Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Espinho & Merelinense face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
Espinho and Merelinense should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Espinho form and stats
Espinho have not come this way in the Taça De Portugal without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Uniao Lamas. Espinho participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the 4th round.Espinho manager R. Ornelas Borges and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Castro Daire in the 2. Division: Group C.
1-1 away at Uniao Lamas (after extra-time, 6-7 on penalties) before that.Merelinense form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Valenciano in order to reach 2nd round of Taça De Portugal. They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Merelinense have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Merelinense's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Os Limianos that finished 1-1.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-2 at Valenciano.Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the preceeding two meetings): Espinho won one game, one match ended with a tie and Merelinense managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / twoTop Goalscorers
  J. Marques Postiga 3 goals |  K. Silva Có 1 goals |  N. Martins Pedroso 1 goals |
Espinho missing players
Merelinense missing players
| Espinho | Merelinense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 22 | 43 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.7 | ||
| 41% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 27% | ||