National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rio Ave or Famalicão that keep their silverware dream alive.
Rio Ave and Famalicão 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.
Rio Ave form and stats
Rio was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Taça De Portugal.The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Rio Ave at their home stadium (Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Rio haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 277 minutes ago. L. Piazon scored that one.
Rio Ave drew their last game, also a home match. Boavista was the opponent, 0-0 the score. A Primeira Liga defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Gil Vicente.
Rio has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 4 games. Rio Ave are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio do Rio Futebol Clube in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Famalicão form and stats
Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the semi-finals against Benfica.1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Famalicão playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. Famalicão has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Famalicão's last game was the home draw against Sporting CP (2-2). It was a Primeira Liga defeat before that one as the away game against Pacos de Ferreira wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
The draw against Sporting CP came from a losing position. The Famalicão manager J. Borges de Sousa brought on Jhonata Robert as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Famalicão have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. In the opposite end, Famalicão have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Rio zero wins, five draws and Famalicão two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lameiras 4 goals |   G. Domingues Piazon 2 goals |  C. Valenzuela 2 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
Famalicão missing players
| Rio Ave | Famalicão | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 8 | ||
| 11.3 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 32% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 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 | Sporting CP | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| 2 | Benfica | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Porto | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Pacos de Ferreira | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Belenenses | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 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 | Nacional | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Famalicão | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Farense | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Boavista | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Tondela | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 8 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Portimonense | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |