Casa Pia will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Académica.
- Casa Pia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Casa Pia form and stats
5-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Segunda Liga numbers at home for Casa Pia so far this season.
It's back home for Casa, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Mafra away with the result 4-0. Saviour Godwin, Camilo Jose Triana Fragozo, Marvin Martins and Diego Medeiros found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Chaves that was lost 1-2.
As mentioned above, Casa Pia "killed" Mafra in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The Casa Pia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. Casa Pia have conceded 20 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Académica form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 6 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats. The Académica manager F. Ribeiro Alexandre is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 35 days. Two points from the last two away games for Académica, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Académica played 1-1 against Porto II in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sporting Covilha.
Académica have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Académica as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Académica - Casa Pia 1-1. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Casa Pia wins - draws - Académica wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Bouldini 12 goals |
Casa Pia missing players
Académica missing players
| Casa Pia | Académica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 36 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| 36 | 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 82% |
| 82% | 86% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 64% |
| 43% | 43% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 46% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 11% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 25% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 21% | 29% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.9 | 9.4 |
| 3 | 3 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 42% | 43% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 39% | 38% |
- Casa Pia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Estoril | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 29 | 63 |
| 2 | Vizela | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 46 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 52 |
| 3 | Académica | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 49 |
| 4 | Chaves | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 49 |
| 5 | Feirense | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 48 |
| 6 | Arouca | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 47 |
| 7 | Casa Pia | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Penafiel | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -1 | 37 |
| 9 | Benfica II | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 36 |
| 10 | Leixoes | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 33 |
| 11 | Mafra | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 33 |
| 12 | Sporting Covilha | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 31 |
| 13 | Cova Piedade | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -9 | 30 |
| 14 | Academico Viseu | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -12 | 29 |
| 15 | Vilafranquense | 28 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -11 | 27 |
| 16 | Varzim | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -13 | 27 |
| 17 | UD Oliveirense | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -19 | 26 |
| 18 | Porto II | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -9 | 25 |