It's advantage Sporting Covilhã so far with their 6th position in the Segunda Liga table, welcoming Estoril who are placed 8th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Sporting Covilhã form and stats
The story so far in the Segunda Liga for Sporting Covilhã at their home stadium (Municipal Jose Santos Pinto) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Sporting Covilhã, who won 4-1 against Casa Pia (placed 17th). In the match before that, Sporting Covilhã hosted Benfica II and drew the game 2-2.
The Sporting Covilhã fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Sporting Covilhã's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Estoril form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Estoril playing as the away team in the Segunda Liga this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Estoril who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Leixoes was the last time a defeat was avoided. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Estoril have lost on their last two travels.
Juninho was the last player to score for the away team. Estoril haven't scored a league goal in the last 202 minutes.
The manager Tiago Fernandes was unhappy after their last game, a Segunda Liga match played at their home ground Estádio António Coimbra da Mota. Estoril suffered a 0-2 loss to Feirense (placed 12th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Penafiel wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Estoril are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Estoril have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Covilhã-Estoril H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sporting Covilhã 2 wins, Estoril 7 wins, 1 draw. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Roberto 9 goals |   Kukula 5 goals |  Juninho 4 goals |
Sporting Covilhã missing players
Estoril missing players
| Sporting Covilhã | Estoril | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| 17 | 9 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 93% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 62% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 87% |
| 53% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 60% |
| 40% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 27% |
| 20% | 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 53% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 60% |
| 33% | 50% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 20% | 12% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 20% |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 5.9 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 127 | 68 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 76 | 166 |
| 53 | 28 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 31 | 64 |
| 45% | 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 29% | 36% |
- Estoril haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Covilhã has the most dropped points from leading position (10)
- Sporting Covilhã has the most scored goals in the second half (15)
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 | Nacional | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | Mafra | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Varzim | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 5 | Chaves | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Sporting Covilhã | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Leixoes | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Estoril | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Academica | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Penafiel | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | Academico Viseu | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 20 |
| 12 | Feirense | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 13 | Benfica II | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | Porto II | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | Casa Pia | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -15 | 8 |
| 18 | Cova Piedade | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -18 | 8 |