Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Leixões & Famalicão face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga Portugal game only four days ago.
Leixões form and stats
Last season, Leixões's Taça De Portugal journey ended in the 4th round.All-inclusive Segunda Liga results at home this season for Leixões are 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 237 minutes without scoring a league goal. Valente was the last player to find the net.
Leixões's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Moreirense.
Prior to that, an away loss at Belenenses in the Segunda Liga.The manager Martins will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vilafranquense in only four days.
Leixões aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio do Mar in the league, with only {6 goals} from 7 games. Defensively Leixões have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Famalicão form and stats
Famalicão was sent out of Taça De Portugal in the round of 16 last season.There's been little loot from Famalicão's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Liga Portugal. Famalicão only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Impressive finishing from Penetra and Jaime secured the home win 2-1 against Vizela in their previous game. Jaime, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.02. Jaime scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).
Prior to that result Famalicão won their away game at Chaves in the Liga Portugal. The scoreline was 2-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Famalicão as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. Famalicão have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Leixões victories, two draws and three Famalicão wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 4 red cards from the last eight duels.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Ferreira 3 goals |   I. Jaime Pajuelo 3 goals |  J. Abreu De Oliveira 2 goals |
Leixões missing players
Famalicão missing players
| Leixões | Famalicão | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 36 | 14 | Scored | S | 10 | 31 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12.7 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 26% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 29% | ||
| 11.7 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Moreirense | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 36 |
| 2 | Farense | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Academico Viseu | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Estrela Amadora | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Benfica II | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | Porto II | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Vilafranquense | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Feirense | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Tondela | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 10 | Leixões | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Mafra | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Nacional | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Torreense | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 13 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Trofense | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -19 | 8 |
| 18 | Sporting Covilha | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -17 | 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 | Benfica | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 40 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 24 | 34 |
| 3 | Porto | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 32 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Chaves | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Arouca | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Vizela | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Famalicão | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 13 | Boavista | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | Estoril | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -19 | 7 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -22 | 2 |
