Cova Piedade hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 12 points and a 17th position in the Segunda Liga table. Visiting Penafiel holds 11th place with 25 pts.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Penafiel's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Penafiel have performed like this: Played three matches resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats with the goal stats 7-4 (scored/conceded).
Cova Piedade form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Cova Piedade have to build on here at Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira in the Segunda Liga.
In their previous game, the manager J. Ferreira Resende Alves led his Cova Piedade to a defeat in the Segunda Liga match away at Feirense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Mafra that ended 1-1.
Cova Piedade aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. 10 goals have been conceded.
Penafiel form and stats
Penafiel have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Segunda Liga, after 2-2-5 (9 played).
Penafiel delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Casa Pia (placed 18th) in their previous match; a Segunda Liga game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Academico Viseu wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Penafiel as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Penafiel have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Penafiel - Cova Piedade 3-0. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: zero - three - four (Cova Piedade wins - draws - Penafiel wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lopes da Silva 6 goals |   R. Rodrigues Tavares 4 goals |  B. Diarra 2 goals |
Cova Piedade missing players
Penafiel missing players
| Cova Piedade | Penafiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 34 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 79% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 63% |
| 47% | 22% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 42% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 47% |
| 16% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 37% |
| 53% | 56% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 147 | 78 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 59 | 164 |
| 48 | 28 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 16 | 65 |
| 29% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 44% | 31% |
- Cova Piedade has the fewest scored goals (14)
- Cova Piedade has the most conceded goals in the second half (20)
- Cova Piedade have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Penafiel have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Penafiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Penafiel have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Nacional | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Farense | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 37 |
| 3 | Mafra | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Sporting Covilha | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Estoril | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Academica | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Feirense | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Chaves | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Academico Viseu | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Varzim | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 12 | Leixões | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Benfica II | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 14 | Porto II | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | UD Oliveirense | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 18 |
| 17 | Cova Piedade | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -20 | 12 |
| 18 | Casa Pia | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -21 | 10 |