National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Marítimo or Penafiel that keep their silverware dream alive.
Marítimo and Penafiel should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Marítimo form and stats
Marítimo was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.2-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Marítimo so far this season. 1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for Marítimo.
Marítimo's last game was hosting Boavista and winning 1-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Santa Clara that ended 2-2.
The Marítimo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Marítimo defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Penafiel form and stats
Penafiel was sent out of League Cup in the 1st round last season.There's been little loot from Penafiel's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Segunda Liga. Penafiel only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw. Total League Cup statistics for Penafiel: 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Penafiel have lost on their last two travels.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Penafiel, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus UD Oliveirense. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Porto II.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Penafiel as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Penafiel have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 2 Marítimo victories, 2 draws and 3 Penafiel wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Rodrigo Pinho 4 goals |  D. Maeda 3 goals |  Getterson 2 goals |
Marítimo missing players
Penafiel missing players
| Marítimo | Penafiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 40 | 13 | Conceded | C | 13 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 28% | ||
| 4 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 233 | 131 | Total Shots | T S | 86 | 224 | ||
| 72 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 92 | ||
| 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 30% | ||
| 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 Braga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Paços de Ferreira | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Marítimo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Penafiel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -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 | Benfica | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 32 | 39 |
| 2 | Porto | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Famalicao | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Vitoria Setubal | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Boavista | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Tondela | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 14 | Marítimo | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Farense | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Nacional | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Varzim | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Estoril | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Mafra | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Leixoes | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Sporting Covilhã | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Chaves | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Academico Viseu | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Feirense | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Academica | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Porto II | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Vilafranquense | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Penafiel | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | UD Oliveirense | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Benfica II | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Casa Pia | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 7 |
| 18 | Cova Piedade | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 7 |