União de Leiria vs Chaves betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League 2 Portugal match on January 12th, 2025

União de Leiria and Chaves will play on Sunday, January 12th, 2025, at 18:00h (UTC), in a League 2 Portugal game to be held in Portugal, check the União de Leiria vs Chaves betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where União de Leiria vs Chaves will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa stadium, in the city of Leiria, with a capacity for 6000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the União de Leiria vs Chaves betting tip 2024/2025

União de Leiria last match

The last match ended in a win for the União de Leiria team. On that occasion they met Tondela for the League 2 Portugal, and the match ended 1-4. Coach J. Rebelo Fernandes' lined up a 4-2-3-1 formation.

A win for the home team had odds of 3.30, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

If the team managed to leave the field with a victory, much is due to João Resende. He was the team's highlight amid a lackluster performance and was instrumental in the victory for União de Leiria.

Chaves last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for League 2 Portugal, Chaves, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Penafiel team with a final score of 0-1.

This defeat was not expected at all. They were favorites and were still beaten, in a scenario that counted with odds of 3.70.

União de Leiria vs Chaves h2h

The last time these teams met was for the cup where the União de Leiria team was eliminated by Chaves after a penalty shoot out, after the score remained 0-0 at the end of the extra time.

The União de Leiria team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 4 wins, compared to the Chaves team, which won only 2 games.

Curiosity about previous games

The two teams had very different results in their previous games. While União de Leiria thrashed in a game that was not expected to be so easy, against Tondela, Chaves lost in a match against Penafiel. Let's see how this previous result can interfere with the morale of the teams for this game.

It is important to note that much of this opposing scenario is due to the performance of João Resende, who had a brilliant performance and was key in the impressive team victory.

União de Leiria

League 2 Portugal leaderboard now

Considering the home team União de Leiria, standing in 7th place with 24 points in the League 2 Portugal competition in Portugal. Their performance statistics have been such as 7 wins, 6 losses and, 3 draws.

Which means that Alverca team, at position 8, is in close pursuit with the same score, in the 16th round.

União de Leiria analysis

Currently, União de Leiria has a tally of 23 goals scored and 16 goals against, at the end of round 15 of League 2 Portugal.

One factor to consider is União de Leiria average number of shots on goal, only 4 per match. So the team tends not to score many goals or be dangerous in goal.

União de Leiria is a more offensive team than Chaves, having 1363 attacks vs. 1334 from Chaves, having scored 23 times. In comparison, Chaves converted into goal 19 times.

Best goalscorer from União de Leiria

Daniel has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 5 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading União de Leiria to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Chaves

League 2 Portugal leaderboard now

Chaves arrives in this game with 25 points, and in 6th place in the League 2 Portugal, having won 7 games in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 4 draws.

The team has no disadvantage against Academico Viseu who occupies position 5 in the 16th round and has the same amount of points.

Chaves analysis

We have reached matchday 15 in League 2 Portugal and at the moment Chaves has made 19 goals and conceded 18.

Best goalscorer from Chaves

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Paul Ayongo. The Attacker has scored 3 times in the current season and has helped Chaves come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of União de Leiria is Daniel, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Chaves is Paul Ayongo, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

The market with less than 2.5 goals can also be a good alternative since Chaves has an average of 1.38 goals per game when playing away from home. This option is an alternative considering that Chaves often does not concede goals when playing away from home.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.65.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The corners market can help a favorable return on your bets, the average team corners per game are 1.68 corners.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.8 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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