National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Paços de Ferreira or Boavista that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Ferreira nor Boavista 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.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Ferreira participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Paços de Ferreira have collected 4 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 1-1-1.
Paços de Ferreira manager A. Rocha Simão and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Vizela in the Primeira Liga. Jorge Silva, defender, was given a rating of 7.82/10 in that game, top of the team. Silva hit three key passes and won 5 of 5 duels.
Before that, Ferreira drew at home versus Sporting Braga.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ferreira handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, two draws and three defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primeira Liga game versus Belenenses in only four days. This game is also played here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel.
The Paços de Ferreira fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. On the other hand, Ferreira have conceded 3 goals.
Boavista form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Still no away game victory in the Primeira Liga for Boavista with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Two away games in a row for Boavista, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Benfica in the Primeira Liga. Attacker Gustavo Sauer got a player rating of 7.84 in the game. "Man of the match" Sauer scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Portimonense in the Primeira Liga.Boavista are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.
After this away game Boavista return home for a Primeira Liga game against Estoril. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Boavista, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Paços de Ferreira-Boavista H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ferreira two wins, Boavista five wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Affonso Sauerbeck 3 goals |   L. da Silva de Jesus 1 goals |  D. da Silva Souza 1 goals |
Paços de Ferreira missing players
Boavista missing players
| Paços de Ferreira | Boavista | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 8 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 18 |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Estoril | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Gil Vicente | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Boavista | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Paços de Ferreira | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Vizela | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 13 | Arouca | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Tondela | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Belenenses | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Moreirense | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 3 |