Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sporting Covilhã & Portimonense face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
This could be an exciting fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Game on!
Sporting Covilhã form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Taça De Portugal for Covilhã, as the manager Leitão led his troops to eliminate Lusitano Evora 1911, and reach the 3rd Round.2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Sporting Covilhã have to build on here at Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto in the Liga 3.
It's back home for Sporting Covilhã, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Academica away with the result 2-0. Oliveira and de Miranda found the net in that victory.
Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Oliveira Hospital.On the other hand, Covilhã have conceded 5 goals.
Portimonense form and stats
2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Portimonense in their Liga Portugal matches away.
Portimonense play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Porto. Portimonense goalkeeper Silvestre took pride in a great shift vs Porto, but despite achieving six saves the beating could not be helped.
Prior to that result Portimonense won their away game at Vizela in the Liga Portugal. The scoreline was 3-2.Portimonense are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former ten meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for Sporting Covilhã, four draws and three wins for Portimonense. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Santos de Jesus 4 goals |   G. Pereira da Silva 3 goals |  J. Traquina André 2 goals |
Sporting Covilhã missing players
Portimonense missing players
| Sporting Covilhã | Portimonense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Scored | S | 11 | 22 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 20 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.1 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| 9.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 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 | Sporting Covilhã | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| 2 | Atletico CP | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Sporting CP II | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | Caldas | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Academica | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Alverca | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Oliveira Hospital | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 8 | 1 Dezembro | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
| 9 | Pero Pinheiro | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 7 |
| 10 | Amora | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 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 | Sporting CP | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Benfica | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | Porto | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Boavista | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Famalicao | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Casa Pia | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Estrela Amadora | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 13 | Farense | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Chaves | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 15 | Vizela | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Arouca | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 17 | Rio Ave | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 18 | Estoril | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 4 |
