Cova Piedade hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 18th position in the Segunda Liga table. Visiting Chaves holds 7th place with 22 pts.
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!
Cova Piedade form and stats
2-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Segunda Liga numbers at home for Cova Piedade, who have the most conceded goals (25) in Segunda Liga, so far this season. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.
The home team returns to Municipal Jose Martins Vieira after sharing the points with Leixoes (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Segunda Liga game ended 0-0. Heartbreak before that as Cova Piedade lost 1-4 at Academico Viseu's place.
Cova Piedade aren't scoring a lot here at Municipal Jose Martins Vieira in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. Cova Piedade have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Chaves form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Chaves so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
The supporters enjoyed Chaves's previous game versus Vilafranquense (placed 15th), a Segunda Liga 2-1 win played at home. The game before that, in the League Cup, was lost at home, a 2-4 defeat against Porto.
Chaves find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Chaves have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  André Luis 9 goals |  Wagner 3 goals |   B. Diarra 2 goals |
Cova Piedade missing players
Chaves missing players
| Cova Piedade | Chaves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 25 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 86% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 86% |
| 43% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 57% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 14% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 57% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 29% |
| 3.9 | 3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 5.7 | 6.9 |
| 5.8 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 6.9 | 5.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 102 | 51 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 78 | 176 |
| 33 | 17 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 30 | 66 |
| 27% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 23% | 29% |
- Chaves have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Chaves have scored more than double the goals of Cova Piedade.
- Chaves haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cova Piedade has the fewest scored goals (4) at home
- Cova Piedade has the fewest scored goals (9)
- Cova Piedade has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- Cova Piedade has the most conceded goals (25)
- Cova Piedade has the most conceded goals in the second half (16)
- Cova Piedade has the the worst goal difference (-16)
- Cova Piedade have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cova Piedade have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Nacional | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Mafra | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Leixoes | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Varzim | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | Estoril | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Chaves | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Sporting Covilha | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | Academico Viseu | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Academica | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | UD Oliveirense | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 17 |
| 13 | Feirense | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Porto II | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Vilafranquense | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | Benfica II | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | Casa Pia | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -12 | 8 |
| 18 | Cova Piedade | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 8 |