National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Académica or União de Coimbra that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Académica and União de Coimbra.
Académica form and stats
Académica was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Taça De Portugal.Two Liga 3 home games so far for Académica, who are yet to win here at Estádio EFAPEL. Only 2 points so far.
The home followers witnessed a 0-0 draw versus União de Coimbra in the Taça De Portugal last time out and are looking for a win here.
In the game before, an away victory in the Liga 3 match versus Sporting CP II with a 2-1 scoreline.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Académica at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
União de Coimbra form and stats
Coimbra was sent out of Taça De Portugal in the 3rd round last season.It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Académica in their previous outing. The Taça De Portugal fixture ended 0-0.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Uniao de Tomar in the 2. Division: Group C.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Perea Sanchez 2 goals | V. Duarte Gomes 1 goals | Francisco Ferreira 1 goals |
Académica missing players
União de Coimbra missing players
| Académica | União de Coimbra | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Scored | S | 10 | 24 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8.3 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 34% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 23% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 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 | Sporting Covilha | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Académica | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Sporting CP II | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Atletico CP | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Alverca | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Caldas | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Oliveira Hospital | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Amora | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | 1 Dezembro | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 10 | Pero Pinheiro | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
