Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Vilafranquense & Mafra face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
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!
Mafra play their home games on grass, while this game will take part on artifical turf. Recent results for Mafra when featuring on artifical turf are 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats from two matches. They have scored 5 goals and conceded 1 time on these occasions.
Vilafranquense form and stats
Vilafranquense participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the 4th round.Vilafranquense's struggle is real here at Campo do Cevadeiro with only 4 points collected from 6 Segunda Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-4-2. Vilafranquense are slowly digging their own grave here at Campo do Cevadeiro with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Mafra match.
The spoils were shared in Vilafranquense's previous game, also at home. Visiting Estrela Amadora travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Balla Sangaré was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Estrela Amadora after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Varzim.The Vilafranquense fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vilafranquense defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Mafra form and stats
Mafra was sent out of Taça De Portugal in the 2nd round last season.As the visiting team in Segunda Liga matches, Mafra have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.
Two travels in a row for Mafra, whose manager R. Pinho de Sousa could celebrate last time after the Segunda Liga win against Benfica II.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Sporting Covilha in the Segunda Liga.The travelling fans enjoy Mafra's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Mafra have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Vilafranquense victories, one draw and seven Mafra wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Â. da Silva 4 goals |   G. Salgado Ferreira 3 goals |  S. Okitokandjo 3 goals |
Vilafranquense missing players
Mafra missing players
| Vilafranquense | Mafra | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Scored | S | 17 | 30 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Conceded | C | 19 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 7.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 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 | 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 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Farense | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 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 |