Week 25 brings us a match on Mar 18th where Chaves will travel to Estoril to battle Estoril in a meeting of these two evenly matched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Estoril recorded a 2-3 loss against Porto. Marko Grujić struck first for Porto in the 9th minute on a feed from Toni Martínez, then in the 27th minute, João Carvalho sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Tiago Gouveia , but luckily for Porto it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Estoril looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, Chaves recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Portimonense. Juninho scored the first goal for Chaves in the 31st minute, then Issah Abass added another in the 73rd minute In the end, Portimonense was frustrated by Chaves’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Chaves ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 1st of October, Chaves and Estoril battled to a 1-1 draw. Héctor Hernández struck first for Chaves in the 39th minute on a feed from Joao Rafael Brito Teixeira, then Rodrigo Martins tied it up for Estoril in the 76th minute on a feed from Tiago Gouveia squeezing out at least the one point for Estoril.
Chaves is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Héctor Hernández and Joao Rafael Brito Teixeira each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Estoril’s most prolific scorer has been Francisco Geraldes. The Portugeese midfielder has netted two goals over the last five matches.