This is shaping out to be an interesting fixture as Sporting Covilhã have their presumed home advantage, while Nacional have an edge of 1 point in the Segunda Liga table.
- Sporting Covilhã have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Nacional have won significantly less corners away then at home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sporting Covilhã form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Sporting Covilhã have to build on here at Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto in the Segunda Liga.
Covilhã haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 349 minutes ago. D. Almeida scored that one.
Sporting Covilhã faced defeat in their previous match, away at Casa Pia (0-4). As you see from the result above, Covilhã suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Uniao Idanhense and winning 2-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Sporting Covilhã perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sporting Covilhã as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Covilhã has won five of these, drawn eight and lost four.
The Covilhã fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Sporting Covilhã's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nacional form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda Liga.
It's the second away game in a row for Nacional, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Trofense (placed 14th) in the Segunda Liga last time out.
Prior to that result Nacional won their away game at Vinhais in the Taça De Portugal. The scoreline was 3-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nacional playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Nacional wins, three draws and one defeat.
The visiting Nacional have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. As for defending, Nacional rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Sporting Covilhã victories, one draw and two Nacional wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Batista Santos 3 goals |   R. Farto Correia 2 goals | B. Rochez Mejia 2 goals |
Sporting Covilhã missing players
Nacional missing players
| Sporting Covilhã | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 3 | 2.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
| 6.6 | 7.3 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.8 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.1 | 10 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8.8 | 11.3 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.5 | 4.3 |
| 27% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 40% | 37% |
- Nacional have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Covilhã have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Sporting Covilhã have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | Feirense | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Rio Ave | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Benfica II | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Casa Pia | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | Penafiel | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Nacional | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Mafra | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Academico Viseu | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Chaves | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Porto II | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Sporting Covilhã | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Leixões | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Estrela Amadora | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Trofense | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Varzim | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Farense | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Academica | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 2 |