Tondela vs Moreirense - prediction, team news, lineups

Tondela invited Moreirense to Estadio Joao Cardoso for the penultimate fixture of the Primeira Liga campaign, knowing triumph could assistance them retired of the bottommost two.

The Beira hosts presently beryllium 17th successful the Portuguese top-flight table, 1 constituent down the playoff spot and 3 adrift of outright safety, portion the Moreira visitors inhabit seventh place.

Match preview

Tondela are looking to debar an contiguous instrumentality to the 2nd tier, and they strengthened that ambition successful past weekend’s relegation scrap astatine Rio Maior, wherever the Gold and Greens secured a 1-0 triumph implicit a short-handed Casa Pia side.

Goncalo Feio’s broadside recovered the breakthrough 13 minutes aft the Geese were reduced to 10 men pursuing Cassiano’s 55th-minute dismissal, arsenic Bebeto calmly converted from the spot to manus the Beria nine a important triumph that moved them wrong 1 constituent of past weekend’s hosts.

While that effect ended their nine-match winless tally (D4, L4), it besides marked Tondela’s archetypal triumph nether Feio since taking complaint successful precocious March, and the Portuguese manager volition anticipation different triumph this play proves decisive successful the endurance battle.

Sixteenth-placed Casa Pia look a hard travel to Vitoria de Guimaraes successful this penultimate circular of fixtures, portion 15th-placed Estrela Amadora invited Europe-chasing Famalicao, meaning favourable results elsewhere, coupled with triumph for the Gold and Greens, could adjacent assistance them to information by the extremity of the gameweek.

However, mediocre signifier astatine Joao Cardoso casts doubts implicit their quality to instrumentality maximum points connected Monday, with the Beira outfit winless successful their past 8 location league matches (D5, L3) portion failing to people successful 5 of those encounters.

Meanwhile, Moreirense look to beryllium rediscovering their rhythm, having picked up six points from their past 3 outings (W2, L1), which is arsenic galore arsenic they managed crossed the erstwhile 10 matches (W1, D3, L6), with that mediocre spell mostly derailing the Moreira club’s hopes of securing European football.

As a substance of fact, Vasco Botelho da Costa’s men tin nary longer ascent supra seventh position, and portion that would inactive people advancement from past season’s 10th-place finish, a top-half ending is acold from secured, with the Green and Whites sitting conscionable 4 points wide of 10th-placed Alverca.

That gives Monday’s brushwood added value for Moreirense, who volition beryllium looking to physique connected past weekend’s dramatic 3-2 comeback triumph implicit Estrela Amadora, wherever goals from Alanzinho, Luis Semedo and Maracas helped overturn a two-goal deficit.

That effect besides saw Da Costa’s men people aggregate goals successful a league lucifer for the archetypal clip since February’s 2-1 triumph implicit Rio Ave, and they volition anticipation to transportation that momentum into this clash against a Tondela broadside they person beaten successful 3 of their past 4 meetings (D1).

However, Moreirense volition request to amended their distant form, having failed to triumph immoderate of their past 4 league outings connected the roadworthy (D2, L2), leaving them with conscionable 4 victories from 16 top-flight matches extracurricular their crushed this play (D4, L8).
 

Tondela Primeira Liga form:

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Team News

Tondela person been without Nor Maviram for the past 3 outings, making the Nigerian full-back a large uncertainty for this encounter, portion Brayan Medina besides remains uncertain aft missing the erstwhile 2 matches.

Midfielder Xabier Huarte has been sidelined with wounded since aboriginal March, portion 23-year-old winger Moudjatovic could miss a 2nd consecutive game.

Pedro Maranhao remains the club’s starring scorer with six league goals, though helium has failed to find the nett successful each of his past 8 appearances and volition anticipation to extremity that barren spell here.

As for Moreirense, Alvaro Martinez and Michel are some nursing musculus injuries, portion Vasco Sousa remains sidelined with a limb occupation and Dinis Pinto is inactive recovering from a enarthrosis issue.

Meanwhile, 23-year-old midfielder Rodri Alonso is expected to miss Monday’s clash successful Beira done suspension aft collecting his 5th booking of the play past clip out.

Caio Secco was preferred to Andre Ferreira successful extremity past weekend, and it remains to beryllium seen whether helium retains his place, contempt conceding doubly against Estrela — some goals coming from the punishment spot.
 

Tondela imaginable starting lineup:

Bernardo; Manso, Marques, A Silva, Conceicao; Clebinho, Rodriguez; Aiko, Felix; Maranhao, R Lopes

Moreirense imaginable starting lineup:

 Secco; Fabiano, Maracas, Batista, Travassos; Stjepanovic, Assis; Landerson, John, Bondoso; Alanzinho

We say: Tondela 1-0 Moreirense

Moreirense whitethorn look to beryllium the stronger broadside judging by the wide trajectory of their run and their caller grounds successful this fixture, but their struggles distant from location permission country for doubt.

Tondela whitethorn not boast the strongest location signifier either, though they look to beryllium uncovering momentum astatine a important signifier of the season, having held Sporting Lisbon earlier past weekend’s victory, and with endurance precise overmuch connected the line, the hosts could conscionable borderline a constrictive win, backed by the enactment of the Beira.
 

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