National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Penafiel or Sporting CP that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Penafiel form and stats
Penafiel participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.The Segunda Liga stats at home this season for Penafiel are 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). 1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for Penafiel. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, but a victory now would be sweet for Penafiel.
Happy days for Penafiel in their previous game, a Segunda Liga match away at Feirense that ended with a 2-1 victory. Manager Ribeiro felt very clever after Tavares scored the winning goal against Feirense, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 78th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Tavares scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time.
In the match before that, Penafiel hosted Academica and drew the Segunda Liga game 0-0.Penafiel aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Penafiel are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
Sporting CP form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Sporting CP, as they won the League Cup.The away performances of Sporting CP have been very solid so far with 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats in the Primeira Liga. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Things are running smoothly for Sporting CP who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Benfica.
Sporting CP are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Primeira Liga against Boavista. Pablo Sarabia, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.0. Sarabia scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total).
It was a Champions League defeat before that one as the away game against Ajax wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Primeira Liga trip to Gil Vicente.
The travelling fans enjoy Sporting CP's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. Sporting CP are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding six meetings involving these two squads are: zero wins for Penafiel, zero draws and six wins for Sporting CP. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Maximiano Rodrigo 6 goals |   P. Pereira Gonçalves 4 goals |  N. Gomes dos Santos 3 goals |
Penafiel missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Penafiel | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 20 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 26 | 8 | Scored | S | 21 | 51 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 4% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 13.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 6 | ||
| 29% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| 11.2 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Famalicao | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Penafiel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 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 II | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Casa Pia | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Feirense | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Rio Ave | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Penafiel | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Mafra | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Nacional | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Chaves | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Leixoes | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Porto II | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Trofense | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Academico Viseu | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Estrela Amadora | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Vilafranquense | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | Farense | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Sporting Covilha | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 17 | Varzim | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 18 | Academica | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 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 | Sporting CP | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 38 |
| 2 | Porto | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 25 | 35 |
| 3 | Benfica | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 25 | 31 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Estoril | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Arouca | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Tondela | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Boavista | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Pacos de Ferreira | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | Vizela | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -18 | 10 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -15 | 8 |