With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Academico Viseu fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Cova Piedade.
Academico Viseu and Cova Piedade 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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Cova Piedade have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-9-27 (win-draw-loss) from 46 matches.
Academico Viseu form and stats
When playing at home in the Segunda Liga, Academico Viseu, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Segunda Liga, have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Academico Viseu, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Academico Viseu are returning here after visiting Leixoes in a Segunda Liga game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Before that, Academico Viseu had a Taça De Portugal home game versus Feirense which ended with a victory 1-0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Taça De Portugal game versus Chaves in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio do Fontelo.
Academico Viseu have scored 2 goals here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. On the other hand, Academico Viseu have conceded 7 goals.
Cova Piedade form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cova Piedade, who have the most conceded goals (15) away in Segunda Liga, so far with only 0 points returning home. The records show 0-0-6 (win-draw-lose). Cova Piedade are still without points from their Segunda Liga away games. 6 games, 6 defeats. A depressing six defeats in a row for Cova Piedade in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Mafra.
Cova Piedade delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Vilafranquense (placed 13th) in their previous match; a Segunda Liga game. Prior to that match, the Cova Piedade manager Jorge Casquilha faced defeat when travelling to Porto II and losing 1-4.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cova Piedade as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Cova Piedade's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 15 goals in 6 travels.
Head 2 Head
Academico Viseu-Cova Piedade H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Academico Viseu 2 wins, Cova Piedade 1 win, 3 draws. 3 of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Jean Patric 2 goals |   B. Diarra 2 goals |  Vitinho 2 goals |
Academico Viseu missing players
Cova Piedade missing players
| Academico Viseu | Cova Piedade | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 15 | 21 |
| 73% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 17% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 33% | 17% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 33% |
| 55% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 58% |
| 5.6 | 5 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 5.6 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 104 | 43 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 37 | 88 |
| 34 | 16 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 12 | 29 |
| 26% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 28% |
- Academico Viseu has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
- Academico Viseu has the most clean sheets (6)
- Academico Viseu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Cova Piedade has the fewest points (0) away
- Cova Piedade has the fewest scored goals (8)
- Cova Piedade has the most conceded goals (15) away
- Cova Piedade has the the worst goal difference (-11) away
- Cova Piedade has the the worst goal difference (-13)
- Cova Piedade have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cova Piedade have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cova Piedade have lost all their away matches so far.
- Cova Piedade have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cova Piedade haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Cova Piedade is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 |
| 2 | Nacional | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | Estoril | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Varzim | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Leixoes | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Sporting Covilha | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Mafra | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | Chaves | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Feirense | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Academico Viseu | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Porto II | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Vilafranquense | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Benfica II | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Academica | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | UD Oliveirense | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 11 |
| 17 | Casa Pia | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 7 |
| 18 | Cova Piedade | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 7 |