In this 16th week match, on Wednesday Dec 29th, Famalicão hosts Belenenses at Estádio Municipal 22 De Junho in a meeting of these two Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Famalicão recorded a 2-2 draw against Estoril. Cardoso Vital scored the first goal for Famalicão on an own goal in the 42nd minute, but Rui Fonte got the equalizer for Estoril in the 45th minute . Famalicão looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, 18th placed Belenenses, recorded a 0-1 loss against Sporting Braga. Francisco Moura struck first for Sporting Braga in the 1st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Belenenses couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting Braga took the shutout win. Belenenses looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Famalicão won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Belenenses hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Pedro Nuno and Safira, and they each have 1 goal. Simon Banza has been the most prolific scorer on Famalicão in his last five matches with three goals.