National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Leixões or Farense that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Leixões nor Farense 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.
Leixões form and stats
Last season, Leixões's Taça De Portugal journey ended in the 4th round.The Segunda Liga statistics at home this season for Leixões are 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Leixões last time playing, versus Torreense. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Silva scoring for the victors.
Before that match, a Segunda Liga win away at Sporting Covilha.Leixões have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Farense form and stats
Farense was sent out of Taça De Portugal in the 4th round last season.Farense have an excellent away record in the Segunda Liga so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.
The Farense goalkeeper Rafael Garcia Tonioli Defendi is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two travels in a row for Farense, whose manager Teixeira could celebrate last time after the win against Penafiel.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus UD Oliveirense in the Segunda Liga.A quick return to home after this game, as Farense are hosting Feirense in the Segunda Liga only three days away.
It's early days yet, but Farense has scored 12 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (6 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Leixões victories, three draws and four Farense wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Ribeiro Firmo 6 goals |  R. Silva Costa 4 goals |   E. Ferreira 3 goals |
Leixões missing players
Farense missing players
| Leixões | Farense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 11 | Scored | S | 24 | 43 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 6.6 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 11.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 27% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| 11.3 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Moreirense | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Farense | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Benfica II | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | Porto II | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Estrela Amadora | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Feirense | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Leixões | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Vilafranquense | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Tondela | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Academico Viseu | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Mafra | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | UD Oliveirense | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Nacional | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | Torreense | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -8 | 8 |
| 17 | Trofense | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -14 | 8 |
| 18 | Sporting Covilha | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -15 | 5 |
