The match will take place at the Estadio Dr. Magalhaes Pessoa, in Leiria, at 8:30pm on December 8.
Uniao de Leiria will host Torense, on Friday, at 8:30 pm, in the 13th round of the Second Division. Watch the live broadcast from the Porta10 studio, with Ana Pedro Arrescado and special guests, here on Record, starting at 8:10 p.m.
The team led by Vasco Botelho da Costa, who currently ranks 10th with 15 points, wants to respond after the 0-1 defeat it suffered in the last round at the Lanc Vilavirdense Stadium.
Les City’s lineup has a positive balance in League Two, with 20 goals scored – fourth best, behind Porto B (25), Nacional (23) and Tondela (21) – and 17 goals conceded. 11 points behind the national leader (tied with Santa Clara). At home, Uniao de Leiria’s record was balanced: they beat Benfica B 3-1 and Maritimo 4-3, drew with Tondela (2-2) and Leixues (0-0) and only lost to AVS (1-2).
Leirienses should play in the usual 3-4-3 tactical system. It should be noted that for the duel against Torrensi, Jordan van der Gaag will definitely be absent (injured). Brian Roches returns, having already been used in the Portuguese Cup win (5-0) against Atletico da Malveira.
With eight goals and one assist in 12 games this season, in all competitions (Second League, Portuguese Cup and League Cup), Brian Roches is the team’s standout star. He tops the scorers list, ahead of Leandro Antunes (6) and Jair da Silva (5). The Brazilian winger is still the second most minutes player in the team (1,402), behind the experienced centre-back Marco Paixinho, who has the most comprehensive number of 1,530 and faces the risk of being excluded for the next challenge (Penafil, away from home). If you see a yellow card.
Oeste, fifth on 20 points, travel to Dr. Magalhaes Pessoa after a 0-0 draw with Leixues at home and a 2-1 win over Maritimo away. Torense has gone 4 matches without losing in the Second League: 2 wins and 2 draws since the home defeat against Pacos de Ferreira (2-1, 8th round, second defeat this season – the first defeat came on match day 1 against Santa Clara).
In terms of confrontations between the two teams, this will be the 54th confrontation in history, which was characterized by the dominance of Leiria: 26 victories compared to 10 for the competitor, in addition to 17 draws. The last match took place between the winners of La Liga 3 – Torense in the 2021/22 season and Uniao de Leiria last season, 2022/23 – in the 12th round of the second division of the Spanish League 3, in 2021/22, with Uniao de Leiria victorious Leiria 1- 0.
U de Leiria | Trip data
Tenth place
15 points (11 points behind leaders Nacional, equal to Santa Clara)
4 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses
20 goals were scored
Conceded 17 goals
SCU Torrens | Trip data
Fifth place
20 points (6 points behind leaders Nacional, equal to Santa Clara)
5 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses
17 goals were scored
Conceded 11 goals
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