The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Sporting Covilhã are in the 12th position while the guesting UD Oliveirense worry at 16th.
- Sporting Covilhã have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- UD Oliveirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Sporting Covilhã form and stats
3-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Segunda Liga numbers at home for Sporting Covilhã so far this season.
Sporting Covilhã's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Penafiel (placed 7th). 2-2 away at Vilafranquense before that.
This is expected to be a close game, with 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 16 games. Sporting Covilhã has won six of these, drawn six and lost four.
Covilhã are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Sporting Covilhã have conceded 16 in these home matches.
UD Oliveirense form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of UD Oliveirense playing as the away team in the Segunda Liga this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Oliveirense as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Vilafranquense match. Oliveirense seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The attacking players of Oliveirense have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 271 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for UD Oliveirense in their previous game, as they lost their Segunda Liga-match, hosting Chaves, 0-1. Prior to that match, the Oliveirense manager R. Cerqueira Oliveira faced defeat when travelling to Penafiel and losing 0-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by UD Oliveirense in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Oliveirense, three draws and three defeats.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Oliveirense struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; UD Oliveirense - Sporting Covilhã 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Covilhã won five games, two matches ended with a draw and UD Oliveirense has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fourTop Goalscorers
  G. Pereira da Silva 7 goals |  J. Barbosa Teixeira 5 goals |  G. Da Silva Moreira 3 goals |
Sporting Covilhã missing players
UD Oliveirense missing players
| Sporting Covilhã | UD Oliveirense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 24 | 15 | 11 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 27 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | 33 |
| 83% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 65% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 82% | 70% |
| 52% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 55% | 52% |
| 22% | 36% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 18% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 52% | 64% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 45% | 48% |
| 26% | 18% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 39% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 45% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8.1 | 10.1 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7 | 8.1 |
| 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| 36% | 38% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 43% | 35% |
- Sporting Covilhã have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- UD Oliveirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 50 |
| 2 | Feirense | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | Academica | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 45 |
| 4 | Vizela | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Arouca | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | Chaves | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Penafiel | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | Benfica II | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 30 |
| 9 | Mafra | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Casa Pia | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -6 | 30 |
| 11 | Leixoes | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Sporting Covilhã | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 26 |
| 13 | Vilafranquense | 22 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Cova Piedade | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 15 | Academico Viseu | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -11 | 22 |
| 16 | UD Oliveirense | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -13 | 22 |
| 17 | Varzim | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -15 | 18 |
| 18 | Porto II | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 17 |