This match features two teams living in the basement of the Segunda Liga, Varzim holding 17th place and Sporting Covilhã lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Varzim has the fewest scored goals (12) in Segunda Liga
- Sporting Covilhã has the fewest scored goals (5) away in Segunda Liga
Sporting Covilhã could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Segunda Liga game only four sleeps ago.
Varzim form and stats
Varzim's struggle is real here at Estádio Varzim Sport Club with only 6 points collected from 10 Segunda Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-6. Varzim are slowly digging their own grave here at Estádio Varzim Sport Club with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Porto II match.
An away draw last time out for Varzim, facing Arouca in a game that ended 0-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Chaves that was lost 1-3.
This is expected to be a close game, with Varzim perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Varzim as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Varzim has won four of these, drawn four and lost three.
Varzim has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 5 goals from 10 games. Varzim's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sporting Covilhã form and stats
Sporting Covilhã, who have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Segunda Liga, have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Segunda Liga, after 2-3-5 (10 played).
Covilhã have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 270 minutes ago. R. Areias was the goal scorer.
There were no winners in Covilhã's previous match, a Segunda Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Mafra (placed 7th). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Vizela.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Sporting Covilhã in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Sporting Covilhã, two draws and eight defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Covilhã's away league games. Only 5 goals from 10 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Covilhã as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sporting Covilhã - Varzim 2-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Varzim, two draws and six wins for Sporting Covilhã. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Pereira da Silva 5 goals |  L. Gomes Martins 2 goals | G. Kwame Ofosu 2 goals |
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| Varzim | Sporting Covilhã | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 26 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 85% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 70% | 78% |
| 55% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 30% | 56% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 30% | 44% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 30% | 50% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 39% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.5 | 9.6 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 6.2 | 7.8 |
| 3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| 20% | 14% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 24% | 33% |
- Sporting Covilhã has the fewest scored goals (5) away in Segunda Liga
- Varzim has the fewest points (6) at home in Segunda Liga
- Varzim has the fewest scored goals (12) in Segunda Liga
- Varzim has the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Segunda Liga
- Varzim has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Segunda Liga
- Varzim has the the worst goal difference (-14) in Segunda Liga
- Varzim has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Segunda Liga
- Varzim have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Académica | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| 2 | Estoril | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 41 |
| 3 | Feirense | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Vizela | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | Chaves | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Arouca | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Mafra | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | Casa Pia | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -6 | 26 |
| 9 | Penafiel | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Benfica II | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Leixoes | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Cova Piedade | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | UD Oliveirense | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 21 |
| 14 | Vilafranquense | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 15 | Academico Viseu | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | Sporting Covilhã | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Varzim | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -14 | 15 |
| 18 | Porto II | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 14 |