Porto II vs Cova Piedade: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio (8272 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Segunda Liga, with both Porto II and Cova Piedade experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 13th place.

Insights:
  • Porto II have the most conceded goals (45) in Segunda Liga
  • Cova Piedade have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Segunda Liga

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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Cova Piedade have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-11-26 (win-draw-loss) from 48 matches.

Relegation threatens Porto II who should definitely be looking for some points here. Piedade are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Porto II form and stats

Porto II's struggle is real here at Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio with only 12 points collected from 15 Segunda Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-3-9.

In the match before that, Porto hosted Estoril and drew the game 2-2.

Porto are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 15 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded.

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Cova Piedade form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda Liga. Two points from the last two away games for Piedade, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Penafiel that ended 2-2.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Piedade have scored 19 goals in 15 league games away. 21 goals have been conceded by Cova Piedade in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Cova Piedade - Porto 1-1. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Porto victories, three draws and one Cova Piedade win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cova PiedadeJ. Ribeiro Vieira
J. Ribeiro Vieira
9 goals
PortoD. Loader
D. Loader
7 goals
Cova PiedadeH. Pinto Servulo Firmino
H. Pinto Servulo Firmino
5 goals

Porto II missing players

Cova Piedade missing players

Porto II Cova Piedade
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 3 15 30
5 3 1 Won W 2 4 7
11 3 0 Drew D 1 5 11
14 9 3 Lost L 0 6 12
35 20 5 Scored S 5 19 33
45 26 7 Conceded C 1 21 42
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 87%
83% 93% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 77%
57% 80% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 43%
23% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 27%
10% 13% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 13%
70% 87% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 73% 60%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 20% 27%
27% 13% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 13% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.3 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.2 3.2
6 3 1 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
11.2 11.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 12 7.9 7
4.6 5.5 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.1 2.9
25% 24% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 40% 38%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Cova Piedade have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cova Piedade have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Porto II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Porto II have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II have the most conceded goals (26) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II have the most conceded goals (45) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 30 19 8 3 51 22 15 9 5 1 31 14 15 10 3 2 20 8 29 65
2 Vizela 30 16 10 4 50 30 15 10 4 1 23 12 15 6 6 3 27 18 20 58
3 Academica 30 15 10 5 39 24 15 8 4 3 20 14 15 7 6 2 19 10 15 55
4 Feirense 30 16 6 8 41 26 15 8 3 4 19 14 15 8 3 4 22 12 15 54
5 Arouca 30 15 8 7 38 23 15 8 4 3 17 9 15 7 4 4 21 14 15 53
6 Chaves 30 15 7 8 40 30 15 6 5 4 15 14 15 9 2 4 25 16 10 52
7 Casa Pia 30 9 12 9 37 40 15 5 4 6 18 23 15 4 8 3 19 17 -3 39
8 Penafiel 29 10 8 11 36 37 15 6 5 4 20 16 14 4 3 7 16 21 -1 38
9 Benfica II 29 10 6 13 45 38 14 8 2 4 25 14 15 2 4 9 20 24 7 36
10 Leixoes 30 9 9 12 31 38 15 6 4 5 18 20 15 3 5 7 13 18 -7 36
11 Mafra 30 9 8 13 32 43 15 6 5 4 19 21 15 3 3 9 13 22 -11 35
12 Sporting Covilha 30 7 11 12 30 36 15 4 6 5 18 19 15 3 5 7 12 17 -6 32
13 Cova Piedade 30 7 11 12 33 42 15 3 6 6 14 21 15 4 5 6 19 21 -9 32
14 Academico Viseu 30 8 8 14 27 39 15 4 4 7 11 19 15 4 4 7 16 20 -12 32
15 UD Oliveirense 30 6 10 14 22 41 15 3 6 6 12 17 15 3 4 8 10 24 -19 28
16 Vilafranquense 30 4 15 11 27 43 15 2 9 4 13 18 15 2 6 7 14 25 -16 27
17 Varzim 30 7 6 17 21 38 15 3 3 9 10 21 15 4 3 8 11 17 -17 27
18 Porto II 30 5 11 14 35 45 15 3 3 9 20 26 15 2 8 5 15 19 -10 26

Read more about Segunda Liga

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.