The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Cova Piedade are in the 10th position while the guesting Benfica II worry at 17th.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Benfica II's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Benfica II have performed like this: Played three matches resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats with the goal stats 0-6 (scored/conceded).
Cova Piedade form and stats
Cova Piedade have collected 4 points from their Segunda Liga home games so far after 1-1-2.
Piedade lost their last game at Estoril (placed 1st) after a 0-3 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Leixoes in a game that was won 2-0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Piedade, as the Segunda Liga home game vs Feirense is only three days away.
Piedade has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 4 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Piedade defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Benfica II form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. It's looking increasingly bleak for Benfica who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Casa Pia was the last time a defeat was avoided. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Benfica's last three away games as they have all been lost.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Benfica II, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Leixoes (placed 12th). A 0-1 loss hosting Academico Viseu before that.
Benfica were so close to getting something from the game against Leixoes, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.
The Benfica II manager R. Alves Paiva has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. Benfica's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Piedade victories, three draws and two Benfica II wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ribeiro Vieira 4 goals | A. Nkufo Issoko 2 goals |  R. Camara 2 goals |
Cova Piedade missing players
Benfica II missing players
| Cova Piedade | Benfica II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 9 | 15 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 12% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 57 | 26 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 34 | 84 |
| 25 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 18 | 36 |
| 28% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 50% | 42% |
- Benfica II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Benfica II have scored more than double the goals of Cova Piedade.
- Benfica II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Benfica II is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Cova Piedade have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Mafra | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Academica | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Feirense | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Arouca | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Chaves | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Sporting Covilha | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Penafiel | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Vizela | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 10 | Cova Piedade | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Casa Pia | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Leixoes | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | UD Oliveirense | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Vilafranquense | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 | Porto II | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Academico Viseu | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Benfica II | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Varzim | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 6 |