National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Belenenses or Espinho that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Belenenses nor Espinho as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Belenenses form and stats
Belenenses participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the 4th round.Overall Primeira Liga stats at home this season for Belenenses are 1-3-1 (wins-draw-losses).
In their previous game, the manager A. Gonçalves Teixeira led his Belenenses to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Maritimo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Nacional. Before that, Belenenses had a Primeira Liga home game versus Sporting Braga which ended with a victory 2-1.
The defeat against Maritimo was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by Joel).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sporting CP are coming to town in four days.
Belenenses aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Nacional in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Belenenses have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Espinho form and stats
Espinho was sent out of Taça De Portugal in the 8th finals last season.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Moreno Valente 2 goals |   M. Nunes Cardoso 1 goals |  T. Theophilus Phete 1 goals |
Belenenses missing players
Espinho missing players
| Belenenses | Espinho | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Scored | S | 17 | 40 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.3 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 10 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | ||
| 27% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 77% | 39% | ||
| 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 CP | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Benfica | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Porto | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 22 |
| 4 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Pacos de Ferreira | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Belenenses | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Famalicao | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Maritimo | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Nacional | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Boavista | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Tondela | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Farense | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Portimonense | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 8 |