On Feb 26th, Famalicão will host Tondela at Estádio Municipal 22 De Junho in a meeting of these two closely matched Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. 12th placed Famalicão is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Marítimo. Simon Banza scored the first goal for Famalicão in the 11th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Marítimo was frustrated by Famalicão’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Famalicão ended the match with the shutout victory. Famalicão is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Tondela recorded a 0-1 loss against Sporting Braga. Ricardo Horta struck first for Sporting Braga in the 58th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tondela couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting Braga took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 25th of September, Tondela won by a score of 3 to 2. Jhon Murillo struck first for Tondela in the 33rd minute on a feed from Neto, but Iván Jaime got the equalizer for Famalicão in the 40th minute , but fortunately for Tondela it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win.
Tondela is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, João Pedro and Salvador Agra each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Famalicão’s most prolific scorer has been Simon Banza. The French attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.