Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Marinhense & Cova Piedade face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
Marinhense and Cova Piedade should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Cova Piedade play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Cova Piedade when playing on grass are 10 wins, 10 draws and 28 defeats from 48 matches. They have scored 33 goals and conceded 72 times in these games.
Marinhense form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Taça De Portugal for Marinhense, as the manager T. Esteves Vicente led his troops to eliminate Sao Joao Ver and Portalegrense, and reach the 3rd Round. Marinhense participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.When playing at home in the 2. Division: Group E, Marinhense have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a 2. Division: Group E home game that ended 1-1 versus Uniao de Leiria.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Marinhense played a great game against Alcains and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Adul Seidi when beating Alcains, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Goals are plentiful at Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande in the league this season as Marinhense has scored 10 goals here in 4 home games. Marinhense have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Cova Piedade form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated GRAP in order to reach 3rd Round of Taça De Portugal. Cova Piedade's mission in Taça De Portugal last season failed in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Cova Piedade, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Estoril in the Segunda Liga. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Leixoes in the Segunda Liga.
After this away game Piedade return home for a Segunda Liga game against Benfica II. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Piedade have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. 5 goals have been conceded by Cova Piedade in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Adul Seidi 7 goals |  J. Ribeiro Vieira 4 goals | Sérgio Pereira 2 goals |
Marinhense missing players
Cova Piedade missing players
| Marinhense | Cova Piedade | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 24 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 24 | 41 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 186 | 95 | Total Shots | T S | 94 | 186 | ||
| 72 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 36 | 72 | ||
| 26% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Marinhense | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 2 | Vitoria de Sernache | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Oleiros | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Sertanense | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Condeixa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Benfica Castelo Branco | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Oliveira Hospital | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 8 | Mortagua | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | Uniao de Leiria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Carapinheirense | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | Alcains | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 3 |
| 12 | GRAP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -19 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Estoril | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Mafra | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Academica | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Feirense | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Arouca | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Chaves | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Sporting Covilha | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Penafiel | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Vizela | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 10 | Cova Piedade | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Casa Pia | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Leixoes | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | UD Oliveirense | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Vilafranquense | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 | Porto II | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Academico Viseu | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Benfica II | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Varzim | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 6 |