Casa Pia v Tondela: play-off scrap meets relegation fight | OneFootball

Casa Pia host Tondela in Liga Portugal on Sunday, 3 May 2026 at the Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior, with survival on the line as the hosts sit in the relegation play-off place and the visitors one spot below.

Casa Pia took the reverse fixture 2-1 away in December and now return home needing a lift. Álvaro Pacheco's side have been stubborn at Rio Maior in recent weeks, drawing with Benfica and Santa Clara before a narrow defeat to Braga.

Tondela arrive off the back of a 2-2 draw at Sporting CP that offered encouragement after losses to Nacional and Porto. Gonçalo Feio's team have struggled for goals on the road but showed resilience in Lisbon and may look to build on that point.

This could be tight. Casa Pia have scored 29 league goals with 41% average possession and tend to work the flanks, delivering a steady volume of crosses and six headed goals. Tondela have 23 goals and 43% of the ball, send in plenty of crosses but have only three headed goals, and their penalty conversion sits at 46.2% from 13 awards. For the hosts, Cassiano leads the scoring with six, while Jeremy Livolant has eight assists.

A win would move Casa Pia to 29 points and could lift them out of the play-off spot. Victory for Tondela would take them to 25 points and may cut the gap to the play-off position, keeping their escape bid alive in the closing weeks.