AVS host Tondela in the Portugal Segunda Liga. Both clubs were playing their football in the Primeira Liga last season, and this year they find themselves together in the second tier.
The pair have met four times in recent seasons, and the last two of those games both finished level. That draw-heavy history sits alongside some fairly different form patterns from each side this season.
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Contrasting patterns in the league this season
Tondela's six Segunda Liga games this season have gone win, loss, win, loss, loss, win. No draws at all, just three wins and three losses. It's a boom-or-bust record rather than a settled one.
AVS: 20 completed matches; Tondela: 20 completed matches.
AVS
- Win
- 30% 6 / 20
- Draw
- 45% 9 / 20
- Loss
- 25% 5 / 20
- Scored
- 27
- Conceded
- 22
- Difference
- +5
Tondela
- Win
- 40% 8 / 20
- Draw
- 15% 3 / 20
- Loss
- 45% 9 / 20
- Scored
- 25
- Conceded
- 25
- Difference
- 0
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taça de Portugal | Sintrense | AVS | 20.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Segunda Liga | AVS | Farense | 13.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| Segunda Liga | Lusitânia Lourosa | AVS | 07.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| Segunda Liga | AVS | Feirense | 30.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Segunda Liga | Chaves | AVS | 23.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| Segunda Liga | Felgueiras 1932 | AVS | 17.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Segunda Liga | AVS | Sporting CP B | 09.08.2026 | 0-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | AVS | Trofense | 31.07.2026 | 1-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | AVS | Vianense | 29.07.2026 | 3-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Pacos Ferreira | AVS | 25.07.2026 | 0-2 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taça de Portugal | Imortal Albufeira | Tondela | 19.09.2026 | 1-5 |
| Segunda Liga | Portimonense | Tondela | 12.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Segunda Liga | Tondela | FC Porto B | 05.09.2026 | 3-0 |
| Segunda Liga | União de Leiria | Tondela | 28.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Segunda Liga | Tondela | Academica | 21.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| Segunda Liga | Leixoes | Tondela | 16.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Segunda Liga | Tondela | Amarante | 08.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Rio Ave | Tondela | 01.08.2026 | 3-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Tondela | São João Ver | 29.07.2026 | 1-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Tondela | Beira-Mar | 25.07.2026 | 1-2 |
AVS have gone the other way. Just one win from their six league games, but three draws and only two defeats. They're proving hard to beat, though also struggling to turn games into wins.
Tondela's all-or-nothing record makes them harder to trust for a low-scoring afternoon, while AVS's draw habit is the more repeatable pattern of the two.
Comparative Team Statistics: AVS vs Tondela

A tight recent history between the two
Four meetings are on record between these sides across the last couple of seasons. The two most recent both ended level, a 0-0 in March 2026 and a 2-2 back in November 2025. Before that, each side won once, home advantage playing a part both times.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primeira Liga | Tondela | AVS | 21.03.2026 | 0-0 |
| Primeira Liga | AVS | Tondela | 02.11.2025 | 2-2 |
| Segunda Liga | AVS | Tondela | 19.05.2024 | 0-1 |
| Segunda Liga | Tondela | AVS | 14.01.2024 | 3-2 |
It's a small sample split across two competitions, so it shouldn't be read as a settled pattern, but the recent trend towards draws is notable given AVS's form this year too.
Both sides sit in the lower half after six games
Tondela have nine points from six games and sit ninth. AVS have six points from the same number of matches and are twelfth. That's three points and three places separating them, not a big gap this early on.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Academica | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8/10 | 9 |
| 9 | Tondela | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7/6 | 9 |
| 10 | Farense | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7/5 | 8 |
| 11 | Portimonense | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4/6 | 7 |
| 12 | AVS | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6/6 | 6 |
| 13 | Felgueiras 1932 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5/6 | 6 |
Both records come purely from this season's league fixtures, so it's a genuinely fresh sample rather than anything carried over from last year's Primeira Liga campaign.
