There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Segunda Liga table so far. Here's the Sporting Covilhã - Benfica II latest:
- Sporting Covilhã have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Benfica II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Sporting Covilhã form and stats
When playing at home in the Segunda Liga, Sporting Covilhã have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 206 minutes without scoring a league goal. Gilberto was the last player to find the net.
Heartbreak before that as Covilhã lost 0-1 at Arouca's place.
Filipe Cardoso felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Leixoes as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 83rd minute.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Covilhã handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and two defeats.
Sporting Covilhã can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 10 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Benfica II form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Benfica II so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose). Benfica seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Penafiel wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
As mentioned above, Benfica was the only team on the pitch versus UD Oliveirense in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Benfica II are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, six draws and six defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
Benfica are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. As for defending, Benfica rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Sporting Covilhã victories, four draws and three Benfica II wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Pereira da Silva 5 goals |  F. Rodrigues 3 goals |
Sporting Covilhã missing players
Benfica II missing players
| Sporting Covilhã | Benfica II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 15 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 12 | 24 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 71% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 50% |
| 23% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 43% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 43% | 36% |
| 54% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 43% |
| 31% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 21% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8.8 | 11.4 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.9 | 10.5 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 37% | 50% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 40% | 41% |
- All of Sporting Covilhã's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Benfica II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Benfica II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Covilhã have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Covilhã have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting Covilhã 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Feirense | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Academica | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Chaves | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Penafiel | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Mafra | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Arouca | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Vizela | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Benfica II | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Cova Piedade | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Sporting Covilhã | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Vilafranquense | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Academico Viseu | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Porto II | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Leixoes | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | UD Oliveirense | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 10 |
| 18 | Varzim | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 7 |