Amarante 2:2 União de Leiria: Liga Portugal 2 Match Result

Match report

Amaranthe drew 2:2 with União de Leiria at Municipal de Amarante on Saturday afternoon. The result leaves the hosts in fifteenth place with five points from six games, while Leiria remain sixth on ten.

Ruben Ramos opened the scoring for Amaranthe just before half-time, catching the defence off guard in the forty-fifth minute. Leiria responded immediately after the break. Juan Muñoz levelled the match in the fifty-first minute, finding space where the home side had left gaps.

By then the match had turned. Feliciano Mendes went off in the forty-first minute with a red card, leaving Amaranthe to play the second half a man down. To be fair, they did not collapse. Jair Silva da Goncalves restored the lead in the eightieth minute, and here's the thing — Leiria found another equaliser through Gonçalo Cunha six minutes later.

Leiria dominated possession at 0.61 but created no big chances. Amaranthe managed four shots on target with three off, while their opponents recorded six on target and ten wide. The statistics tell a story of possession without penetration — shots accuracy sat at 0.44 for the hosts and 0.32 for the visitors. Neither side could find the breakthrough they needed.

The draw extends Amaranthe's run without a win to three matches, having lost their previous outing 3:1 at Leixões. Leiria's away form continues to be inconsistent — they had won two away games this season but also lost at Benfica B. Five points separates them from the hosts, and both sides know the season is still wide open.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 39 – 61

Shots on target 4 – 6

Shots off target 3 – 10

Attacks 69 – 91

⇄ 4' Albert Lottin — Substitution 🟨 23' Ian Custódio dos Anjos — Yellow card 🟥 41' feliciano mendes — Red card ⚽ 45+1' ruben ramos — Goal ⇄ 46' José Nabil Ondo Onva Adjugu — Substitution ⇄ 46' Tharlley Oliveira Da Silva — Substitution ⇄ 46' Ian Custódio dos Anjos — Substitution ⚽ 51' Juan Muñoz — Goal ⇄ 62' melvin costa — Substitution ⇄ 62' Simão Silva — Substitution ⇄ 69' jaiminho — Substitution ⇄ 75' Pablo Fernandez — Substitution ⚽ 80' Jair silva da goncalves — Goal ⚽ 82' Goncalo cunha — Goal ⇄ 90' Luís Machado — Substitution ⇄ 90+5' Abdoul zangre — Substitution 🟨 90+6' Rodrigo Barata Gorgueira Alves Guedes — Yellow card

Match events

4' 0:0 União de Leiria Substitution Albert Lottin off: Tharlley Oliveira Da Silva
23' 0:0 Amarante Yellow card Ian Custódio dos Anjos
41' 0:0 Amarante Red card feliciano mendes
45+1' 1:0 Amarante Goal ruben ramos
46' 1:0 União de Leiria Substitution José Nabil Ondo Onva Adjugu off: Damien Loppy
46' 1:0 União de Leiria Substitution Tharlley Oliveira Da Silva off: Diogo Martins
46' 1:0 Amarante Substitution Ian Custódio dos Anjos off: Ricardo joao
51' 1:1 União de Leiria Goal Juan Muñoz
62' 1:1 Amarante Substitution melvin costa off: Arome Emmanuel Idache
62' 1:1 Amarante Substitution Simão Silva off: Fernando de Lacerda Gomes
69' 1:1 União de Leiria Substitution jaiminho off: Jair silva da goncalves
75' 1:1 União de Leiria Substitution Pablo Fernandez off: Samuel Ntanda-Lukisa
80' 1:2 União de Leiria Goal Jair silva da goncalves
82' 2:2 Amarante Goal Goncalo cunha
90' 2:2 Amarante Substitution Luís Machado off: Rodrigo Beirão
90+5' 2:2 Amarante Substitution Abdoul zangre off: Rodrigo Barata Gorgueira Alves Guedes
90+6' 2:2 Amarante Yellow card Rodrigo Barata Gorgueira Alves Guedes

Statistics

39 Possession, % 61

4 Shots on target 6

3 Shots off target 10

0 Big chances 0

69 Attacks 91

5 Corners 5

6 Free kicks 7

2 Offsides 2

0 Yellow cards 0

1 Red cards 0

14 Goal kicks 8

18 Throw-ins 14

All statistics

2 Blocked shots 3

0.44 Shot accuracy 0.32

Line-ups

Amarante

Starting XI
#	Player	number
65	Diogo Figueiredo	65
2	Goncalo cunha	2
3	feliciano mendes	3
4	J. Felipe	4
28	D. Pereira	28
36	Ian Custódio	36
8	José António Dória Santos Campelo	8
26	Abdoul Gaimal Faissal Zangre	26
10	M. Costa	10
20	Luís Miguel Vieira Babo Machado	20

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Rafael Flores	1
51	Diogo Fernandes	51
15	Rodrigo Beirão	15
85	Fernando de Lacerda Gomes	85
6	Rodrigo Guedes	6
5	João Ricardo	5
14	Aromae	14
23	K. Ikugar	23
88	Ruben Alves	88

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União de Leiria

Starting XI
#	Player	number
99	Jakob Odehnal	99
16	José Pedro da Silva Figueiredo Freitas	16
44	Marcelo	44
68	Maga	68
17	Pablo Fernandez	17
19	Albert-Nicolas Lottin	19
98	Ibrahima Kalil Guirassy	98
7	N. Ondo	7
9	Juan Muñoz	9
21	Jaime Alexandrino Gomes Pinto	21
70	H. Masaki	70

Substitutes
#	Player	number
80	Christian Sanchez	80
5	Miguel Raimundo Nóbrega	5
6	Kuassi Eboue	6
8	Luís Manuel Gonçalves Silva	8
25	Diogo Amado	25
88	Diogo Jorge Sousa Martins	88
11	Jair da Silva	11
29	Damien Loppy	29
82	S. Ntanda	82

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	Lusitânia Lourosa	6	5	1	0	16
2	Penafiel FC	6	4	1	1	13
3	Sporting CP B	6	4	0	2	12
4	Vizela	6	3	2	1	11
5	Benfica B	6	3	1	2	10
6	União de Leiria	6	3	1	2	10
7	Leixões SC	6	3	1	2	10
8	Academica	6	3	0	3	9
9	Tondela	6	3	0	3	9
10	Farense	5	2	2	1	8

Amarante — União de Leiria: 2:2, Liga Portugal 2

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