Porto II supporters put their faith in manager Rui Barros to deliver victory against Cova Piedade

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Date: Sun 01.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Dr. Jorge Sampaio (8272 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 18th place.

Cova Piedade play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Cova Piedade when playing on grass are 11 wins, 9 draws and 26 defeats from 46 matches. They have scored 37 goals and conceded 68 times in these games.

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Porto II form and stats

Porto II have played 4 Segunda Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Porto II lost their last game at Mafra (placed 8th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Porto II lost 1-3 at home to Leixoes.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Porto II handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W8-D3-L4.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Porto II here at Estadio Dr. Jorge Sampaio in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). On the other hand, Porto II have conceded 5 goals.

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Cova Piedade form and stats

Cova Piedade are still without points from their Segunda Liga away games. 5 games, 5 defeats. With the Cova Piedade losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. It's all red in the travel logs of Cova Piedade, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

The attacking players of Cova Piedade have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 514 minutes.

The manager Jorge Casquilha was unhappy after their last game, a Segunda Liga match played at their home ground Estadio Dr. Jorge Sampaio. Cova Piedade suffered a 0-2 loss to Estoril (placed 3rd). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting UD Oliveirense's place.

Cova Piedade are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 9 defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cova Piedade as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Cova Piedade have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Porto II won 3 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Cova Piedade has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 3

Top Goalscorers

Porto IITiago Lopes
Tiago Lopes
4 goals
Cova PiedadeB. Diarra
B. Diarra
2 goals

Porto II missing players

Cova Piedade missing players

Porto II Cova Piedade
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 4 2 Played P 1 5 10
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
4 3 2 Drew D 0 0 0
5 1 0 Lost L 1 5 8
11 3 1 Scored S 0 3 7
17 5 1 Conceded C 2 11 17
82% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 80%
45% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 40%
36% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 10%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
64% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 30%
27% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
27% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 60%
 
5.8 5 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 4.8 4
4.2 4 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 2 5.8 5.5
2.3 3.2 4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.6
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 4
 
134 57 35 Total Shots T S 3 28 73
40 13 6 Shots on Target S O 1 7 22
28% 23% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 32%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Cova Piedade has the fewest points (0) away
  • Cova Piedade has the the worst goal difference (-10)
  • Cova Piedade have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cova Piedade have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cova Piedade have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Cova Piedade have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cova Piedade haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cova Piedade is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Porto II has the most dropped points from leading position (7)
  • Porto II have yet to win a 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 Farense 11 9 0 2 20 9 5 4 0 1 10 5 6 5 0 1 10 4 11 27
2 Nacional 11 6 4 1 17 8 6 4 2 0 11 3 5 2 2 1 6 5 9 22
3 Estoril 10 7 0 3 20 10 5 4 0 1 12 5 5 3 0 2 8 5 10 21
4 Sporting Covilha 10 6 2 2 16 9 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 3 1 1 10 6 7 20
5 Leixoes 10 6 2 2 17 12 5 3 2 0 8 5 5 3 0 2 9 7 5 20
6 Chaves 10 6 0 4 16 13 5 4 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 3 6 8 3 18
7 Varzim 11 4 4 3 13 14 6 3 1 2 7 7 5 1 3 1 6 7 -1 16
8 Mafra 10 4 3 3 15 13 5 3 2 0 10 6 5 1 1 3 5 7 2 15
9 Penafiel 10 3 4 3 10 9 6 2 3 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 4 5 1 13
10 Academico Viseu 10 3 3 4 8 12 5 1 1 3 2 7 5 2 2 1 6 5 -4 12
11 Feirense 10 2 5 3 10 10 6 2 2 2 6 5 4 0 3 1 4 5 0 11
12 Benfica II 10 3 2 5 7 14 5 3 1 1 6 5 5 0 1 4 1 9 -7 11
13 Vilafranquense 10 3 1 6 14 18 4 2 0 2 9 8 6 1 1 4 5 10 -4 10
14 Porto II 11 2 4 5 11 17 4 0 3 1 3 5 7 2 1 4 8 12 -6 10
15 Academica 10 2 3 5 9 12 6 2 1 3 8 9 4 0 2 2 1 3 -3 9
16 UD Oliveirense 10 2 2 6 10 15 4 1 1 2 2 3 6 1 1 4 8 12 -5 8
17 Casa Pia 10 2 1 7 9 17 5 1 0 4 7 11 5 1 1 3 2 6 -8 7
18 Cova Piedade 10 2 0 8 7 17 5 2 0 3 4 6 5 0 0 5 3 11 -10 6

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.