National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's AVS or Chaves that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither AVS nor Chaves 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.
AVS form and stats
The home followers saw a 0-0 draw against Chaves in the League Cup last time out and are looking for a win here.
Chaves form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.6 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Chaves playing as the away team in the Liga Portugal this season.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to AVS in their previous outing. The League Cup duel ended 0-0.
A loss against Boavista was the result prior to that, in a Liga Portugal home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Chaves in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Chaves, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chaves as they have only managed to score 15 times from 17 away games in the league. Chaves have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
AVS missing players
Chaves missing players
| AVS | Chaves | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 5 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 28 | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 11.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 120% | 120% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 23% | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 14.2 | ||
| 0.4 | 0.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 62 | 87 |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 73 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 51 | 85 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 45 | 78 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 39 | 74 |
| 5 | Arouca | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -1 | 54 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -5 | 53 |
| 7 | Chaves | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 40 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -5 | 46 |
| 8 | Famalicao | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 39 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 28 | -8 | 44 |
| 9 | Boavista | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 33 | -11 | 44 |
| 10 | Casa Pia | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 40 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 23 | -9 | 41 |
| 11 | Vizela | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 19 | -4 | 40 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 29 | -7 | 40 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 27 | -9 | 37 |
| 14 | Estoril | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 33 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 25 | -16 | 35 |
| 15 | Portimonense | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 27 | -23 | 34 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 32 | 63 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 40 | -31 | 26 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 29 | -36 | 23 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 29 | -32 | 22 |