Varzim are welcoming Cova Piedade for another important game after their 0-1 result against 10th-placed Benfica II.
- Varzim is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Cova Piedade have scored at least twice as many goals away as Varzim have scored home.
Varzim 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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Cova Piedade have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-8-28 (win-draw-loss) from 46 matches.
Varzim form and stats
When playing at home in the Segunda Liga, Varzim, who have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Segunda Liga, have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
Varzim lost their last game at Benfica II (placed 10th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Varzim lost 0-1 at Académica's place.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Varzim have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost four.
The lack of attacking qualities in Varzim means that they have only scored 2 goals in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Varzim are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Varzim Sport Club in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Cova Piedade form and stats
The visitors are W2-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda Liga.
There were no winners in Cova Piedade's previous match, a Segunda Liga home game that ended 0-0 vs Feirense (placed 4th). A loss against Benfica II was the result prior to that, in a home game.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cova Piedade playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were zero Cova Piedade wins, zero draws and five defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Piedade's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Piedade's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 7 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Varzim-Cova Piedade H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Varzim five wins, Cova Piedade one win, three draws. five of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Ribeiro Vieira 4 goals |  G. Kwame Ofosu 2 goals |  M. Rosa 2 goals |
Varzim missing players
Cova Piedade missing players
| Varzim | Cova Piedade | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 70% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 40% | 20% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 30% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 40% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.3 | 9.6 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 7.8 | 6.7 |
| 2.7 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 19% | 11% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 46% | 32% |
- Cova Piedade have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cova Piedade have scored at least twice as many goals away as Varzim have scored home.
- Cova Piedade haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Varzim has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Segunda Liga
- Varzim has the the worst goal difference (-8) in Segunda Liga
- Varzim have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Varzim is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | Mafra | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Académica | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Feirense | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Arouca | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Chaves | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Penafiel | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Sporting Covilha | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 13 |
| 10 | Benfica II | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Vizela | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | Vilafranquense | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Cova Piedade | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Porto II | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Leixoes | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | UD Oliveirense | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Academico Viseu | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Varzim | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 6 |