Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nacional & Leixões face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Primeira Liga match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Porto, so at least Nacional are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Nacional form and stats
Nacional participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Nacional have played 5 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Nacional to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Nacional in their previous match, an away game at Porto that ended in defeat 0-2. Preceding that match was a Primeira Liga defeat to Santa Clara (1-3).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tondela are coming to town in four days.
Nacional has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Leixões form and stats
Leixões's mission in Taça De Portugal last season failed in the 4th round.There's been little loot from Leixões's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 6 away games in the Segunda Liga. Leixões only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Leixões's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Leixões are travelling again after losing away to Penafiel in their previous match (0-1). Before that, Leixões travelled to Oriental Dragon (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) and returned home with a draw after the Taça De Portugal game finished 0-0.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Leixões's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 6 matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Leixões in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - three - zero (Nacional wins - draws - Leixões wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Â. da Silva 4 goals |   J. Riascos Valencia 3 goals |  J. Gomes Camacho 2 goals |
Nacional missing players
Leixões missing players
| Nacional | Leixões | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 9 | 20 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 56% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 18% | ||
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Benfica | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Porto | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 22 |
| 4 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Pacos de Ferreira | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Belenenses | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Famalicao | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Maritimo | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Nacional | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Boavista | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Tondela | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Farense | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Portimonense | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 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 | Estoril | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Academica | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Feirense | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Mafra | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Arouca | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Penafiel | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Chaves | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Casa Pia | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Vizela | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Sporting Covilha | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Cova Piedade | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Benfica II | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| 13 | Porto II | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Vilafranquense | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Academico Viseu | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Leixões | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | UD Oliveirense | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Varzim | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 6 |