National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sporting Covilhã or Vitória SC 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.
Sporting Covilhã form and stats
Covilhã was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.Sporting Covilhã are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 259 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by D. Almeida). The Covilhã goalkeeper Leonardo Navacchio is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Segunda Liga.
Covilhã drew their last game, also a home match. Penafiel was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
0-0 away at Benfica II before that.The manager W. Arruda Said will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Uniao Idanhense in only four days.
Sporting Covilhã has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. On the other hand, Covilhã have conceded 3 goals.
Vitória SC form and stats
Vitória was sent out of League Cup in the 1st round last season.Vitória SC are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primeira Liga, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (0 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 13 away games in a row.
Vitória SC are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Arouca. Drawing 2-2 against Arouca after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager P. Marques da Costa Filipe needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Marcus Edwards, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.85. Edwards hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Belenenses in the Primeira Liga.After this away game Vitória return home for a Primeira Liga game against Benfica. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Vitória when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Vitória are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Covilhã victories, zero draws and two Vitória SC wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Batista Santos 3 goals |  J. Simoes 1 goals | A. Nkufo Issoko 1 goals |
Sporting Covilhã missing players
Vitória SC missing players
| Sporting Covilhã | Vitória SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 5 | 29 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 13 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 36% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 18% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 73% | 40% | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 36% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feirense | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Rio Ave | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Benfica II | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Mafra | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Penafiel | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Sporting Covilhã | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Leixoes | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Porto II | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Trofense | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Nacional | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Chaves | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Estrela Amadora | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Academico Viseu | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | Varzim | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Farense | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 2 |
| 17 | Academica | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 2 |
| 18 | Vilafranquense | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 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 | Benfica | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Estoril | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Porto | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Portimonense | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Boavista | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Vitória SC | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Arouca | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 13 | Vizela | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -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 | Moreirense | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Tondela | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Famalicao | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 3 |