Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FC Serpa & Estoril face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
FC Serpa form and stats
The FC Serpa fans got no joy from their last match, a 2. Division: Group F game also here: A 0-3 defeat against Olhanense.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Louletano (0-6).The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Estoril to win. Let's see if FC Serpa are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: one game found revealing zero Serpa wins, one draw and zero defeats.
Estoril form and stats
They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when Benfica drew the shortest straw.Estoril have an excellent away record in the Primeira Liga so far with 4-2-0 from 6 games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Vizela in their previous outing. The Primeira Liga match ended in a draw 1-1. The draw against Vizela came from a losing position. The Estoril manager B. Nogueira Pinheiro brought on André Clóvis as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Arthur Gomes got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Gomes served one assist and hit three key passes.
A draw for Estoril before that, at their own venue hosting Benfica (1-1).Estoril are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Russo Franco 5 goals | B. Ponces Lourenço 2 goals | Chiquinho 2 goals |
FC Serpa missing players
Estoril missing players
| FC Serpa | Estoril | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 8 | 5 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Scored | S | 22 | 36 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 14 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 62% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 25% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 38% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 62% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 9 | 12 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.7 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 10.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | ||
| 24 | 32 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11.2 | ||
| 11 | 12 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 29 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Benfica | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 28 |
| 4 | Estoril | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Tondela | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Boavista | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
| 12 | Famalicao | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Arouca | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Vizela | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 6 |