Sports betting people think Moreirense will defeat Sporting Covilhã at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Thu 25.May
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas (6153 seats)

A victory to the home team is expected from this fixture if the league standings is to be trusted. The Moreirense followers are hopeful that the mismatch between 1st and Sporting Covilhã's 18th spot in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Moreirense have the most scored goals (71) in Segunda Liga
  • Sporting Covilhã have the fewest scored goals (27) in Segunda Liga

Moreirense have already won the league and the fans have gone wild! Even so, with the trophy already secured there could be issues regarding the team's motivation in this one. Sporting Covilhã are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

These are active days for the home side, as they were in action only four days ago in the Segunda Liga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Mafra.

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Moreirense form and stats

14-2-0 is the performance here at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas so far in the Segunda Liga, giving Moreirense a total of 44 from their 16 games here. Outstanding results! With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Moreirense are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.

Happy days for Moreirense in their previous game, a fixture away at Mafra (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Before that, Moreirense had a home game versus Leixoes which ended with a victory 4-2.

Moreirense are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas in their league games, having scored an impressive 43 goals in 16 matches. Moreirense's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sporting Covilhã form and stats

There's been little loot from Sporting Covilhã's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 16 away games in the Segunda Liga. Sporting Covilhã only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws.

Sporting Covilhã have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 181 minutes ago. Aponzá was the goal scorer.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Trofense with 0-2 on the scoreboard. That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Vilafranquense.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Covilhã have conceded 26 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Moreirense have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Sporting Covilhã.

Moreirense and Sporting Covilhã have met previously this season: Sporting Covilhã - Moreirense 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

MoreirenseA. Silva de Aguiar
A. Silva de Aguiar
13 goals
MoreirenseK. Kodisang
K. Kodisang
11 goals
MoreirenseH. de Oliveira Rodrigues
H. de Oliveira Rodrigues
7 goals

Moreirense missing players

Sporting Covilhã missing players

Moreirense Sporting Covilhã
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
23 14 5 Won W 1 3 7
7 2 0 Drew D 2 4 7
3 0 0 Lost L 2 9 19
71 43 19 Scored S 4 14 27
34 17 8 Conceded C 5 26 51
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 91%
73% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 75% 76%
61% 69% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 38% 42%
42% 56% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 18%
27% 44% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
61% 62% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 45%
36% 38% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 24%
15% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 39%
 
5.3 6.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.2 5.1
4.8 4.5 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5.7 6.2
2.5 2.3 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
12.6 12.8 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 9.2 9.7
4.9 5.6 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.5
44% 48% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 26% 24%
 
10.2 9.1 9 Shots against (avg) S A 11.6 12.1 11.5
3.5 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.7 4.1
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Moreirense have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Moreirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Moreirense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Moreirense have scored more than double the goals of Sporting Covilhã.
  • Moreirense have the most points (44) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Moreirense have the most points from losing position (25) in Segunda Liga
  • Moreirense have the most scored goals (43) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Moreirense have the most scored goals (71) in Segunda Liga
  • Moreirense have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Segunda Liga
  • Moreirense have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Segunda Liga
  • Moreirense have the the best goal difference (+26) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Moreirense have the the best goal difference (+37) in Segunda Liga
  • Sporting Covilhã have the fewest points (13) away in Segunda Liga
  • Sporting Covilhã have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Segunda Liga
  • Sporting Covilhã have the fewest scored goals (27) in Segunda Liga
  • Sporting Covilhã have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Segunda Liga
  • Sporting Covilhã have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Segunda Liga
  • Sporting Covilhã have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Segunda Liga

  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 33 23 7 3 71 34 16 14 2 0 43 17 17 9 5 3 28 17 37 76
2 Farense 33 20 6 7 54 33 16 12 4 0 34 13 17 8 2 7 20 20 21 66
3 Estrela Amadora 33 15 15 3 51 33 17 8 7 2 28 18 16 7 8 1 23 15 18 60
4 Academico Viseu 33 14 11 8 49 42 17 9 5 3 27 19 16 5 6 5 22 23 7 53
5 Porto II 33 13 9 11 45 39 16 6 6 4 24 12 17 7 3 7 21 27 6 48
6 Vilafranquense 33 12 9 12 41 35 16 6 4 6 22 18 17 6 5 6 19 17 6 45
7 Torreense 33 13 5 15 37 37 17 8 3 6 22 15 16 5 2 9 15 22 0 44
8 Mafra 33 11 11 11 44 48 17 6 6 5 23 22 16 5 5 6 21 26 -4 44
9 Feirense 33 10 13 10 39 36 16 4 6 6 18 19 17 6 7 4 21 17 3 43
10 Tondela 33 8 16 9 34 32 17 4 8 5 17 18 16 4 8 4 17 14 2 40
11 UD Oliveirense 33 10 10 13 47 47 16 5 8 3 23 18 17 5 2 10 24 29 0 40
12 Penafiel 33 9 12 12 34 43 16 4 7 5 17 17 17 5 5 7 17 26 -9 39
13 Leixoes 33 10 9 14 35 45 17 6 4 7 18 18 16 4 5 7 17 27 -10 39
14 Benfica II 33 10 8 15 51 55 17 6 3 8 27 25 16 4 5 7 24 30 -4 38
15 Nacional 33 9 9 15 32 44 16 4 3 9 15 19 17 5 6 6 17 25 -12 36
16 Belenenses 33 9 7 17 40 58 17 2 5 10 19 32 16 7 2 7 21 26 -18 34
17 Trofense 33 8 8 17 30 49 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 3 6 8 12 21 -19 32
18 Sporting Covilhã 33 7 7 19 27 51 17 4 3 10 13 25 16 3 4 9 14 26 -24 28

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.