Sporting Covilhã fights Estoril in Segunda Liga battle

Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Date: Sun 07.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto (3000 seats)

Sporting Covilhã will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Estoril.

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.

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Sporting Covilhã form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Sporting Covilhã are 7-4-2 (wins-draw-losses). After failing to beat Arouca here at Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto, Sporting Covilhã has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

The fans are hoping that Sporting Covilhã will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Segunda Liga game against Farense. Ahead of that match, Sporting Covilhã won a home game hosting Famalicão (2-0).

Sporting Covilhã has scored 17 goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Sporting Covilhã have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.

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Estoril form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Estoril playing as the away team this season. It's three draws from Estoril's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Segunda Liga home defeat versus Benfica II with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Before that, Estoril travelled to Paços de Ferreira and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Estoril have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, 13 away games. 13 goals have been conceded by Estoril in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Covilhã and Estoril have met before this season: Estoril - Sporting Covilhã 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Sporting Covilhã, 1 draw and 6 wins for Estoril.

Top Goalscorers

Sandro Lima
7 goals
Adriano Castanheira
6 goals
Roberto
6 goals

Sporting Covilhã missing players

Estoril missing players

Sporting Covilhã Estoril
Total Home Statistic Away Total
27 13 Played 13 27
32 17 Scored 18 37
30 6 Conceded 13 27
89% 85% Over 0.5 92% 96%
63% 54% Over 1.5 69% 63%
48% 31% Over 2.5 23% 33%
19% 8% Over 3.5 15% 22%
7% 0% Over 4.5 8% 7%
41% 23% Both teams to score 38% 41%
37% 69% Clean Sheet 31% 41%
33% 23% Failed To Score 38% 22%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Paços de Ferreira 27 19 3 5 39 16 13 10 1 2 20 5 14 9 2 3 19 11 23 60
2 Famalicão 27 15 6 6 37 25 14 9 3 2 22 10 13 6 3 4 15 15 12 51
3 Académica 27 14 4 9 31 28 14 8 2 4 18 14 13 6 2 5 13 14 3 46
4 Estoril 27 13 6 8 37 27 14 8 2 4 19 14 13 5 4 4 18 13 10 45
5 Benfica II 27 13 5 9 36 26 13 9 0 4 23 12 14 4 5 5 13 14 10 44
6 Porto II 27 11 8 8 35 30 14 9 3 2 24 10 13 2 5 6 11 20 5 41
7 Sporting Covilhã 27 10 7 10 32 30 13 7 4 2 17 6 14 3 3 8 15 24 2 37
8 Penafiel 27 10 5 12 34 34 13 7 3 3 21 13 14 3 2 9 13 21 0 35
9 Mafra 27 9 8 10 37 38 14 5 7 2 19 14 13 4 1 8 18 24 -1 35
10 Leixões 27 10 5 12 27 29 13 8 2 3 16 11 14 2 3 9 11 18 -2 35
11 Arouca 27 9 7 11 31 33 14 6 4 4 19 15 13 3 3 7 12 18 -2 34
12 Farense 27 8 8 11 29 26 13 6 4 3 16 8 14 2 4 8 13 18 3 32
13 UD Oliveirense 27 7 10 10 31 37 14 6 4 4 24 18 13 1 6 6 7 19 -6 31
13 Oliveirense 22 6 8 8 26 31 11 5 3 3 20 14 11 1 5 5 6 17 -5 26
14 Academico Viseu 27 8 7 12 34 44 14 6 4 4 23 20 13 2 3 8 11 24 -10 31
15 Cova Piedade 27 8 7 12 19 37 13 4 4 5 9 18 14 4 3 7 10 19 -18 31
16 Sporting Braga II 27 9 2 16 28 37 14 6 1 7 18 15 13 3 1 9 10 22 -9 29
17 Varzim 27 7 7 13 20 31 13 4 4 5 15 15 14 3 3 8 5 16 -11 28
18 Vitória Guimarães II 27 6 9 12 26 35 13 3 5 5 10 12 14 3 4 7 16 23 -9 27

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