National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's União de Leiria or Santa Clara that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
União de Leiria form and stats
Action has already taken place for União de Leiria in Taça De Portugal as they have defeated Comercio Industria to reach the 3rd Round. Leiria was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the Taça De Portugal.União de Leiria have performed here at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa this season with 7 wins from 10 2. Division: Group E matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. União de Leiria has a nice streak going on as they have played 20 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Benfica Castelo Branco defeat 377 days ago.
Leiria drew their last game, 1-1 away at Comercio Industria (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties).
Before that, Leiria played out a 2. Division: Group E draw 1-1 when visiting Oliveira Hospital.The Leiria fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. As for guarding their own goal, União de Leiria have only let in 4 goals at home.
Santa Clara form and stats
Santa's mission in Taça De Portugal last season failed in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Vizela in their previous outing. The Primeira Liga match ended in a draw 1-1. As mentioned above, Santa Clara drew the match against Vizela. Manager D. Lopes Ramos brought on Jean Patric to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfielder Hidemasa Morita was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Morita hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 50 successful passes (of 61 total).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sporting Braga.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Santa Clara's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. The Santa manager D. Lopes Ramos has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding three meetings involving these two squads are: zero wins for Leiria, one draw and two wins for Santa Clara. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Almeida Gregório 3 goals | F. Vieira Almeida 2 goals |  R. Silva Costa 2 goals |
União de Leiria missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| União de Leiria | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 9 | ||
| 40 | 17 | Scored | S | 9 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | União de Leiria | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Oliveira Hospital | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 37 |
| 3 | Benfica Castelo Branco | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Marinhense | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Condeixa | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 32 |
| 6 | Oleiros | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Vitoria de Sernache | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Sertanense | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Carapinheirense | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Alcains | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | -20 | 18 |
| 11 | Mortagua | 21 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | GRAP | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | -30 | 2 |
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Porto | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Estoril | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Portimonense | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Sporting Braga | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Boavista | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Tondela | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Pacos de Ferreira | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Vizela | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Maritimo | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 6 |
| 16 | Arouca | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 17 | Belenenses | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Famalicao | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 3 |