February 24th features a match where Famalicão hosts Portimonense in a clash of these two closely matched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Famalicão sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Santa Clara. Iván Jaime scored the first goal for Famalicão in the 48th minute, then Xavi Quintillà tied it up for Santa Clara in the 75th minute. Famalicão is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Portimonense is fresh off their 2-1 win against Marítimo. Bruno Xadas struck first for Marítimo in the 13th minute, then Maurício tied it up for Portimonense in the 84th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 91st minute on a goal by Welinton Junior. Portimonense looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Portimonense won by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost two thousand excited fans. Pedrão struck first for Portimonense in the 65th minute on a feed from Filipe Relvas, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Famalicão was frustrated by Portimonense’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Portimonense ended the match with the shutout victory.
Maurício has been the most prolific scorer on Portimonense in the last five matches with 2 goals. Famalicão hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Santiago Colombatto and L. Baldé Sanca, and they each have 1 goal.