Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Casa Pia & Nacional face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
This promises to be an appealing game with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Casa Pia form and stats
Casa Pia participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the round of 16.4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Casa Pia so far this season.
No payout for Casa in their previous match, an away game at Benfica that ended in defeat 0-3. Midfield player Taira got a match rating of 6.92 in that game, the max score being 10. Taira hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Santa Clara.There will be little rest for Casa Pia after this match as they are travelling to Boavista for a Liga Portugal game in only four days.
Casa Pia aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio do Bonfim in the league, with only {8 goals} from 10 games. From these home matches, Casa have conceded only 8 goals.
Nacional form and stats
Nacional's mission in Taça De Portugal last season failed in the 3rd round.Nacional have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Segunda Liga, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
Nacional had fun at their own home (Estádio do Bonfim) last time out, beating Torreense 3-1. Manuel (2) and Daniel scored.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Tondela's place.Nacional have another fixture away in just four nights, a Segunda Liga match vs Mafra. A gruelling diary for the visitors!
The attacking power of Nacional when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Nacional have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Casa Pia victories, zero draws and two Nacional wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Clayton 4 goals |   J. Silva Oliveira 4 goals | S. Godwin 3 goals |
Casa Pia missing players
Nacional missing players
| Casa Pia | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Scored | S | 11 | 30 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.4 | 7.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 31% | ||
| 12.3 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 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 | Benfica | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 39 | 53 |
| 2 | Porto | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 34 | 45 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 43 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 35 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 30 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 30 |
| 7 | Arouca | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | Chaves | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 | Boavista | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 10 | Vizela | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Famalicão | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -9 | 21 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 14 | Estoril | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Gil Vicente | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 15 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -23 | 13 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -23 | 9 |
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 22 | 46 |
| 2 | Farense | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | Estrela Amadora | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Academico Viseu | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Vilafranquense | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Porto II | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Tondela | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Benfica II | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Leixoes | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | UD Oliveirense | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Feirense | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | Torreense | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 21 |
| 14 | Nacional | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Mafra | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Trofense | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -19 | 13 |
| 18 | Sporting Covilha | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -18 | 11 |
