On the 13th of March, in this week 24 match, Casa Pia will travel to Vila Nova de Famalicão to battle Famalicão in a clash of these two mismatched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Famalicão is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Benfica. Ramos struck first for Benfica in the 36th minute on a feed from Álex Grimaldo, then Goncalo Matias Ramos added another in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Famalicão was frustrated by Benfica’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Benfica ended the match with the shutout victory. Famalicão is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Casa Pia recorded a 2-1 win against Paços de Ferreira. Paulo Bernardo scored the first goal for Paços de Ferreira in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, but Maracás got the equalizer for Casa Pia on an own goal in the 67th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 76th minute on a goal by Fernando Varela to cap off a wild match. Casa Pia is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Casa Pia and Famalicão last played eachother at the Estádio Pina Manique on Sunday Sep 18th. Casa Pia was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Leonardo da Costa Bolgado struck first for Casa Pia in the 60th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Famalicão couldn’t muster any offence and Casa Pia ran away with the shutout win.
Casa Pia is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Fernando Varela and Maracás each only have 1 goal in their last 5. L. Baldé Sanca has been the most effective weapon for Famalicão lately. The Portugeese attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches.