National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Alverca or Famalicão that keep their silverware dream alive.
This could be an absorbing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well rested since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Alverca form and stats
Alverca was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Taça De Portugal.When playing at home in the Liga 3, Alverca have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games. This match is a Taça De Portugal match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Alverca drew their last game, 1-1 away at Real.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against União Santarém.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 games), Alverca's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Alverca defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Famalicão form and stats
Famalicão was sent out of Taça De Portugal in the 4th round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Primeira Liga travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Famalicão, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Famalicão play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-2 victory visiting Boavista. As you can tell from the result, the match against Boavista was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Pêpê got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, top player of the team. Pêpê scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).
A draw for Famalicão before that, at their own venue hosting Vizela (1-1).The Famalicão manager I. Abreu Vieira has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. Famalicão struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Banza 7 goals |   R. Nogueira Rodrigues 3 goals | J. de Oliveira Bastos 2 goals |
Alverca missing players
Famalicão missing players
| Alverca | Famalicão | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 50 | 35 | Scored | S | 26 | 42 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 21 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.9 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 36% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | ||
| 6.9 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 10.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Uniao de Leiria | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Real | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Amora | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Torreense | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Vitória FC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Alverca | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Caldas | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Cova Piedade | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Oriental Dragon | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Sporting CP II | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | Oliveira Hospital | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 5 |
| 12 | União Santarém | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 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 | Porto | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 29 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Benfica | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 28 |
| 4 | Estoril | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Tondela | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Boavista | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
| 12 | Famalicão | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Arouca | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Vizela | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 6 |