Struggling Vilafranquense will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sporting Covilhã in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Vilafranquense and Sporting Covilhã 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.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Sporting Covilhã's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Sporting Covilhã have performed like this: Played two matches resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 4-3 (scored/conceded).
Vilafranquense form and stats
The story so far in the Segunda Liga for Vilafranquense at their home stadium (Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Vilafranquense have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Vilafranquense lost their last game at Benfica II (placed 13th) after a 0-4 scoreline. In the match before that, Vilafranquense hosted Feirense and drew the game 1-1.
As you see from the result above, Vilafranquense suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
This is expected to be a close game, with Vilafranquense perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Vilafranquense as a small favourite), we find two games. Vilafranquense has won one of these, drawn zero and lost one.
The Vilafranquense fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vilafranquense defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sporting Covilhã form and stats
4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting Covilhã, who have the most scored goals (16) away in Segunda Liga, in their Segunda Liga matches away.
Sporting Covilhã had fun at their own home (Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior) last time out, beating UD Oliveirense 1-0. Kukula scored. Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Porto II's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Sporting Covilhã in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Sporting Covilhã, two draws and six defeats.
Sporting Covilhã are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. As opposed to that, Sporting Covilhã have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sporting Covilhã - Vilafranquense 1-0.Top Goalscorers
  W. dos Santos Januário 7 goals |   E. Dias Costa 7 goals |  J. Ribeiro Vieira 5 goals |
Vilafranquense missing players
Sporting Covilhã missing players
| Vilafranquense | Sporting Covilhã | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 28 |
| 33 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 47% |
| 32% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 56% | 37% |
| 21% | 33% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 33% | 21% |
| 58% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 47% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 42% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 178 | 80 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 70 | 153 |
| 64 | 32 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 29 | 62 |
| 34% | 47% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 89% | 55% | 45% |
- All of Vilafranquense's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sporting Covilhã has the most scored goals (16) away
- Sporting Covilhã have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Covilhã have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vilafranquense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vilafranquense 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 | Nacional | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 40 |
| 2 | Farense | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 37 |
| 3 | Mafra | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Sporting Covilhã | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Estoril | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Académica | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Feirense | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Chaves | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Academico Viseu | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Varzim | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 12 | Leixoes | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Benfica II | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 14 | Porto II | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | UD Oliveirense | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 18 |
| 17 | Cova Piedade | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -20 | 12 |
| 18 | Casa Pia | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -21 | 10 |