National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nacional or Tondela that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nacional form and stats
Last season, Nacional's Taça De Portugal journey ended in the 3rd round.Nacional's results here at Estádio dos Barreiros in the Segunda Liga have been very modest with 0 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The home team returns to Estádio dos Barreiros after drawing with Feirense on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
In the match before that, Nacional hosted Penafiel and drew the Segunda Liga game 1-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Segunda Liga game versus Porto II in only three days. This game is also played here at Estádio dos Barreiros.
Nacional have scored {3 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Tondela form and stats
Tondela was sent out of Taça De Portugal in the final last season.The visitors are W2-D4-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda Liga.
Tondela are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Vilafranquense.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Trofense in the Segunda Liga.Tondela are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Nacional victories, two draws and four Tondela wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  D. da Silva dos Anjos 6 goals |  T. Gomes Arcanjo 4 goals |   V. Danilović 3 goals |
Nacional missing players
Tondela missing players
| Nacional | Tondela | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 14 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 27 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9.8 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 28% | ||
| 11.8 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Farense | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Benfica II | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | Porto II | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Estrela Amadora | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Feirense | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Leixões | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Vilafranquense | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Tondela | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Academico Viseu | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Mafra | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | UD Oliveirense | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Nacional | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | Torreense | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -8 | 8 |
| 17 | Trofense | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -14 | 8 |
| 18 | Sporting Covilha | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -15 | 5 |
