National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Benfica Castelo Branco or Penafiel that keep their silverware dream alive.
This should be an engrossing match with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
Benfica Castelo Branco form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Taça De Portugal for Benfica, as the manager J. Correia Apolinário led his troops to eliminate Matamourisquense and AR Sao Martinho, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Benfica's Taça De Portugal journey ended in the 1st round.Happy days for Benfica in their previous game, a 2. Division: Group D match away at Praiense that ended with a 1-0 victory. A late climax in the match against Praiense as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by Jaílson Gomes.
A strong away win before that one, visiting AR Sao Martinho and winning 1-0.Penafiel form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Maria da Fonte in order to reach 3rd round of Taça De Portugal. They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Playing away, Penafiel have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Segunda Liga this season.
There might be some fixture complaints from Penafiel as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Segunda Liga match against Chaves (1-3).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Mafra.The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Penafiel have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Maximiano Rodrigo 3 goals | R. da Silva e Sousa 2 goals |  T. Gonçalves Pontes de Oliveira 1 goals |
Benfica Castelo Branco missing players
Penafiel missing players
| Benfica Castelo Branco | Penafiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 24 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 53% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12.3 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 24% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feirense | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | Rio Ave | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Benfica II | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Casa Pia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Penafiel | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Chaves | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Nacional | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Mafra | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Estrela Amadora | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Leixoes | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Sporting Covilhã | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Academico Viseu | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | Porto II | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Trofense | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Varzim | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 17 | Farense | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Academica | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 2 |