Estrela Amadora meet away team Farense at Estádio José Gomes in the Primeira Liga match on Monday.
Our Estrela Amadora v Farense predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
Estrela Amadora
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Estrela Amadora enter this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Primeira Liga stalemate vs Boavista.
In that match, Estrela Amadora had 44% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Estrela Amadora was Rodrigo Pinho (75'). Boavista got 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. Rodrigo Abascal (92') scored for Boavista.
It has been seldom in recent times where Estrela Amadora have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Estrela Amadora have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 8 goals along the way.
Farense
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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Benfica in Primeira Liga action, Farense and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
In that match, Farense had 37% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Farense was Mohamed Belloumi (23'). On the other side, Benfica got 20 shots on goal with 9 on target. Orkun Kökçü (16'), Arthur Cabral (34') and Álvaro Carreras (67') scored for Benfica.
In their previous 6 outings, Farense have bagged the sum of 7 goals. Farense have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. In that time, they have had 9 goals go against them. However, time will tell if that pattern might persist in this next game or not.
Their previous form shows that Farense:
- have left without a victory over Estrela Amadora when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
- have not won away from home in their last 6 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head meetings dating back to 23/02/2003, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Estrela Amadora winning 1 of those games, Farense 1 and 4 being drawn in regulation time.
In all, 15 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 for Estrela and 8 netted by Farense. The average goals per game has been 2.5.
The previous league match featuring the two was Primeira Liga match day 14 on 15/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Farense 0-0 Estrela Amadora.
That time, Farense managed 50% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 1 on target.
Estrela Amadora got 13 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Cláudio Pereira.
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Team News: Estrela Amadora
Gustavo Henrique (Meniscus tear) and Diogo Fonseca (unknown injury) will be missing for Estrela Amadora boss Sérgio Vieira.
We are thinking that Estrela Amadora could use the 3-4-3 formation for this game featuring Bruno Brigido, Mansur, Kialonda Gaspar, Ruben Lima, Miguel Lopes, Leonel Bucca, Leo Cordeiro, H. Ciriaco Santos, André Luiz, Kikas and Leo Jaba.
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Team News: Farense
With a completely injury-free squad to choose from, the Farense manager José Mota does not have any fitness worries to report before this clash.
There’s a good chance that Farense will likely begin the game with a 4-4-2 formation, going with Ricardo Velho, Pastor, Goncalo Silva, Igor Rossi, Talys, Claudio Falcão, Rafael Barbosa, Fabrício Isidoro, Marco Matias, Ze Luis and Belloumi.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Farense have the capability to get a goal against this Estrela Amadora outfit, but that might not quite be as many as they’ll concede.
We are anticipating a close game with a 2-1 advantage for Estrela Amadora at the end of this one. Expecting it to be very competitive.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
02:04 26/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Estrela Amadora
Formed: 1932
Stadium: Estádio José Gomes (9,800)
Captain: Kialonda Gaspar
Chairman: Paulo Lopo
Manager: Sérgio Vieira
Competitions: Primeira Liga position 15
🔑 Star Man: Kikas
Mostly playing in the Striker position, Kikas was born in Castelo Branco, Portugal. After having made a senior debut playing for Belenenses in the 2018 - 2019 season, the goalscoring Forward has accumulated 7 league goals in this Liga Portugal 2023 - 2024 season to date coming from a total of 27 appearances.