Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Académica & Tondela face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Académica form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Taça De Portugal for Académica, as the manager Valença led his troops to eliminate Tondela, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the 3rd round.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Académica's two home games in the Liga 3 so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Estádio EFAPEL.
The home followers witnessed a 1-1 draw vs Tondela in the Taça De Portugal last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
Ahead of that match, Académica lost 0-2 at home to Sporting CP II.Early season league goal statistics from Académica's 2 home games: 1 goal, 2 conceded.
Tondela form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Académica in order to reach 2nd round of Taça De Portugal. They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the final.The seven points Tondela have gathered from their first three away trips in the Segunda Liga is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Académica in their previous outing. The Taça De Portugal battle ended 1-1.
Before that, Tondela secured a home win against Belenenses with the score 3-1.They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
The former head-to-head match ended Académica - Tondela 1-1, earlier this season. Data for the prior six meetings involving these two sides are: one win for Académica, three draws and two wins for Tondela. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. da Silva dos Anjos 6 goals |  T. Gomes Arcanjo 2 goals |   D. Oliveira da Costa 1 goals |
Académica missing players
Tondela missing players
| Académica | Tondela | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 42 | 16 | Conceded | C | 24 | 38 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 60% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 20% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 26% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 11.7 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CF Os Belenenses | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Caldas | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Uniao de Leiria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Sporting CP II | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Fontinhas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Oliveira Hospital | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Amora | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Alverca | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Real | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Vitoria Setubal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 11 | Moncarapachense | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Académica | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Moreirense | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | Farense | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Vilafranquense | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Tondela | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Porto II | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Estrela Amadora | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Penafiel | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Feirense | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Benfica II | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Leixoes | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Mafra | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Trofense | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 7 |
| 13 | Academico Viseu | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Nacional | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 6 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | UD Oliveirense | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Sporting Covilha | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 18 | Torreense | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 4 |
