Leixões SC — União de Leiria: 2:4, Liga Portugal 2
Liga Portugal 2
Leixões SCW16 Aug · Home Tondela · 1:0L22 Aug · Home União de Leiria · 2:4W29 Aug · Away Portimonense · 2:0W6 Sep · Home Amarante · 3:1D11 Sep · Away Torreense · 0:0W20 Sep · Away Cinfães · 4:0
2:4
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União de LeiriaL15 Aug · Home Benfica B · 1:2W22 Aug · Away Leixões SC · 4:2W28 Aug · Home Tondela · 2:0W6 Sep · Home Portimonense · 1:0D13 Sep · Away Amarante · 2:2W19 Sep · Away O Elvas · 2:0
In the Liga Portugal 2 game on 22 August 2026, União de Leiria beat Leixões SC 2:4. Match numbers: shots on target 3:7, corners 8:5.
Match report
União de Leiria beat Leixões 4-2 at the Estádio do Mar on Saturday, a result that keeps both sides level on points in the Portuguese League 2. The visitors took the lead early when B. Rochez fired in at the fourth minute, and by then you could sense this wouldn't be a straightforward affair. Leixões responded through J. Munoz at fifteen, but P. Fernandez restored the visitors' advantage before half-time at twenty-four. The visitors felt the pressure after the break, but Leixões were reduced to ten men when A. Balde saw his second red card in quick succession at fifty-eight.
Marcelo pulled one back for the hosts at fifty-eight, the same minute Balde was sent off — a double blow that shifted the momentum. Leixões pushed for an equaliser, but S. Ntanda buried a sixth goal at seventy-five to seal the away win. Luccas Paraizo added a late consolation at ninety-two-plus-two, though it made little difference to the outcome. Things came to a head in the final twenty minutes, and the visitors had nothing to do all evening after that.
The statistics tell a story of efficiency over volume. Leixões registered 66 attacks against 72 for the visitors, but shots accuracy tells a different tale: 38 per cent versus 70. Three shots on target from the hosts yielded just one goal, while seven on target produced five for União. Possession sat at 46 per cent for Leixões, but corners (8 to 5) and throw-ins (14 to 22) suggest they pressed harder. The visitors clawed their way back from behind and didn't look back.
Both sides remain on six points after four matches, with Leixões in eleventh and União in ninth. The gap between them is narrow, but this result ends Leixões' recent run of mixed results — they had beaten Tondela 1-0 on their last outing but lost to Benfica B. The visitors, meanwhile, continued their pattern of inconsistency, losing three of their last five across all competitions. By then, the table had barely shifted, but the form lines were diverging.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %46–54
Shots on target3–7
Shots off target5–1
Attacks66–72
HT⚽4' B. Rochez — Goal⚽15' J. Munoz — Goal🟨18' Semeu — Yellow card⚽24' P. Fernandez — Goal🟨28' A. Balde — Yellow card⇄37' Semeu — Substitution⇄38' Semeu — Substitution⇄42' Bica — Substitution⇄43' Bica — Substitution🟨51' N. Ondo — Yellow card🟨52' N. Ondo — Yellow card🟨57' A. Balde — Yellow card🟥57' A. Balde — Red card🟨58' A. Balde — Yellow card🟥58' A. Balde — Red card⚽58' Marcelo — Goal⇄59' A. Lottin — Substitution⇄60' A. Lottin — Substitution⇄66' Simaozinho — Substitution⇄66' B. Rochez — Substitution⇄66' S. Agra — Substitution⇄67' B. Rochez — Substitution⇄67' S. Agra — Substitution🟨70' P. Fernandez — Yellow card🟨71' P. Fernandez — Yellow card⇄74' N. Ondo — Substitution⇄74' P. Fernandez — Substitution⚽75' S. Ntanda — Goal⇄83' Guirassy — Substitution⇄83' J. Munoz — Substitution⚽90+2' Luccas Paraizo — Goal
L15 Aug · Home Benfica B · 1:2W22 Aug · Away Leixões SC · 4:2W28 Aug · Home Tondela · 2:0W6 Sep · Home Portimonense · 1:0D13 Sep · Away Amarante · 2:2W19 Sep · Away O Elvas · 2:0
