Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FC Serpa & Sporting Covilhã face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
FC Serpa form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Taça De Portugal for Serpa, as the manager M. Pereira Borges led his troops to eliminate CD Olivais e Moscavide, and reach the 3rd Round.Serpa has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager M. Pereira Borges and the players.
Serpa lost their last game at Lagos after a 0-2 scoreline.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against CD Olivais e Moscavide.Sporting Covilhã form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Uniao Idanhense in order to reach 3rd round of Taça De Portugal. Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Sporting Covilhã's last game was the home draw against Nacional (1-1).
Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Casa Pia's place.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Covilhã as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Covilhã have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Batista Santos 4 goals |  J. Batista Valente 1 goals |  J. Simoes 1 goals |
FC Serpa missing players
Sporting Covilhã missing players
| FC Serpa | Sporting Covilhã | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 4 | 2 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feirense | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | Rio Ave | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Benfica II | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Casa Pia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Penafiel | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Chaves | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Nacional | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Mafra | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Estrela Amadora | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Leixoes | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Sporting Covilhã | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Academico Viseu | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | Porto II | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Trofense | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Varzim | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 17 | Farense | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Academica | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 2 |