UD Oliveirense vs Cova Piedade: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Tue 29.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Carlos Osório (2670 seats)

Season ticket holders at Estádio Carlos Osório haven’t seen too many victories this season, with UD Oliveirense languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Cova Piedade will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • UD Oliveirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cova Piedade have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

UD Oliveirense and Cova Piedade should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

UD Oliveirense's stadium, Estádio Carlos Osório, has a grass surface. Cova Piedade have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Cova Piedade when playing on grass; 11 wins, 8 draws and 27 losses from 46 matches. They have scored 35 goals in these games and conceded 72.

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UD Oliveirense form and stats

UD Oliveirense's struggle is real here at Estádio Carlos Osório with only 4 points collected from 6 Segunda Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-4. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Estádio Carlos Osório, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Porto II game.

Oliveirense drew their last game, 2-2 away at Mafra (placed 4th). Before that game, the home loss against Arouca with the scoreline 1-2.

A disappointing finish for Oliveirense in their match versus Mafra as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.

Oliveirense has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Cova Piedade form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Piedade might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Penafiel proved too strong as Cova Piedade slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira. Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Moreirense (after extra-time).

Piedade has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. As for defending, Piedade rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Oliveirense, two draws and one win for Cova Piedade. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Cova PiedadeJ. Ribeiro Vieira
J. Ribeiro Vieira
4 goals
Cova PiedadeM. Rosa
M. Rosa
3 goals
UD OliveirenseT. Cantanhede
T. Cantanhede
2 goals

UD Oliveirense missing players

Cova Piedade missing players

UD Oliveirense Cova Piedade
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 2 5 12
2 1 0 Won W 2 3 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
6 4 2 Lost L 0 2 6
11 6 1 Scored S 5 9 15
16 9 3 Conceded C 1 8 20
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
73% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 75%
64% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 50%
18% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 60% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 25%
55% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 42%
18% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 33%
36% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 3.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.9 10.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 14 9.2 7.3
2.4 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 4.2 3.5
42% 35% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 43% 36%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Cova Piedade have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cova Piedade haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • UD Oliveirense have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • UD Oliveirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • UD Oliveirense 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 12 8 3 1 20 8 6 3 3 0 13 7 6 5 0 1 7 1 12 27
2 Academica 12 7 4 1 15 6 6 4 1 1 9 4 6 3 3 0 6 2 9 25
3 Feirense 12 7 3 2 18 10 6 3 1 2 7 7 6 4 2 0 11 3 8 24
4 Mafra 12 7 1 4 20 14 6 4 1 1 10 5 6 3 0 3 10 9 6 22
5 Arouca 12 6 4 2 14 9 6 3 2 1 7 5 6 3 2 1 7 4 5 22
6 Penafiel 12 6 3 3 19 15 6 4 1 1 9 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 4 21
7 Chaves 12 5 3 4 16 13 5 1 2 2 2 4 7 4 1 2 14 9 3 18
8 Casa Pia 12 4 5 3 17 20 6 2 2 2 8 12 6 2 3 1 9 8 -3 17
9 Vizela 12 4 4 4 15 19 6 4 1 1 9 7 6 0 3 3 6 12 -4 16
10 Sporting Covilhã 12 4 2 6 15 15 5 2 1 2 10 8 7 2 1 4 5 7 0 14
11 Cova Piedade 12 4 2 6 15 20 7 1 2 4 6 12 5 3 0 2 9 8 -5 14
12 Benfica II 12 4 1 7 20 19 6 2 1 3 8 9 6 2 0 4 12 10 1 13
13 Porto II 12 3 2 7 17 22 6 2 0 4 10 10 6 1 2 3 7 12 -5 11
14 Vilafranquense 11 2 5 4 10 15 5 0 3 2 2 7 6 2 2 2 8 8 -5 11
15 Academico Viseu 12 2 5 5 6 11 7 1 3 3 3 7 5 1 2 2 3 4 -5 11
16 Leixões 10 2 3 5 10 14 4 2 1 1 8 7 6 0 2 4 2 7 -4 9
17 UD Oliveirense 11 2 3 6 11 16 6 1 1 4 6 9 5 1 2 2 5 7 -5 9
18 Varzim 12 1 3 8 6 18 7 1 2 4 3 9 5 0 1 4 3 9 -12 6

Read more about Segunda Liga

The Segunda Liga, or LigaPro, is the second level of Portuguese football. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. The top two teams are promoted to the top level in Portugal (Primeira Liga) while the bottom two are relegated.