Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Paços de Ferreira & Casa Pia face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Paços de Ferreira nor Casa Pia 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.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Paços de Ferreira was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.Paços de Ferreira's struggle is real here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel with only 1 point collected from 7 Liga Portugal games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-1-6.
Ferreira are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 337 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Thomas).
The home fans saw a 1-1 draw against Casa Pia in the League Cup last time out and are hoping for a win here.
Ahead of that match, Paços de Ferreira lost 0-2 at home to Vizela.Paços de Ferreira has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {3 goals} from 7 games.
Casa Pia form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Casa Pia have an excellent away record in the Liga Portugal so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Paços de Ferreira in their previous outing. The League Cup fixture ended 1-1.
A loss against Chaves was the result prior to that, in a Liga Portugal home game.The visiting Casa have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have fought previously this season: Paços de Ferreira - Casa Pia 1-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Ferreira wins - draws - Casa Pia wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Godwin 3 goals | Clayton 3 goals |  N. Koffi 2 goals |
Paços de Ferreira missing players
Casa Pia missing players
| Paços de Ferreira | Casa Pia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Scored | S | 19 | 33 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 18% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 34% | ||
| 13.9 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Casa Pia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Paços de Ferreira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Trofense | 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 | 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 | Famalicao | 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 | Paços de Ferreira | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -19 | 2 |
