National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sporting CP or Paços de Ferreira that keep their silverware dream alive.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Sporting CP form and stats
Last season, Sporting CP's Taça De Portugal journey ended in the 3rd round.3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Sporting CP have to build on here at Estádio José Alvalade in the Primeira Liga. In general it's been a long time since Sporting CP tasted defeat here at Estádio José Alvalade, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.
The home team returns to Estádio José Alvalade after being equal after 90 minutes with Famalicao on their last time out; the Primeira Liga game ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Sporting CP won a home game hosting Moreirense (2-1).
A painful moment in the game against Famalicao was the missed penalty kick from Nuno Santos in the 21st minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sporting CP, as the League Cup home game vs Mafra is only four days away.
Sporting CP are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estádio José Alvalade in their league games, having scored an impressive 11 goals in 4 matches. Sporting CP have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Paços de Ferreira's mission in Taça De Portugal last season failed in the quarter-finals.Playing away, Paços de Ferreira have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season.
Two away games in a row for Paços de Ferreira, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Benfica in the Primeira Liga. Prior to that result Ferreira won their away game at Moreirense in the Primeira Liga. The scoreline was 1-0.
Ferreira were so close to getting something from the game against Benfica, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.
The attacking power of Paços de Ferreira when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Ferreira have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sporting CP-Paços de Ferreira H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sporting CP nine wins, Paços de Ferreira zero wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Gonçalves 10 goals |  N. Gomes dos Santos 3 goals |  P. Porro Sauceda 2 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Paços de Ferreira missing players
| Sporting CP | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 51 | 24 | Scored | S | 24 | 40 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.4 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 13.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 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 | Paços 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 | Famalicao | 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 | Boavista | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 | Tondela | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 8 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Farense | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 5 |