National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Farense or Santa Clara that keep their silverware dream alive.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Farense form and stats
Farense have not come this way in the League Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Chaves. Farense participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Farense at their home stadium is 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Farense, who won 2-1 against Chaves.
Heartbreak before that as Farense lost 0-4 at Santa Clara's place.The Farense fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 17 matches. Farense have conceded 20 in these home matches.
Santa Clara form and stats
Santa's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.6 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Santa Clara playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season.
278 minutes! That's how long the Santa Clara goalkeeper Andre Filipe Magalhaes Ribeiro Ferreira and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Santa are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Primeira Liga against Farense. Midfielder Lincoln was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.01. Lincoln signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 25 total). As you can tell from the results above, Santa was very dominant against Farense, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Carlos Junior, Allano, Hidemasa Morita and Crysan providing the goals.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Farense.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Santa have scored 18 goals in 17 league games away. Santa have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Farense won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Santa Clara has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / sevenFarense missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Farense | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 9 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 12 | 36 | ||
| 34 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 22 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 65 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 45 | 85 |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 74 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 45 | 80 |
| 3 | Benfica | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 42 | 76 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 64 |
| 5 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -1 | 53 |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 46 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 43 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 43 |
| 9 | Famalicao | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | -8 | 40 |
| 10 | Belenenses | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 40 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 22 | -9 | 39 |
| 12 | Tondela | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 57 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 36 | -21 | 36 |
| 13 | Boavista | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 49 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 27 | -10 | 36 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 24 | -7 | 35 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 26 | -20 | 35 |
| 16 | Rio Ave | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 25 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -15 | 34 |
| 17 | Farense | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 28 | -17 | 31 |
| 18 | Nacional | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 59 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 29 | -29 | 25 |