Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Estoril & Famalicão face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Estoril form and stats
Estoril participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Estoril's results here at Estádio António Coimbra da Mota in the Liga Portugal have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The home regulars witnessed a 2-2 draw versus Torreense in the League Cup last time out and are hoping for a win here.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Academico Viseu in the League Cup. This is expected to be a close game, with Estoril perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Estoril as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Estoril has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Estoril has scored {6 goals} so far and conceded {12 goals} from 6 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Famalicão form and stats
Famalicão was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.There's been little loot from Famalicão's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 7 away games in the Liga Portugal. Famalicão only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Famalicão delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Tondela in their previous game; a League Cup fixture.
A defeat, in the League Cup away at Torreense, before that. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Famalicão in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Famalicão, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
Famalicão are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 7 away games. As for defending, Famalicão rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding seven meetings): Estoril won three games, one match ended in a draw and Famalicão have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / four. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last seven duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Lea Siliki 3 goals |  J. Cardoso Santo 2 goals | R. Martins 2 goals |
Estoril missing players
Famalicão missing players
| Estoril | Famalicão | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Scored | S | 7 | 29 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | ||
| 4.4 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 7.2 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 3 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.4 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 12.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 38% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 27% | ||
| 14.7 | 14.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Torreense | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Academico Viseu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Estoril | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 4 | Tondela | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Famalicão | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 37 |
| 2 | Porto | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 29 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Portimonense | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Chaves | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Arouca | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Boavista | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Estoril | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Vizela | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Famalicão | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 9 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 6 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -19 | 2 |
