Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sporting Covilhã & Nacional face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Sporting Covilhã form and stats
Covilhã participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.With 0 Segunda Liga wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Sporting Covilhã are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The fans hope that Sporting Covilhã will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the League Cup fixture against Portimonense.
A 2-2 result against Gil Vicente before that one, played at home in the League Cup.
Sporting Covilhã have scored {5 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Covilhã with 15 goals conceded in these matches.
Nacional form and stats
Nacional was sent out of League Cup in the 1st round last season.The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda Liga.
Two away games in a row for Nacional, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Gil Vicente in the League Cup.
Before that, the victory at home against Portimonense in the League Cup (2-0).
8 goals have been conceded by Nacional in these games.
Head 2 Head
Nacional have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive games without losing (3-3-0) when facing Covilhã.Top Goalscorers
  V. Danilović 3 goals |  G. Pereira da Silva 2 goals | D. Costa Rodrigues 2 goals |
Sporting Covilhã missing players
Nacional missing players
| Sporting Covilhã | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 7.2 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.8 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 13 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gil Vicente | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Nacional | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Portimonense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Sporting Covilhã | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 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 Covilhã | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -15 | 6 |
