[Football- Portugal 'Liga Portugal] 8.4/ 21:15 Casa Pia- Estoril

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[Football- Portugal 'Liga Portugal] 8.4/ 21:15 Casa Pia- Estoril

An interesting clash in Liga Portugal. Two teams that are not usually in the spotlight meet. Ranked 9th with 30 points. Casa Pia takes on 14th-placed Estoril, but only 2 points separate these teams.
This year, there was a change of coach in the host team and Goncalo Santos took over in mid-February when the team was in 16th place and started moving up the table. With four clean sheets in six league games under Santos' leadership, Casa Pia is performing solidly defensively, which is the basis for their promotion under the new coach. In addition, in the last away match they demonstrated their effectiveness, winning in Vizela 4-0. This confirms the constant trend in which Casa Pia performs better in business trips. Scored 20 points in 14 hundred games is a much better result than the home statistics of 10 points in 13 - hundred games. This is the second worst result in the league. Only 7 points separate the hosts from Portimonense, which is in 16th place in the play-offs, so they need today's win, but the guests need points even more.
Casa Pia has never won in direct clashes between both teams, losing 7 times and drawing 2 times. In the only three matches in the top league, it lost twice and drew once.

Estoril arrives after a valuable 1-0 home win over Porto, previously they defeated Portimonense in the same way, which significantly increased their chances of survival. At the same time, this is the team that has recently been gaining the most points out of all those in the second half of the table from 11th place down. However, leaky defense is the main problem. Only 4 teams in the entire league conceded more goals. Perhaps the last two clean sheet matches are a sign of something better.

In terms of personnel - the hosts will approach this match without Duplexe Tchamba, who was sent off in the match against Vizela. As for injuries, Kimi Silva will not play. The three attackers expected to play in the starting lineup again are Cardoso, Nuno Moreira and Pablo Roberto. Scottish midfielder Jordan Holsgrove remains a question mark. Experienced defender Eric Cabaco is dealing with a long-term injury.
In the visiting team, Vital will miss today's match due to a red card against Porto.

To sum up - Casa Pia will probably want to end the series without a win against Estoril, but their poor home form leaves many doubts. In the last two matches, Estoril proved that they will fight hard for league existence.
I expect an even, fierce fight that may end in a draw.

under 2,5 @1,70 Bet365

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