National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Famalicão or Portimonense that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Famalicão nor Portimonense 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
Last season, Famalicão's Taça De Portugal journey ended in the 4th round.Famalicão's struggle is real here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho with only 3 points collected from 7 Primeira Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-3-4.
Famalicão shared the glory with Estoril in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The attacking player Banza was declared "man of the match" for Famalicão with a rating of 7.43/10. Banza scored one goal.
Before that game, the home loss against Benfica with the scoreline 1-4.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Famalicão have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost two.
Famalicão have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Portimonense form and stats
They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Portimonense have an excellent away record in the Primeira Liga so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games.
Portimonense's last game was the home draw against Arouca (1-1). The draw against Arouca came from a losing position. The Portimonense manager Bento Brito brought on Luquinha as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Defender Pedrão was the best team player with a rating of 8.02. Pedrão hit one key pass and won 13 of 15 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Moreirense at their stadium, the result 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Portimonense playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were five Portimonense wins, two draws and three defeats.
Portimonense have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Portimonense as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: one - one - six (Famalicão wins - draws - Portimonense wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Boa Morte 3 goals |   B. Rodrigues do Nascimento 2 goals |
Famalicão missing players
Portimonense missing players
| Famalicão | Portimonense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 15 | Scored | S | 17 | 26 | ||
| 37 | 13 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.4 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 10.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 26% | ||
| 10.8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 41 |
| 2 | Porto | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 26 | 38 |
| 3 | Benfica | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 28 | 34 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Estoril | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Arouca | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Vizela | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 13 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 13 |
| 14 | Boavista | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 12 |
| 15 | Tondela | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Famalicão | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -11 | 11 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -16 | 8 |