National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Moreirense or Santa Clara that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Moreirense nor Santa Clara 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.
Moreirense form and stats
Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the 4th round.Moreirense have collected 11 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 3-2-1.
Moreirense drew their last game, also a home match. Vitoria Guimaraes was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Porto (0-3).
The Moreirense fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Moreirense are not conceding a lot of goals here at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Santa Clara form and stats
They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Primeira Liga travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Santa has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Boavista for a Primeira Liga game that ended a draw (1-1). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Benfica in the Primeira Liga.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Santa have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. 7 goals have been conceded by Santa in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Moreirense, four draws and three wins for Santa Clara. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Santos Santana 7 goals |   P. Fernandes Ferreira 2 goals |  F. Rodrigues Cardoso 2 goals |
Moreirense missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Moreirense | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Scored | S | 18 | 32 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 35 |
| 2 | Porto | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 31 |
| 3 | Benfica | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Pacos de Ferreira | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Maritimo | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Nacional | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Moreirense | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 12 |
| 14 | Tondela | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 15 | Portimonense | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 11 |
| 17 | Boavista | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Farense | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 9 |