Home advantage could prove decisive in Farense - Estrela Amadora battle

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Fri 03.February
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio de São Lúis (12000 seats)

Tense top table thriller in Segunda Liga as Estrela Amadora have travelled the 124 miles needed to reach Farense at their Estádio de São Lúis.

Insights:
  • Farense have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Estrela Amadora is in the best form (4-2-0) in Segunda Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Farense form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio de São Lúis as Farense have scored 19 goals to get 21 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Segunda Liga are 6-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Farense here at Estádio de São Lúis, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Farense are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 213 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Henrique).

In their previous game, the manager Teixeira led his Farense to a defeat away at Torreense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio de São Lúis.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tondela (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Farense handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Farense's attacking play is working.

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Estrela Amadora form and stats

The visitors are W3-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda Liga. In general it has been a productive period now for Estrela Amadora as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Estrela had fun at their own home (Estádio de São Lúis) last time out, beating Feirense 4-1. Tavares and Ronald scored. Tavares has scored for the visitors four fixtures in a row. The flair!

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Penafiel.

We have checked recent matches where Estrela Amadora have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Estrela have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 10 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

Farense and Estrela Amadora have duelled before this season: Estrela Amadora - Farense 1-1. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Farense victory, one draw and two Estrela Amadora wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

Estrela AmadoraP. Pereira Araújo
P. Pereira Araújo
9 goals
FarenseP. Alves de Almeida
P. Alves de Almeida
6 goals
FarenseC. Ponde
C. Ponde
5 goals

Farense missing players

Estrela Amadora missing players

Farense Estrela Amadora
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 1 8 18
10 6 1 Won W 0 3 8
4 3 1 Drew D 1 4 9
4 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
31 19 4 Scored S 0 10 29
21 9 3 Conceded C 0 7 17
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 88% 94%
72% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 62% 78%
56% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 50%
39% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 28%
17% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 72%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 22%
22% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 11%
 
6.2 5.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.6 4.9
5.4 5.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 11 7.2 5.6
2.7 2.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.8
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.8 12.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.6 10.4
5.6 6.7 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.4 4.1
31% 32% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 37% 39%
 
10.7 9.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 18 13.4 12.2
3.9 4.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 4.6 4.2
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Estrela Amadora have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Segunda Liga
  • Estrela Amadora have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Estrela Amadora is in the best form (4-2-0) in Segunda Liga
  • Farense have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Farense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Farense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Moreirense 18 13 4 1 38 17 8 7 1 0 21 8 10 6 3 1 17 9 21 43
2 Farense 18 10 4 4 31 21 9 6 3 0 19 9 9 4 1 4 12 12 10 34
3 Estrela Amadora 18 8 9 1 29 17 10 5 5 0 19 10 8 3 4 1 10 7 12 33
4 Academico Viseu 18 8 7 3 32 24 10 5 3 2 18 13 8 3 4 1 14 11 8 31
5 Vilafranquense 18 8 5 5 25 19 9 4 2 3 14 13 9 4 3 2 11 6 6 29
6 Porto II 18 7 6 5 24 18 8 3 3 2 9 3 10 4 3 3 15 15 6 27
7 Tondela 18 5 11 2 21 16 10 3 5 2 10 9 8 2 6 0 11 7 5 26
8 Feirense 18 5 9 4 25 22 8 1 6 1 9 9 10 4 3 3 16 13 3 24
9 UD Oliveirense 18 6 6 6 25 26 8 3 5 0 12 7 10 3 1 6 13 19 -1 24
10 Benfica II 18 6 5 7 32 32 9 4 2 3 21 16 9 2 3 4 11 16 0 23
11 Leixoes 18 5 7 6 18 19 9 4 2 3 9 6 9 1 5 3 9 13 -1 22
12 Penafiel 18 5 7 6 17 20 8 1 4 3 8 9 10 4 3 3 9 11 -3 22
13 Torreense 18 6 3 9 14 20 10 3 2 5 7 11 8 3 1 4 7 9 -6 21
14 Mafra 18 5 5 8 23 31 10 3 3 4 13 14 8 2 2 4 10 17 -8 20
15 Nacional 18 4 5 9 16 21 9 2 2 5 9 10 9 2 3 4 7 11 -5 17
16 Belenenses 18 4 4 10 25 34 9 1 2 6 11 19 9 3 2 4 14 15 -9 16
17 Trofense 18 3 4 11 14 32 8 2 0 6 7 17 10 1 4 5 7 15 -18 13
18 Sporting Covilha 18 1 5 12 13 33 10 0 3 7 6 17 8 1 2 5 7 16 -20 8

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.