The table backs up the idea that these two are fairly evenly matched right now, even if the paths there have looked different.

Still a month out from kickoff
As things stand, this fixture is roughly a month away, so the form picture we're looking at now could shift before the two sides actually meet. Six more league games apiece is plenty of time for momentum to change in either direction.
Given AVS's tendency to draw and Tondela's habit of winning or losing rather than settling for a point, this has the look of a game that could genuinely go any way, or repeat the recent head-to-head trend of finishing level.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Mercado | Ecuador | 24 | Attacker | 186 | 80 |
| Talles Wander | Brazil | 22 | Attacker | 180 | 72 |
| Simão | Brazil | 33 | Goalkeeper | 187 | 86 |
| Edson Mucuana | Mozambique | 22 | Defender | 167 | 63 |
| Aderllan Santos | Brazil | 37 | Defender | 193 | 83 |
| C. Devenish | Colombia | 25 | Defender | 192 | 82 |
| Kiki | Portugal | 31 | Defender | 181 | 76 |
| Ángel Algobia | Spain | 27 | Midfielder | 180 | 78 |
| Jaume Grau | Spain | 29 | Midfielder | 182 | 67 |
| B. Akinsola | Nigeria | 23 | Midfielder | 175 | 67 |
| Pedro Lima | Brazil | 23 | Midfielder | 185 | 79 |
| Rafael Barbosa | Portugal | 30 | Midfielder | 174 | 69 |
| Jordi Escobar | Spain | 24 | Attacker | 188 | 78 |
| Nenê | Brazil | 43 | Attacker | 183 | 75 |
| Guilherme Neiva | Brazil | 25 | Attacker | 177 | 70 |
| T. Galletto | Uruguay | 24 | Midfielder | 181 | 78 |
| Gustavo Mendonça | Portugal | 23 | Midfielder | 178 | 72 |
| D. Duarte | Paraguay | 24 | Attacker | 176 | 78 |
| Pedro Trigueira | Portugal | 38 | Goalkeeper | 192 | 88 |
| João Gonçalves | Portugal | 25 | Goalkeeper | 188 | 82 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Maranhão | Brazil | 27 | Midfielder | 172 | n/a |
| João Afonso | Portugal | 36 | Defender | 188 | 84 |
| Talocha | Portugal | 37 | Defender | 180 | 76 |
| Cícero | Brazil | 29 | Midfielder | 178 | 66 |
| Hélder Tavares | Cape Verde | 36 | Midfielder | 180 | 74 |
| Tiago Manso | Portugal | 26 | Defender | 174 | 66 |
| Xabi Huarte | Spain | 25 | Midfielder | 172 cm | 64 kg |
| J. Hodge | Republic of Ireland | 24 | Midfielder | 172 | 65 |
| E. Maviram | Nigeria | 25 | Defender | 168 | 64 |
| João Cesco | Brazil | 25 | Defender | 189 | n/a |
| Nuno Cunha | Portugal | 25 | Midfielder | 178 | 70 |
| B. Medina | Colombia | 24 | Defender | 180 | 81 |
| Bernardo Fontes | Brazil | 24 | Goalkeeper | 196 | 90 |
| Cascavel | Portugal | 21 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Y. Rodriguez | Colombia | 21 | Attacker | 189 cm | 80 kg |
| J. RodrÃguez | Ecuador | 20 | Midfielder | 175 | 66 |
| Afonso Rodrigues | Portugal | 24 | Attacker | 178 cm | 66 kg |
| Miro | Angola | 23 | Attacker | 184 | 76 |
| Diego Tavares | Portugal | 21 | Defender | 185 | 78 |
| Yarlen | Brazil | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
There's nothing here that points strongly one way or the other. AVS keep drawing games rather than losing them, Tondela keep swinging between wins and defeats, and their recent meetings have leaned towards stalemates rather than one side dominating.
With no market to weigh up and a month still to run before this one kicks off, it makes sense to hold off rather than force a view. Worth revisiting nearer the time, once both sides have played a few more games and any team news is clearer.
