National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Estrela Amadora or Penafiel that keep their silverware dream alive.
Estrela Amadora form and stats
Estrela participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Estrela Amadora have played 7 Segunda Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The regulars hope that Estrela Amadora will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the League Cup fixture against Moreirense.
Before that match, a home loss in the League Cup against Benfica.
Estrela are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games.
Penafiel form and stats
Penafiel was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Two away games in a row for Penafiel, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Benfica in the League Cup.
The fixture before was the League Cup-battle against Moreirense, a home defeat (1-2).
It's not easy to score on Penafiel as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the former five meetings): Estrela Amadora won three games, zero matches ended in a draw and Penafiel have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / five.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Araújo 8 goals | G. Alves Rodrigues 4 goals | J. Pereira Silva 4 goals |
Estrela Amadora missing players
Penafiel missing players
| Estrela Amadora | Penafiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 5.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Benfica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Estrela Amadora | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 4 | Penafiel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 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 | Moreirense | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Farense | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Benfica II | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Estrela Amadora | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Vilafranquense | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Academico Viseu | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Feirense | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Leixoes | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 | Porto II | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Tondela | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Mafra | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Nacional | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Torreense | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Trofense | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -18 | 8 |
| 18 | Sporting Covilha | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -15 | 6 |
