Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Mirandela & Fafe 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!
Mirandela form and stats
Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the 2nd round.Mirandela's last game was hosting Macedo Cavaleiros and winning 1-0. Some amazing scenes last match, when Carlos Ferreira scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time.
Before that, Mirandela played out a 2. Division: Group A draw 0-0 when visiting Merelinense.Fafe form and stats
They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Fafe play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Brito. Paulinho came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Brito last time out, making the manager F. Figueira Vieira Pimentel de Matos feel like a tactical genius.
Before that, Fafe secured a home win against Felgueiras 1932 with the score 2-1.Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Mirandela won one game, four matches ended with a draw and Fafe have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
  R. Linhares Areias 2 goals |  C. Sousa Ferreira 1 goals | J. Oliveira Castro 1 goals |
Mirandela missing players
Fafe missing players
| Mirandela | Fafe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Scored | S | 16 | 41 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.4 | ||
| 3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 42% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 37% | ||