National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ideal or Merelinense that keep their silverware dream alive.
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!
Ideal form and stats
Ideal have reached this Taça De Portugal stage through battling and winning against Vale Formoso. Ideal was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Taça De Portugal.The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Campo Municipal da Ribeira Grande.
Ideal lost their last game at Estrela Amadora after a 0-3 scoreline. Before that, Ideal had a Taça De Portugal home game versus Vale Formoso which ended with a victory 4-0.
Merelinense form and stats
They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the 3rd round.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cerveira in their previous outing. The 2. Division: Group A match ended in a draw 0-0. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Maria da Fonte in the 2. Division: Group A.
Head 2 Head
Ideal missing players
Merelinense missing players
| Ideal | Merelinense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 21 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 71% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 156 | 101 | Total Shots | T S | 81 | 147 | ||
| 68 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 54 | ||
| 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 46% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Sporting CP II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Fontinhas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Rabo Peixe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Real | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Belenenses II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Fabril Barreiro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Oriental Lisboa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Oriental Dragon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Praiense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Ideal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |