Desportivo Aves and Tondela face in Estadio Clube Desportivo das Aves, in a match for the 9th round of the First League. The record of direct confrontations in this stadium is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 3 matches won 2 and drew 1. But the last time these two teams met in this stadium was on 17-08-2018, for Primeira League, which ended in a draw for (2-2). Derley (13 ‘) and Nildo Petrolina (60’) scored the goals of the match, for Desportivo Aves, and J. Delgado (3 ‘) and P. Sabbag (74’), for Tondela. Particular attention is needed for the home / away condition, since both teams have significantly different results at home and abroad.
Aves:
After 1 win and 6 losses, the home team is currently in 18th position, with 3 points won. In their last match, they lost with Sporting Lisboa at home by (0-1), after in the previous match they lost by (2‑1) outside, in a match against Paços de Ferreira. This is a stronger team with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games they register 2 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses as a visitor, with 13 goals scored and 28 suffered; against 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in his stadium, with 22 goals scored and 15 suffered. In its last 10 home games, the Desportivo Aves records 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
For this competition, he does not win 5 games ago. His defense has not been very solid, since he suffered at least one goal in each of the last 7 games, but his attack has scored regularly, since he scored goals in 6 of the last 7 games for this competition.
With a very negative history in the first seven rounds of the national championship, Desportivo das Aves arrives at this match in search of the second victory in the league, in which he occupies the last place of the classification, two points from the zone of decline. The campaign start of the team led by Augusto Inácio has been marked by many defensive weaknesses, something in which the team seems to have begun to improve, according to its exhibition at the Sporting Lisboa reception last Monday. In a game in which the Birds had the best scoring opportunities and in which Sporting only reached the advantage on the scoreboard through a penalty, very close to the end of the game. The 1-0 loss has increased the consecutive losing streak of the Birds for five, so it will now seek to return to the victories.
Tondela :
After 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, the away team is currently in 9th position, with 9 points won. In their last match, they tied with Boavista out by (0-0), after in the previous match they lost at home, in a match against Vitória Guimarães, by (1-3). This is a stronger team with the support of his fans, since in the last 30 matches he has recorded 2 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses as a visitor, with 11 goals scored and 17 suffered; against 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in his stadium, with 23 goals scored and 25 suffered. For the championship, Tondela won 8 points in 12 possible, after 2 wins and 2 draws in the last 4 games he played as a visitor.
For this competition, he did not lose any of the last 4 away matches.
The Tondela team has had a very balanced start to the campaign, taking into account the structural renewal process, in terms of the main equipment and technical equipment, and the maintenance objective. With only two losses in their seven games, the Natxo Gonzalez team has been particularly anxious playing away from home, where they have not yet lost in this competition. In the last round, Tondela drew 0-0 in the visit to Boavista, in a very intense game, but with few chances of real danger in both goals. The team arrives at this match motivated by a series of recent results, since despite not winning two consecutive games, they only lost once in the last five games, at the reception at Vitória de Guimarães (3-1), ago two days.
