Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tondela & Estoril face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Tondela nor Estoril as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Tondela form and stats
Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the 4th round.Tondela have played 7 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Tondela crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Pacos de Ferreira here at Estádio João Cardoso in a Primeira Liga match. The attacking player Agra won the honour of being "man of the match" for Tondela with a rating of 7.81/10. Agra hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Heartbreak before that as Tondela lost 2-5 at Vitoria Guimaraes's place.A decent goal production from Tondela in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Tondela defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Estoril form and stats
They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when Benfica drew the shortest straw.Estoril's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Estoril collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the Primeira Liga. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Estoril's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Famalicão that finished 2-2. Midfielder Franco was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.44. Franco signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Belenenses at their stadium, the result 1-0.Estoril are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Tondela zero wins, one draw and Estoril seven victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Almeida Machado 6 goals |   A. Russo Franco 6 goals | Chiquinho 3 goals |
Tondela missing players
Estoril missing players
| Tondela | Estoril | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 22 | 34 | ||
| 47 | 24 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 10.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 37% | ||
| 14.5 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 11.6 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 41 |
| 2 | Porto | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 26 | 38 |
| 3 | Benfica | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 28 | 34 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Estoril | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Arouca | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Vizela | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 13 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 13 |
| 14 | Boavista | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 12 |
| 15 | Tondela | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Famalicão | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -11 | 11 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -16 | 8 |