Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Os Limianos & Varzim face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Os Limianos form and stats
Os Limianos participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The Os Limianos manager Jorge and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Dumiense. Vieira was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Dumiense after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
In the match before that, Limianos hosted Sandinenses and drew the 2. Division: Group A game 1-1.Varzim form and stats
They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the round of 16.Varzim are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga 3, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Trofense in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Lusitania FC Lourosa.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Varzim as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Varzim are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {1 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Limianos have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) versus Varzim.Top Goalscorers
  J. Lopes Vieira 1 goals | M. Gonçalves Silva 1 goals | Y. Omuro 1 goals |
Os Limianos missing players
Varzim missing players
| Os Limianos | Varzim | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 36 | 24 | Scored | S | 12 | 22 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 5.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.7 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 9.6 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Varzim | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Felgueiras 1932 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 10 |
| 3 | Lusitania FC Lourosa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Canelas 2010 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 9 |
| 5 | Anadia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Sporting Braga II | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Fafe | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 5 |
| 8 | Trofense | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Sanjoanense | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Vianense | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
