National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Caldas or Belenenses that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Caldas form and stats
Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the 2nd round.3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 3 numbers at home for Caldas so far this season. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Taça De Portugal for Caldas.
The Caldas fans got no joy from their last match, a Liga 3 game also here at Campo da Mata: A 0-2 defeat against Cova Piedade.
Before that, Caldas had a Liga 3 home game versus Torreense which ended with a victory 2-0.The Caldas fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Caldas are not conceding a lot of goals here at Campo da Mata in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Belenenses form and stats
Belenenses was sent out of Taça De Portugal in the quarter-finals last season.Belenenses have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 0-3-3 (6 played).
Belenenses lost away at Portimonense (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Andrija Luković got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, top player of the team. Luković hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Santa Clara in the Primeira Liga.Belenenses are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 6 away games. 8 goals have been conceded by Belenenses in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ferreira Rodrigues 2 goals |   A. Ndour 2 goals | A. Pelegrini Safira 2 goals |
Caldas missing players
Belenenses missing players
| Caldas | Belenenses | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 10 | 21 | ||
| 32 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 48% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 28% | ||
| 8 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 14.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 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 | Vitoria Setubal | 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 | Uniao Santarem | 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 | Vitória SC | 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 | Famalicao | 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 |