The Fátima & Caldas managers M. Gulamali and J. Santos are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the 2. Division: Group C league table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Fátima form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 8 2. Division: Group C games here at Estádio Papa Francisco for Fátima. The data says 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. Fátima has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estádio Papa Francisco. We remember; it was Sertanense.
Fátima's last game was hosting Águeda (placed 12th) and winning 2-0. A 1-1 draw away before that, with União de Leiria the opponent.
Fátima have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Papa Francisco with 14 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Fátima have conceded 9 goals.
Caldas form and stats
As the visiting team in 2. Division: Group C matches, Caldas have produced an overall stat of 2-5-1 so far. Things are running smoothly for Caldas who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Benfica Castelo Branco. The awayteam now has four consecutive draws when travelling away from home.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Marinhense (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The 2. Division: Group C match ended in a draw 1-1. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Beira-Mar.
Caldas find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Caldas have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Caldas - Fátima 0-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Fátima 4 wins, 3 draws and Caldas 3 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Mendes 6 goals |   L. Pereira 4 goals |  W. Silva 3 goals |
Fátima missing players
Caldas missing players
| Fátima | Caldas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| 18 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 76% |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 24% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 53% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 53% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 47% |
| 24% | 25% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 4.2 | 2.7 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | 21 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 39 | 62 |
| 33 | 10 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 22 | 34 |
| 48% | 80% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 26% |
- Caldas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fátima have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fátima have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Fátima haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Fátima is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Praiense | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 35 |
| 2 | Fátima | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Beira-Mar | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Sertanense | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 26 |
| 5 | Caldas | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Oleiros | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Benfica Castelo Branco | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | União de Leiria | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 9 | Anadia | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Marinhense | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | Torreense | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Águeda | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Oliveira Hospital | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 14 | Condeixa | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | União Santarém | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 20 |
| 16 | Ideal | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | Fontinhas | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -17 | 11 |
| 18 | Vitoria de Sernache | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -14 | 10 |