16:00 Uniao Madeira – Olhanense

C.F. Uniao (also known as Uniao de Madeira) is in the upper half of the standings in the Portuguese Segunda Liga (6th position) and still with some chances to intervene in the fight for the first two position in this league, given the fact, that the gap between this team and the second team in the standings is five points, but there are still seventeen rounds until the end of the campaign in this league.

In the matter of fact, the hosts are not so convincing at home since the beginning of the new season in this league (4-6-4 18-13), but won twice in their previous three games here (2-1-0 8-3) and will enter into this match in a good mood after their victory in the visit of Vitoria de Guimaraes B in the last round (Vitoria de Guimaraes B – C.F. Uniao 0-1 on 22.02.2015).

Unlike their opponents, the visitors are passing through a difficult season, as S.C. Olhanense is in the bottom half of the standings in the Portuguese Segunda Liga (20th position), with only two points advantage in front of the teams in the relegation zone.

The Red-Blacks are in an awful series of five consecutive defeats away from home (0-0-5 4-9), as the last of them was against one of the weakest teams in this league and a direct rival in the relegation fight (C.S. Maritimo B – S.C. Olhanense 1-0 on 18.02.2015).

Except everything else, S.C. Olhanense will be without some important players for this match at “Centro Desportivo da Madeira” – Tiago Maia (regular goalkeeper), Oumar Diakhite (defender) and Diogo Melo (midfielder), while Paulo Regula (striker / 6 goals) left the club at the end of January.An interesting fact is, that the visitors have scored only two goals in the last six games without Paulo Regula (0-2-3 2-5).

Carlos Manuel (defender) and Ze Luis (midfielder) will miss this match for the home team, but these two players are injured since January and their absence won’t be so big problem for Vitor Oliveira.

The hosts won 1-0 in Olhao in the first match between these two teams this season (S.C. Olhanense – C.F. Uniao 0-1 on 17.09.2015) and I expect another victory for C.F. Uniao in this clash.