Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Estrela Amadora & Farense face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Estrela nor Farense as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Estrela Amadora form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Taça De Portugal for Estrela Amadora, as the manager R. Castanheira Santos led his troops to eliminate Lusitano FCV and Sao Roque (Acores), and reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Estrela Amadora's Taça De Portugal journey ended in the semi-finals.As mentioned below, Estrela Amadora are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 2. Division: Group G games. There’s a good atmosphere here after three straight home wins.
Estrela Amadora are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Previous to that game, a 2. Division: Group G home match hosting Oriental Dragon in a game that was won 2-0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 2. Division: Group G game versus Olimpico do Montijo in only four days. This game is also played here.
The Estrela Amadora manager R. Castanheira Santos has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Estrela have only let in 0 goals at home.
Farense form and stats
Farense's mission in Taça De Portugal last season failed in the 4th round.Playing away, Farense have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season.
Two away games in a row for Farense, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Sporting Braga in the Primeira Liga. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Boavista.
It's a bit worrying for Farense that their goalkeeper Rafael Defendi made six saves in the Sporting Braga game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.
A quick return to home after this game, as Farense are hosting Maritimo in the Primeira Liga only four days away.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Farense struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Madeira Oliveira 2 goals |   R. Gauld 2 goals |  E. Ferreira dos Santos 2 goals |
Estrela Amadora missing players
Farense missing players
| Estrela Amadora | Farense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 17 | 31 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 22 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.3 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Estrela Amadora | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Sporting CP II | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Rabo Peixe | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Fontinhas | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Ideal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 8 |
| 6 | Oriental Dragon | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Fabril Barreiro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Praiense | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Belenenses II | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 9 | Real | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Olimpico do Montijo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | Fabril Barreiro | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 12 | Oriental Lisboa | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 22 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Porto | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Benfica | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 13 |
| 6 | Pacos de Ferreira | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Nacional | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Famalicao | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Moreirense | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Tondela | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Boavista | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Farense | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 5 |