Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Academico Viseu & Beira-Mar face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Academico Viseu and Beira-Mar. Beira-Mar could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 2. Division: Group B game only three sleeps ago.
Academico Viseu form and stats
Academico Viseu participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.Academico Viseu have collected 14 points from their Segunda Liga home games so far after 4-2-2.
Academico's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Porto II. The home side are looking to build on that result.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Penafiel.The manager Almeida will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Feirense in only four days.
Academico Viseu have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal do Fontelo with 15 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Beira-Mar form and stats
They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Beira-Mar delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Machico in their previous match. Drawing 3-3 against Machico after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 3-0. Their manager Valença needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
It was a 2. Division: Group B defeat before that one as the away game against Leca wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.A new game in only four days for Beira-Mar, the 2. Division: Group B home match versus Camacha. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the preceeding four meetings): Academico Viseu won one game, two matches ended in a draw and Beira-Mar got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / four. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Silva Filho 13 goals |  F. Quizera 3 goals |  R. Massimo 3 goals |
Academico Viseu missing players
Beira-Mar missing players
| Academico Viseu | Beira-Mar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 49 | 28 | Scored | S | 21 | 39 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 80% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 7 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 6 | ||
| 13.3 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 13 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 29% | ||
| 11 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 36 |
| 2 | Farense | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Academico Viseu | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Estrela Amadora | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Benfica II | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | Porto II | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Vilafranquense | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Feirense | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Tondela | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 10 | Leixoes | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Mafra | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Nacional | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Torreense | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Trofense | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -19 | 8 |
| 18 | Sporting Covilha | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -17 | 6 |
