Match Report
Level on 10 points, Leixões (7th) and União de Leiria (6th) met as equals in the table. Leixões ranked 3rd in the league on five-round form, well above their 7th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Leixões 1.33 scored and 1 conceded per game, União de Leiria 1.67 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.16.
União de Leiria had lost three in a row. From the last five rounds, Leixões held 12 points of 15 and União de Leiria 3.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 2 Leixões wins, 4 for União de Leiria, 2 draws, at 2.38 goals per meeting. Only 38% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The venue was Estádio do Mar, with room for 9,821 spectators. União de Leiria led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Leixões: Bryan Rochez (4'), Luccas Paraizo (90') · União de Leiria: Juan Muñoz (15'), Pablo Fernández (24'), Marcelo (58'), Samuel Ntanda (75')
Key stats
Possession: Leixões 46% · União de Leiria 54% · Total shots: 12-12 · On target: 2-8 · Corners: 8-5