Delightful dogfight as daring Chaves duels with determined Sporting Covilhã

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sun 11.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira (9000 seats)

It's advantage Chaves so far with their 5th position in the Segunda Liga table, welcoming Sporting Covilhã who are placed 11th.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Chaves form and stats

Overall Segunda Liga stats at home this season for Chaves are 4-5-4 (wins-draw-losses).

It's back home for Chaves, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Casa Pia away with the result 2-1. Roberto and Luís Rocha found the net in that victory. Before that, Chaves had a home game versus Penafiel which ended with a victory 2-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Chaves have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won three times, drawn six and lost four.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Chaves here at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 13 games). 13 goals have been conceded.

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Sporting Covilhã form and stats

There's been little loot from Sporting Covilhã's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Segunda Liga. Sporting Covilhã only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.

There were no winners in Sporting Covilhã's previous match, a Segunda Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Academica (placed 3rd). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Casa Pia.

We have checked recent matches where Covilhã have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were one victory, five draws and one defeat.

The attacking power of Covilhã when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Covilhã in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Sporting Covilhã - Chaves 1-2 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Chaves, one draw and three wins for Sporting Covilhã. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CovilhãG. Pereira da Silva
G. Pereira da Silva
8 goals
ChavesR. Maximiano Rodrigo
R. Maximiano Rodrigo
6 goals
ChavesL. Rocha Rodrigues
L. Rocha Rodrigues
5 goals

Chaves missing players

Sporting Covilhã missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chaves Sporting Covilhã
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 5 13 27
13 4 1 Won W 0 3 7
7 5 1 Drew D 2 4 10
7 4 1 Lost L 3 6 10
35 11 3 Scored S 2 10 27
27 13 3 Conceded C 5 13 30
89% 77% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 77% 81%
67% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 46% 63%
48% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 46% 48%
15% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 19%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 46% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 46% 52%
26% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 30%
30% 46% 33% Failed to Score F T 60% 46% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.9 2.5 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
11.9 14.6 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 4.2 6.7 8.4
4.4 4.8 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.8 2.3 2.9
30% 18% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 34%

  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 27 18 6 3 45 18 13 8 4 1 27 12 14 10 2 2 18 6 27 60
2 Vizela 27 13 10 4 43 29 14 9 4 1 22 12 13 4 6 3 21 17 14 49
3 Academica 28 13 10 5 34 23 14 7 4 3 18 13 14 6 6 2 16 10 11 49
4 Feirense 27 14 6 7 36 23 14 7 3 4 18 14 13 7 3 3 18 9 13 48
5 Chaves 27 13 7 7 35 27 13 4 5 4 11 13 14 9 2 3 24 14 8 46
6 Arouca 27 12 8 7 30 22 13 6 4 3 11 9 14 6 4 4 19 13 8 44
7 Penafiel 27 10 7 10 34 33 14 6 4 4 18 14 13 4 3 6 16 19 1 37
8 Casa Pia 27 8 11 8 32 36 14 5 4 5 18 20 13 3 7 3 14 16 -4 35
9 Benfica II 27 9 6 12 43 37 13 7 2 4 23 14 14 2 4 8 20 23 6 33
10 Mafra 27 9 6 12 30 37 13 6 4 3 17 15 14 3 2 9 13 22 -7 33
11 Sporting Covilhã 27 7 10 10 27 30 14 4 6 4 17 17 13 3 4 6 10 13 -3 31
12 Leixoes 27 7 9 11 26 34 13 5 4 4 15 16 14 2 5 7 11 18 -8 30
13 Academico Viseu 27 7 8 12 24 34 13 3 4 6 9 16 14 4 4 6 15 18 -10 29
14 Vilafranquense 27 4 15 8 26 35 14 2 9 3 13 16 13 2 6 5 13 19 -9 27
15 Cova Piedade 27 6 9 12 29 39 13 2 5 6 12 20 14 4 4 6 17 19 -10 27
16 Varzim 27 7 6 14 20 32 14 3 3 8 10 18 13 4 3 6 10 14 -12 27
17 UD Oliveirense 27 6 8 13 22 38 14 3 5 6 12 17 13 3 3 7 10 21 -16 26
18 Porto II 28 5 10 13 33 42 14 3 2 9 18 24 14 2 8 4 15 18 -9 25

Table
  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 27 18 6 3 45 18 13 8 4 1 27 12 14 10 2 2 18 6 27 60
2 Vizela 27 13 10 4 43 29 14 9 4 1 22 12 13 4 6 3 21 17 14 49
3 Academica 28 13 10 5 34 23 14 7 4 3 18 13 14 6 6 2 16 10 11 49
4 Feirense 27 14 6 7 36 23 14 7 3 4 18 14 13 7 3 3 18 9 13 48
5 Chaves 27 13 7 7 35 27 13 4 5 4 11 13 14 9 2 3 24 14 8 46
6 Arouca 27 12 8 7 30 22 13 6 4 3 11 9 14 6 4 4 19 13 8 44
7 Penafiel 27 10 7 10 34 33 14 6 4 4 18 14 13 4 3 6 16 19 1 37
8 Casa Pia 27 8 11 8 32 36 14 5 4 5 18 20 13 3 7 3 14 16 -4 35
9 Benfica II 27 9 6 12 43 37 13 7 2 4 23 14 14 2 4 8 20 23 6 33
10 Mafra 27 9 6 12 30 37 13 6 4 3 17 15 14 3 2 9 13 22 -7 33
11 Sporting Covilhã 27 7 10 10 27 30 14 4 6 4 17 17 13 3 4 6 10 13 -3 31
12 Leixoes 27 7 9 11 26 34 13 5 4 4 15 16 14 2 5 7 11 18 -8 30
13 Academico Viseu 27 7 8 12 24 34 13 3 4 6 9 16 14 4 4 6 15 18 -10 29
14 Vilafranquense 27 4 15 8 26 35 14 2 9 3 13 16 13 2 6 5 13 19 -9 27
15 Cova Piedade 27 6 9 12 29 39 13 2 5 6 12 20 14 4 4 6 17 19 -10 27
16 Varzim 27 7 6 14 20 32 14 3 3 8 10 18 13 4 3 6 10 14 -12 27
17 UD Oliveirense 27 6 8 13 22 38 14 3 5 6 12 17 13 3 3 7 10 21 -16 26
18 Porto II 28 5 10 13 33 42 14 3 2 9 18 24 14 2 8 4 15 18 -9 25

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The Segunda Liga, or LigaPro, is the second level of Portuguese football. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. The top two teams are promoted to the top level in Portugal (Primeira Liga) while the bottom two are relegated.