DRAW FIXED MATCH

Sporting da Covilhã head into this fixture after a 1-1 LigaPro drawn match versus Académico Viseu.

It’s been seldom in recent games that Sporting da Covilhã have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Sporting da Covilhã have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 10 goals on the way.

Vilafranquense come into this meeting following on from a 4-3 LigaPro win as they beat Nacional in their previous match.

Indicating their bias toward eventful encounters, the back of the net has been hit 23 times in the last 6 games in which Vilafranquense have played, giving an average of 3.83 goals for each meeting. Their opponents have hit 11 of those goals. That trend isn’t assured to be continued into this next game, of course.

Team News: Sporting da Covilhã
The Sporting da Covilhã boss Daúto Amade Faquirá will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this clash with a fully injury-free group to pick from.

Team News: Vilafranquense
From a largely full-strength group of players, there’s only the lone fitness issue for the Vilafranquense gaffer to be concerned about. João Jaquité (Leg Injury) misses out for this game.