The visiting Mafra side should be favourites in this visit to Cova Piedade, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.
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.
This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Mafra's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Mafra have performed like this: Played five matches resulting in 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats with the goal stats 9-3 (scored/conceded).
Cova Piedade form and stats
Cova Piedade have played 8 Segunda Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Cova Piedade last time playing, versus Nacional. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Edinho (2) and J. Oto'o scoring for the victors. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Académica.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cova Piedade here at Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). On the other hand, Cova Piedade have conceded 9 goals.
Mafra form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (28) in Segunda Liga, on their Segunda Liga travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Mafra have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
It's the second away game in a row for Mafra, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Leixões (placed 10th) in the Segunda Liga last time out. A draw for Mafra before that, at their own venue hosting Vilafranquense (1-1).
Mafra have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Mafra have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Mafra - Cova Piedade 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Cova Piedade 0 wins, 1 draw and Mafra 3 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Soares Ferreira 5 goals |   A. Lopes da Silva 4 goals |  D. de Siqueira Medeiros 4 goals |
Cova Piedade missing players
Mafra missing players
| Cova Piedade | Mafra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 28 |
| 31 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 82% |
| 47% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 59% |
| 24% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 22% | 35% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 35% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 76% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 24% |
| 59% | 62% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 128 | 71 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 105 | 188 |
| 42 | 25 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 34 | 65 |
| 29% | 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 38% | 43% |
- Cova Piedade has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Cova Piedade has the fewest scored goals (12)
- Cova Piedade has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
- Cova Piedade has the most conceded goals in the second half (19)
- Cova Piedade have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Mafra has the most scored goals (28)
- Mafra have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Mafra have scored more than double the goals of Cova Piedade.
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 34 |
| 2 | Nacional | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 3 | Mafra | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Sporting Covilhã | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Varzim | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Chaves | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Estoril | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Académica | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Penafiel | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | Leixões | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Academico Viseu | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | Feirense | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 13 | Benfica II | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Porto II | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 17 | Cova Piedade | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 22 | -19 | 11 |
| 18 | Casa Pia | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -19 | 9 |