National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sporting CP or Varzim that keep their silverware dream alive.
This has all the signs of an absorbing match with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!
Sporting CP form and stats
Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the 8th finals.5-1-0 is the performance here at Estádio José Alvalade so far in the Primeira Liga, giving Sporting CP a total of 16 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! The Sporting CP fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estádio José Alvalade and will expect new points from this game. Sporting CP has played 32 games in a row here without a defeat.
The Sporting CP goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 309 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primeira Liga.
Happy days for Sporting CP in their previous game, a Primeira Liga match away at Pacos de Ferreira that ended with a 2-0 victory. The versatile forward Pedro Gonçalves bettered all others in that match and received a match rating of 8.15 out of 10. Gonçalves scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).
Before that, Sporting CP had a Champions League home game versus Besiktas which ended with a victory 4-0.The Sporting CP fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Sporting CP have only let in 1 goal at home.
Varzim form and stats
Varzim was sent out of Taça De Portugal in the 3rd round last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Varzim so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
Varzim has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Porto II for a Segunda Liga game that ended a draw (2-2). A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Porto II. Varzim were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with João Reis scoring the equalizer.
A 0-2 loss hosting Vilafranquense before that.Varzim are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found one match where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were one win, zero draws and zero defeats. Of the defeats, zero games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Varzim have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Varzim have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings between these teams: Sporting CP won two, Varzim triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
P. Pereira Gonçalves 4 goals | H. Vieira da Silva 3 goals | S. Coates Nión 2 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Varzim missing players
Sporting CP | Varzim | ||||||
Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
20 | 13 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
3 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
52 | 31 | Scored | S | 13 | 23 | ||
20 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 39 | ||
100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
48% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
52% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 16% | ||
4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 40% | ||
6.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 7.3 | ||
3.5 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5 | ||
2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | ||
1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
14.2 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.6 | ||
5.8 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 25% | ||
8.2 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.5 | ||
3.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.8 |
Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
1 | Porto | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 29 |
2 | Sporting CP | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
3 | Benfica | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 28 |
4 | Estoril | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
5 | Sporting Braga | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
6 | Portimonense | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
8 | Gil Vicente | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
9 | Tondela | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
11 | Boavista | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
12 | Famalicao | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 10 |
13 | Arouca | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
14 | Vizela | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
15 | Moreirense | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
16 | Belenenses | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
17 | Maritimo | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
18 | Santa Clara | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 6 |
Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
1 | Benfica II | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
2 | Feirense | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 22 |
3 | Casa Pia | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
4 | Rio Ave | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
5 | Mafra | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
6 | Nacional | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
7 | Estrela Amadora | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
8 | Penafiel | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
9 | Academico Viseu | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
10 | Leixoes | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
11 | Chaves | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 14 |
12 | Porto II | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
13 | Sporting Covilha | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
14 | Trofense | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
15 | Vilafranquense | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
16 | Farense | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
17 | Varzim | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
18 | Academica | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -13 | 2 |