📏 Form Guide

Famalicão

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Famalicão will be hoping for a better result after the 0-1 Primeira Liga losing effort in their last game against Sporting Lisbon.

In that game, Famalicão managed 41% possession and 7 shots on goal with 0 on target. At the other end, Sporting CP got 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Pedro Gonçalves (20') was the scorer for Sporting Lisbon.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Famalicão have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Famalicão have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 7 goals during that time. We will see whether or not that trend will be sustained here.

Coming into this clash, Famalicão have not lost a league tie with Portimonense in their previous 2 games.

Portimonense

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In their previous fixture, Portimonense drew 2-2 in the Primeira Liga tie with Casa Pia.

In that match, Portimonense managed 46% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For Portimonense, the goals were scored by Tamble (8') and Alemão (26'). Casa Pia got 14 shots at goal with 4 on target. Yuki Soma (34') and Nermin Zolotić (59') scored for Casa Pia.

The numbers tell their own story, and Portimonense have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 13 goals in total. Defensively, Portimonense have some weaknesses to address.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 18/04/2021 tells us that Famalicão have won 1 of them and Portimonense 4, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

9 goals were produced between them in these games, with 2 from Famalicenses and 7 netted by Portimonense. That is an average goals per game value of 1.5.

The last league fixture featuring the two was Primeira Liga match day 13 on 09/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Portimonense 1-1 Famalicão.

That time, Portimonense managed 49% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Hélio Varela (61').

On the other side, Famalicão had 18 shots on goal with 8 on target. Théo Fonseca (31') scored.

The match was refereed by Hélder Filipe Cláudio Carvalho.

🗞️ Team News: Famalicão

There aren’t many selection issues, with just one fitness concern for the Famalicão boss Armando Evangelista to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Henrique Araújo (Ankle injury) won’t play.

In our view, Famalicenses will possibly use the 4-2-3-1 formation featuring Luiz Junior, Nathan Santos, Riccieli, Justin De Haas, Francisco Moura, Zaydou Youssouf, Mirko Topic, Sorriso, Gustavo Sa, Chiquinho and Jhonder Cadiz.

📋 Team News: Portimonense

With a fully injury-free group available for selection, the Portimonense boss Paulo Sérgio has zero fitness concerns to report coming into this game.

From our viewpoint, Portimonense will likely elect for a 4-3-3 system, settling for Kosuke Nakamura, Guga, Pedro Henrique, Alemao, Filipe Relvas, Taichi Fukui, Carlinhos, Lucas Ventura, Midana Cassama, Tamble Monteiro and Helio Varela.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Famalicão certainly have the ability to score more than once when they meet Portimonense, who could well struggle to break down their defence.

Therefore, we are anticipating a controlled 2-0 victory for Famalicão at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 14:04 21/04/2024