National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Farense or Tondela that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Farense nor Tondela as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Farense form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Farense have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Liga Portugal. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The followers are hoping that Farense will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Moreirense. Midfielder Falcão was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.62 (out of ten) in that game. Falcão hit one key pass.
Previous to that game, a Liga Portugal home match hosting Sporting Braga in a game that was won 3-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sporting CP are coming to town in three days.
Farense are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estádio de São Lúis in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches. Farense have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Tondela form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Still no away game victory in the Segunda Liga for Tondela with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Two away matches in a row for Tondela, whose boss Gouveia could celebrate last time after the Taça De Portugal win against Pombal.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Mafra in the Segunda Liga.Tondela have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Segunda Liga match versus Uniao de Leiria. A rough itinerary for them!
Tondela have the goal stats of 2-6 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous nine meetings): Farense won two games, three matches ended with a tie and Tondela have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / six. The games between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last nine duels.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Silva Costa 2 goals |  M. Belloumi 2 goals |   J. Pereira da Costa 2 goals |
Farense missing players
Tondela missing players
| Farense | Tondela | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 42 | 31 | Scored | S | 18 | 32 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.3 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 44% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 47% | ||
| 10.7 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Tondela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Farense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | Boavista | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Famalicao | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Sporting Braga | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Casa Pia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Moreirense | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Farense | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Arouca | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | Vizela | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Estrela Amadora | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Rio Ave | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 17 | Estoril | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Chaves | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 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 | AVS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Maritimo | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Santa Clara | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | Torreense | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | UD Oliveirense | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Nacional | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Uniao de Leiria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Academico Viseu | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Mafra | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Penafiel | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 11 | Porto II | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Tondela | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 13 | Leixões | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 14 | CF Os Belenenses | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Pacos de Ferreira | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Benfica II | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Feirense | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Vilaverdense | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
