8 2 3 3 8 13 -10 18
14 Sporting Covilha 15 4 5 6 16 16 6 2 2 2 11 9 9 2 3 4 5 7 0 17
15 Cova Piedade 17 4 5 8 19 26 8 1 3 4 7 13 9 3 2 4 12 13 -7 17
16 Academico Viseu 17 3 7 7 13 19 9 1 4 4 5 10 8 2 3 3 8 9 -6 16
17 Varzim 18 3 5 10 11 23 9 1 3 5 4 11 9 2 2 5 7 12 -12 14
18 Porto II 18 3 4 11 22 32 10 2 1 7 14 17 8 1 3 4 8 15 -10 13

Read more about Segunda Liga

The Segunda Liga, or LigaPro, is the second level of Portuguese football. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. The top two teams are promoted to the top level in Portugal (Primeira Liga) while the bottom two are relegated.