Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Boavista & União de Leiria face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Boavista form and stats
Last season, Boavista's League Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.The total Liga Portugal results playing at home this season for Boavista are 8-6-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Boavista, who won 4-1 against Chaves. Boženík, an attacker, was the highest rated player for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.41 (out of 10). Boženík scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
In the match before that, Boavista hosted Sporting Braga and drew the Liga Portugal game 1-1.Boavista has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Boavista's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
União de Leiria form and stats
União de Leiria won their last game, 1-0 versus CF Os Belenenses played at home.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Felgueiras 1932 at their stadium, the result 2-0.Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Boavista won four games, four matches ended in a draw and União de Leiria managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight.
Boavista missing players
União de Leiria missing players
| Boavista | União de Leiria | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Scored | S | 24 | 50 | ||
| 36 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10.7 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 47% | ||
| 10.4 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 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 |