Evenly matched teams: Porto II vs Sporting Covilhã match preview

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Date: Sun 26.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio (8272 seats)

Struggling Porto II will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sporting Covilhã in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Porto II and Sporting Covilhã should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Porto II form and stats

When playing at home in the Segunda Liga, Porto II have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games.

The Porto II supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Benfica II in Segunda Liga and win 2-1. Heartbreak before that as Porto II lost 0-1 at Feirense's place.

The Porto II fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Porto II have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Sporting Covilhã form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Segunda Liga, on their Segunda Liga travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Sporting Covilhã have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 191 minutes since they last conceded in Segunda Liga.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Farense (placed 1st) in their previous outing. The Segunda Liga match ended in a draw 0-0. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Estoril.

Sporting Covilhã has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. Sporting Covilhã have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Sporting Covilhã - Porto II 2-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Porto II won 4 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Sporting Covilhã has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4

Top Goalscorers

Porto IIT. Lutindo Lopes
T. Lutindo Lopes
7 goals
Sporting CovilhãE. Dias Costa
E. Dias Costa
6 goals
Porto IIA. De Pinho Sousa
A. De Pinho Sousa
3 goals

Porto II missing players

Sporting Covilhã missing players

Porto II Sporting Covilhã
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
4 2 0 Won W 2 4 8
6 4 2 Drew D 0 2 4
7 2 0 Lost L 0 2 5
21 11 2 Scored S 6 14 25
26 11 2 Conceded C 1 8 17
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 59%
53% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 47%
41% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 35%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 18%
71% 88% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 47%
18% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 41%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 24%
 
6.7 6.8 10 Corners For (avg) C F 1.5 3.1 3.7
4.2 4.6 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.5 6 5.5
2.2 2.8 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.4 2.2
2 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
212 108 23 Total Shots T S 15 64 141
72 38 10 Shots on Target S O 7 27 59
29% 29% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 86% 52% 42%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Sporting Covilhã has the the best goal difference (+6) away
  • Sporting Covilhã have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 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

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.