National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Famalicão or Belenenses that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Famalicão nor Belenenses 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.
Famalicão form and stats
Famalicão was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the Taça De Portugal.The story so far in the Liga Portugal for Famalicão at their home stadium (Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Famalicão are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Sporting Braga. Midfield player Colombatto got a match rating of 7.22 in that game, the max score being 10. Colombatto hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Estoril.The match schedule is unforgiving for Famalicão as they have a new game in only four days, a Liga Portugal match thankfully also at home. Gil Vicente are visiting.
The Famalicão fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Famalicão are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Belenenses form and stats
Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the round of 16.The visitors are W4-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda Liga.
It's the second away game in a row for Belenenses, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Porto II last time out.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Trofense in the Segunda Liga.Belenenses has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Belenenses struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Famalicão have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (4-2-0) when playing Belenenses.Top Goalscorers
  E. Franco Pacheco 5 goals |   I. Jaime Pajuelo 3 goals |  T. Sarmento Castro 3 goals |
Famalicão missing players
Belenenses missing players
| Famalicão | Belenenses | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 25 | 42 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 38 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 12.7 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 11 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 |
