National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Leca or Sporting CP that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Leca and Sporting CP.
Leca form and stats
Leca was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Taça De Portugal.This match is a Taça De Portugal match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
It's back home for Leca, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Santa Cruz de Alvarenga away with the result 1-0.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Paredes (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) that ended 1-1.Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP's mission in Taça De Portugal last season failed in the 8th finals.Sporting CP have an excellent away record in the Primeira Liga so far with 6-1-1 from 8 games. When we have look at the Taça De Portugal statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
Sporting CP play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Santa Clara. Midfield player Palhinha was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Palhinha scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 45 successful passes (of 49 total).
Before that, Sporting CP secured a home win against Portimonense with the score 3-2.Sporting CP have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 8 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Dias Fernandes 6 goals |   M. Perez Lopes 5 goals | ?. Barbosa Coelho 5 goals |
Leca missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Leca | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Scored | S | 27 | 50 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 10.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 14.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 7.7 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 33 | 47 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 44 |
| 3 | Benfica | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 32 | 37 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 31 |
| 5 | Estoril | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Gil Vicente | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | Boavista | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 17 |
| 12 | Tondela | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 16 |
| 13 | Vizela | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -17 | 16 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Arouca | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -15 | 14 |
| 17 | Famalicao | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -11 | 11 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 8 |
