The league table in Segunda Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Sporting Covilhã leading Académica by 8 points. Match preview to follow:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Sporting Covilhã form and stats
Sporting Covilhã have collected 10 points from their Segunda Liga home games so far after 3-1-2.
In their previous game, the manager Ricardo Soares led his Sporting Covilhã to a defeat in the Segunda Liga match away at Varzim. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Municipal Jose Santos Pinto. In the match before that, Sporting Covilhã hosted Benfica and drew the League Cup game 1-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sporting Covilhã have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Sporting Covilhã are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Sporting Covilhã have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Académica form and stats
0-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Académica in their Segunda Liga matches away. Académica has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Académica are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Segunda Liga against Casa Pia (placed 17th). Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Vilafranquense's place.
Académica are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of six matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Académica as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Académica have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Covilhã-Académica H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Sporting Covilhã 2 wins, Académica 5 wins, 1 draw. 0 of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Adriano Castanheira 6 goals |  Kukula 3 goals |   Zé Castro 2 goals |
Sporting Covilhã missing players
Académica missing players
| Sporting Covilhã | Académica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 83% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 67% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 58% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 67% |
| 42% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 25% |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 6.3 |
| 6 | 6 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 97 | 48 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 57 | 164 |
| 39 | 18 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 21 | 61 |
| 44% | 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 14% | 23% |
- Académica have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Académica have yet to win a game away.
- Sporting Covilhã have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Académica have scored away.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 |
| 2 | Nacional | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | Estoril | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Varzim | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Leixoes | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Sporting Covilhã | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Mafra | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | Chaves | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Feirense | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Academico Viseu | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Porto II | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Vilafranquense | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Benfica II | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Académica | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | UD Oliveirense | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 11 |
| 17 | Casa Pia | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 7 |
| 18 | Cova Piedade | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 7 |