Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Espinho & Gondomar face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a 2. Division: Group C game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Leca. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Espinho form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Taça De Portugal for Espinho, as the manager J. Castro Ferreira led his troops to eliminate Chaves, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the 8th finals.Late drama in the game against Sanjoanense as Espinho were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Mica Conceição popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. A goal frenzy last time out for Espinho, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Sanjoanense. Fun stuff to watch!
Gondomar form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sporting Meda and Loures in order to reach 3rd Round of Taça De Portugal. Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the 2nd round.Gondomar has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
There might be some fixture complaints from Gondomar as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the 2. Division: Group C match against Leca (0-2). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Paredes.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Espinho victories, one draw and four Gondomar wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Moreno Valente 2 goals |   Â. Moreira Oliveira 2 goals | T. Niang 2 goals |
Espinho missing players
Gondomar missing players
| Espinho | Gondomar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Scored | S | 10 | 37 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 237 | 160 | Total Shots | T S | 81 | 214 | ||
| 98 | 75 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 82 | ||
| 40% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 40% | ||